diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index a3517c10f8..6f672a88e5 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Version 21.1.0.2
+
+**[HOTFIX]** [A commit introduced `std::vector` with `resize()` to initialize all storages](https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/27085).
+This caused data duplication in statistics and broke the Vector statistics.
+This hotfix initializes using loops which fixes the broken statistics.
+
 # Version 21.1.0.1
 
 **[HOTFIX]** [A "'deprecated' attribute directive ignored" warning was being thrown frequently when trying to build v21.1.0.0](https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-1063). While this issue did not break the build, it made reading the build output difficult and caused confused. As such a patch has been applied to fix this issue.
diff --git a/src/base/statistics.hh b/src/base/statistics.hh
index 7714ce4c78..5079443fb4 100644
--- a/src/base/statistics.hh
+++ b/src/base/statistics.hh
@@ -952,7 +952,10 @@ class VectorBase : public DataWrapVec<Derived, VectorInfoProxy>
         fatal_if(s <= 0, "Storage size must be positive");
         fatal_if(check(), "Stat has already been initialized");
 
-        storage.resize(s, new Storage(this->info()->getStorageParams()));
+        storage.reserve(s);
+        for (size_type i = 0; i < s; ++i)
+            storage.push_back(new Storage(this->info()->getStorageParams()));
+
         this->setInit();
     }
 
@@ -1178,7 +1181,10 @@ class Vector2dBase : public DataWrapVec2d<Derived, Vector2dInfoProxy>
         info->x = _x;
         info->y = _y;
 
-        storage.resize(x * y, new Storage(info->getStorageParams()));
+        storage.reserve(x * y);
+        for (size_type i = 0; i < x * y; ++i)
+            storage.push_back(new Storage(this->info()->getStorageParams()));
+
         this->setInit();
 
         return self;
@@ -1387,7 +1393,10 @@ class VectorDistBase : public DataWrapVec<Derived, VectorDistInfoProxy>
         fatal_if(s <= 0, "Storage size must be positive");
         fatal_if(check(), "Stat has already been initialized");
 
-        storage.resize(s, new Storage(this->info()->getStorageParams()));
+        storage.reserve(s);
+        for (size_type i = 0; i < s; ++i)
+            storage.push_back(new Storage(this->info()->getStorageParams()));
+
         this->setInit();
     }