diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go
index ec0415e2f..741fb2075 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 
 	hclog "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocrunner/interfaces"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver"
 	cstructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/structs"
+	dstructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/drivers/shared/structs"
 )
 
 // StatsUpdater is the interface required by the StatsHook to update stats.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (h *statsHook) collectResourceUsageStats(handle interfaces.DriverStats, sto
 			ru, err := handle.Stats()
 			if err != nil {
 				// Check if the driver doesn't implement stats
-				if err.Error() == driver.DriverStatsNotImplemented.Error() {
+				if err.Error() == dstructs.DriverStatsNotImplemented.Error() {
 					h.logger.Debug("driver does not support stats")
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook_test.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook_test.go
index 87e2ce40b..316643a67 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook_test.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocrunner/interfaces"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver"
 	cstructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/structs"
+	dstructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/drivers/shared/structs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/testlog"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func TestTaskRunner_StatsHook_NotImplemented(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := testlog.HCLogger(t)
 	su := newMockStatsUpdater()
 	ds := &mockDriverStats{
-		err: driver.DriverStatsNotImplemented,
+		err: dstructs.DriverStatsNotImplemented,
 	}
 
 	poststartReq := &interfaces.TaskPoststartRequest{DriverStats: ds}
diff --git a/client/allocrunnerdeprecated/taskrunner/task_runner.go b/client/allocrunnerdeprecated/taskrunner/task_runner.go
index 4df5f94dc..efb162b0a 100644
--- a/client/allocrunnerdeprecated/taskrunner/task_runner.go
+++ b/client/allocrunnerdeprecated/taskrunner/task_runner.go
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ func (r *TaskRunner) collectResourceUsageStats(stopCollection <-chan struct{}) {
 
 			if err != nil {
 				// Check if the driver doesn't implement stats
-				if err.Error() == driver.DriverStatsNotImplemented.Error() {
+				if err.Error() == dstructs.DriverStatsNotImplemented.Error() {
 					r.logger.Printf("[DEBUG] client: driver for task %q in allocation %q doesn't support stats", r.task.Name, r.alloc.ID)
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/client/driver/driver.go b/client/driver/driver.go
index 4cca5b917..fe5e366fb 100644
--- a/client/driver/driver.go
+++ b/client/driver/driver.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package driver
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/md5"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -30,10 +29,6 @@ var (
 		"qemu":     NewQemuDriver,
 		"rkt":      NewRktDriver,
 	}
-
-	// DriverStatsNotImplemented is the error to be returned if a driver doesn't
-	// implement stats.
-	DriverStatsNotImplemented = errors.New("stats not implemented for driver")
 )
 
 // NewDriver is used to instantiate and return a new driver
diff --git a/drivers/shared/structs/structs.go b/drivers/shared/structs/structs.go
index 733640aa9..669980795 100644
--- a/drivers/shared/structs/structs.go
+++ b/drivers/shared/structs/structs.go
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 package structs
 
+import "errors"
+
 // CheckBufSize is the size of the buffer that is used for job output
 const CheckBufSize = 4 * 1024
+
+// DriverStatsNotImplemented is the error to be returned if a driver doesn't
+// implement stats.
+var DriverStatsNotImplemented = errors.New("stats not implemented for driver")