diff --git a/ietf/stats/tests.py b/ietf/stats/tests.py
index 373f06e3431..dc5b5d6ae88 100644
--- a/ietf/stats/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/stats/tests.py
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-# Copyright The IETF Trust 2016-2020, All Rights Reserved
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
+# Copyright The IETF Trust 2016-2026, All Rights Reserved
 
 import calendar
 import json
 import datetime
 
+from django.http import Http404
 from pyquery import PyQuery
 
 import debug    # pyflakes:ignore
 
+from django.test import RequestFactory
 from django.urls import reverse as urlreverse
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from ietf.meeting.models import Meeting
 from ietf.utils.test_utils import login_testing_unauthorized, TestCase
 import ietf.stats.views
 
@@ -87,7 +88,29 @@ def test_meeting_stats(self):
         self.assertContains(r, "/stats/meeting/124/country")
         self.assertContains(r, "/stats/meeting/125/country")
         self.assertContains(r, "This page provides a timeline of meeting registrations.")
-                
+
+    def test_meeting_stats_for_bad_meeting(self):
+        self.assertFalse(Meeting.objects.filter(number=676767).exists())
+        for stats_type in ["affiliation", "country"]:
+            r = self.client.get(
+                urlreverse(
+                    "ietf.stats.views.meeting_stats",
+                    kwargs={"meeting_number": 676767, "stats_type": stats_type},
+                )
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 404)
+
+            # We don't have a URL for an interim, but make sure the view will 404 if
+            # somehow a non-interim gets selected...
+            interim_num = MeetingFactory(type_id="interim").number
+            request_factory = RequestFactory()
+            with self.assertRaises(Http404):
+                ietf.stats.views.meeting_stats(
+                    request_factory.get(f"/stats/meeting/{interim_num}/{stats_type}"),
+                    meeting_number=interim_num,
+                    stats_type=stats_type,
+                )
+
     def test_known_country_list(self):
         # check redirect
         url = urlreverse(ietf.stats.views.known_countries_list)
diff --git a/ietf/stats/views.py b/ietf/stats/views.py
index d61b6730754..d61c9cab64d 100644
--- a/ietf/stats/views.py
+++ b/ietf/stats/views.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
 from django.urls import reverse as urlreverse
 from django.db.models import Count
 
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 from ietf.group.models import Role, Group
 from ietf.person.models import Person
 from ietf.name.models import ReviewResultName, CountryName, ReviewAssignmentStateName
-from ietf.meeting.models import Registration
+from ietf.meeting.models import Registration, Meeting
 from ietf.ietfauth.utils import has_role
 from ietf.utils.response import permission_denied
 from ietf.utils.timezone import date_today, DEADLINE_TZINFO
-from ietf.meeting.helpers import get_current_ietf_meeting_num, get_ietf_meeting
+from ietf.meeting.helpers import get_current_ietf_meeting_num
 
 # Color palette for lines
 colors = [
@@ -568,12 +568,12 @@ def meeting_stats(request, meeting_number=None, stats_type='country'):
     Returns:
         Rendered response for the meeting stats template.
     """
-
-    current_meeting = get_current_ietf_meeting_num()
+    current_meeting_number = get_current_ietf_meeting_num()
     if meeting_number is None:
-        meeting_number = current_meeting
-
-    this_meeting = get_ietf_meeting(meeting_number)
+        meeting_number = current_meeting_number
+    this_meeting = get_object_or_404(
+        Meeting.objects.filter(type_id="ietf"), number=meeting_number
+    )
 
     if stats_type == 'affiliation':
         minimum_required = 4
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ def meeting_stats(request, meeting_number=None, stats_type='country'):
     if int(meeting_number) > 72:  # No registration data before IETF-72
         possible_meeting_numbers.append((int(meeting_number)-1, urlreverse(meeting_stats, kwargs={'meeting_number': int(meeting_number)-1, 'stats_type': stats_type})))
     possible_meeting_numbers.append((meeting_number, urlreverse(meeting_stats, kwargs={'meeting_number': meeting_number, 'stats_type': stats_type})))
-    if int(meeting_number) <= int(current_meeting): # Allow current meeting +1
+    if int(meeting_number) <= int(current_meeting_number): # Allow current meeting +1
         possible_meeting_numbers.append((int(meeting_number)+1, urlreverse(meeting_stats, kwargs={'meeting_number': int(meeting_number)+1, 'stats_type': stats_type})))
 
     return render(request, "stats/meeting_stats.html", {