diff --git a/webrtc/api/peerconnection.cc b/webrtc/api/peerconnection.cc
index 58174f08c1..b638f35dce 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/peerconnection.cc
+++ b/webrtc/api/peerconnection.cc
@@ -1445,9 +1445,9 @@ void PeerConnection::OnMessage(rtc::Message* msg) {
     }
     case MSG_GETSTATS: {
       GetStatsMsg* param = static_cast<GetStatsMsg*>(msg->pdata);
-      StatsReports reports;
-      stats_->GetStats(param->track, &reports);
-      param->observer->OnComplete(reports);
+      std::unique_ptr<StatsReports> reports(new StatsReports);
+      stats_->GetStats(param->track, reports.get());
+      param->observer->OnCompleteReports(std::move(reports));
       delete param;
       break;
     }
diff --git a/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h b/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h
index d4daf2435e..9c2301ca19 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h
+++ b/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ class StreamCollectionInterface : public rtc::RefCountInterface {
 
 class StatsObserver : public rtc::RefCountInterface {
  public:
-  virtual void OnComplete(const StatsReports& reports) = 0;
+  // TODO(nisse, hbos): Old version, not passing ownership. Should
+  // perhaps be deprecated, but since all of this is a legacy
+  // interface anyway, probably best to leave as is until this class
+  // can be deleted.
+  virtual void OnComplete(const StatsReports& reports) {}
+  virtual void OnCompleteReports(std::unique_ptr<StatsReports> reports) {
+    OnComplete(*reports);
+  }
 
  protected:
   virtual ~StatsObserver() {}
diff --git a/webrtc/api/test/mockpeerconnectionobservers.h b/webrtc/api/test/mockpeerconnectionobservers.h
index 23647f6de3..2bf0a3a83f 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/test/mockpeerconnectionobservers.h
+++ b/webrtc/api/test/mockpeerconnectionobservers.h
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ class MockStatsObserver : public webrtc::StatsObserver {
   MockStatsObserver() : called_(false), stats_() {}
   virtual ~MockStatsObserver() {}
 
-  virtual void OnComplete(const StatsReports& reports) {
+  void OnCompleteReports(std::unique_ptr<StatsReports> reports) override {
     ASSERT(!called_);
     called_ = true;
     stats_.Clear();
-    stats_.number_of_reports = reports.size();
-    for (const auto* r : reports) {
+    stats_.number_of_reports = reports->size();
+    for (const auto* r : *reports) {
       if (r->type() == StatsReport::kStatsReportTypeSsrc) {
         stats_.timestamp = r->timestamp();
         GetIntValue(r, StatsReport::kStatsValueNameAudioOutputLevel,
diff --git a/webrtc/sdk/android/src/jni/peerconnection_jni.cc b/webrtc/sdk/android/src/jni/peerconnection_jni.cc
index da55299775..c9c8ed35af 100644
--- a/webrtc/sdk/android/src/jni/peerconnection_jni.cc
+++ b/webrtc/sdk/android/src/jni/peerconnection_jni.cc
@@ -671,9 +671,9 @@ class StatsObserverWrapper : public StatsObserver {
 
   virtual ~StatsObserverWrapper() {}
 
-  void OnComplete(const StatsReports& reports) override {
+  void OnCompleteReports(std::unique_ptr<StatsReports> reports) override {
     ScopedLocalRefFrame local_ref_frame(jni());
-    jobjectArray j_reports = ReportsToJava(jni(), reports);
+    jobjectArray j_reports = ReportsToJava(jni(), *reports);
     jmethodID m = GetMethodID(jni(), *j_observer_class_, "onComplete",
                               "([Lorg/webrtc/StatsReport;)V");
     jni()->CallVoidMethod(*j_observer_global_, m, j_reports);
diff --git a/webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/RTCPeerConnection+Stats.mm b/webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/RTCPeerConnection+Stats.mm
index 2c4571e0b3..4eb3e708f1 100644
--- a/webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/RTCPeerConnection+Stats.mm
+++ b/webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/RTCPeerConnection+Stats.mm
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ class StatsObserverAdapter : public StatsObserver {
     completion_handler_ = nil;
   }
 
-  void OnComplete(const StatsReports& reports) override {
+  void OnCompleteReports(std::unique_ptr<StatsReports> reports) override {
     RTC_DCHECK(completion_handler_);
-    NSMutableArray *stats = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:reports.size()];
-    for (const auto* report : reports) {
+    NSMutableArray *stats = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:reports->size()];
+    for (const auto* report : *reports) {
       RTCLegacyStatsReport *statsReport =
           [[RTCLegacyStatsReport alloc] initWithNativeReport:*report];
       [stats addObject:statsReport];