diff --git a/changes-entries/pr66801.txt b/changes-entries/pr66801.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fee4bce91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes-entries/pr66801.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  *) mod_http2: Fix reporting of `Total Accesses` in server-status to not count
+     HTTP/2 requests twice. Fixes PR 66801.
+     [Stefan Eissing]
diff --git a/modules/http2/h2_mplx.c b/modules/http2/h2_mplx.c
index b3138dc4c1..2cfb44478c 100644
--- a/modules/http2/h2_mplx.c
+++ b/modules/http2/h2_mplx.c
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ h2_mplx *h2_mplx_c1_create(int child_num, apr_uint32_t id, h2_stream *stream0,
         apr_pollset_add(m->pollset, &conn_ctx->pfd);
     }
 
-    m->scratch_r = apr_pcalloc(m->pool, sizeof(*m->scratch_r));
     m->max_spare_transits = 3;
     m->c2_transits = apr_array_make(m->pool, (int)m->max_spare_transits,
                                     sizeof(h2_c2_transit*));
@@ -547,16 +546,6 @@ const h2_stream *h2_mplx_c2_stream_get(h2_mplx *m, int stream_id)
 }
 
 
-static void c1_update_scoreboard(h2_mplx *m, h2_stream *stream)
-{
-    if (stream->c2) {
-        m->scratch_r->connection = stream->c2;
-        m->scratch_r->bytes_sent = stream->out_frame_octets;
-        ap_increment_counts(m->c1->sbh, m->scratch_r);
-        m->scratch_r->connection = NULL;
-    }
-}
-
 static void c1_purge_streams(h2_mplx *m)
 {
     h2_stream *stream;
@@ -566,8 +555,6 @@ static void c1_purge_streams(h2_mplx *m)
         stream = APR_ARRAY_IDX(m->spurge, i, h2_stream*);
         ap_assert(stream->state == H2_SS_CLEANUP);
 
-        c1_update_scoreboard(m, stream);
-
         if (stream->input) {
             h2_beam_destroy(stream->input, m->c1);
             stream->input = NULL;
diff --git a/modules/http2/h2_mplx.h b/modules/http2/h2_mplx.h
index ecb4de9cc6..781ddf2f4d 100644
--- a/modules/http2/h2_mplx.h
+++ b/modules/http2/h2_mplx.h
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ struct h2_mplx {
 
     struct h2_workers *workers;     /* h2 workers process wide instance */
 
-    request_rec *scratch_r;         /* pseudo request_rec for scoreboard reporting */
-
     apr_uint32_t max_spare_transits; /* max number of transit pools idling */
     apr_array_header_t *c2_transits; /* base pools for running c2 connections */
 };
diff --git a/test/modules/http2/test_008_ranges.py b/test/modules/http2/test_008_ranges.py
index 339df1a0cc..dd695bb08d 100644
--- a/test/modules/http2/test_008_ranges.py
+++ b/test/modules/http2/test_008_ranges.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import inspect
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import pytest
 
 from .env import H2Conf, H2TestEnv
@@ -23,10 +24,16 @@ class TestRanges:
             os.remove(TestRanges.LOGFILE)
         destdir = os.path.join(env.gen_dir, 'apache/htdocs/test1')
         env.make_data_file(indir=destdir, fname="data-100m", fsize=100*1024*1024)
-        conf = H2Conf(env=env)
-        conf.add([
-            "CustomLog logs/test_008 combined"
-        ])
+        conf = H2Conf(env=env, extras={
+            'base': [
+                'CustomLog logs/test_008 combined'
+            ],
+            f'test1.{env.http_tld}': [
+                '<Location /status>',
+                '  SetHandler server-status',
+                '</Location>',
+            ]
+        })
         conf.add_vhost_cgi()
         conf.add_vhost_test1()
         conf.install()
@@ -134,6 +141,39 @@ class TestRanges:
                 break
         assert found, f'request not found in {self.LOGFILE}'
 
+    # test server-status reporting
+    # see <https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66801>
+    def test_h2_008_04(self, env, repeat):
+        path = '/data-100m'
+        assert env.apache_restart() == 0
+        stats = self.get_server_status(env)
+        # we see the server uptime check request here
+        assert 1 == int(stats['Total Accesses'])
+        assert 1 == int(stats['Total kBytes'])
+        count = 10
+        url = env.mkurl("https", "test1", f'/data-100m?[0-{count-1}]')
+        r = env.curl_get(url, 5, options=['--http2', '-H', f'Range: bytes=0-{4096}'])
+        assert r.exit_code == 0, f'{r}'
+        stats = self.get_server_status(env)
+        # amount reported is larger than (count *4k), the net payload
+        # but does not exceed an additional 4k
+        assert (4*count)+1 <= int(stats['Total kBytes'])
+        assert (4*(count+1))+1 > int(stats['Total kBytes'])
+        # total requests is now at 1 from the start, plus the stat check,
+        # plus the count transfers we did.
+        assert (2+count) == int(stats['Total Accesses'])
+
+    def get_server_status(self, env):
+        status_url = env.mkurl("https", "test1", '/status?auto')
+        r = env.curl_get(status_url, 5)
+        assert r.exit_code == 0, f'{r}'
+        stats = {}
+        for line in r.stdout.splitlines():
+            m = re.match(r'([^:]+): (.*)', line)
+            if m:
+                stats[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
+        return stats
+
     # upload and GET again using curl, compare to original content
     def curl_upload_and_verify(self, env, fname, options=None):
         url = env.mkurl("https", "cgi", "/upload.py")