diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 1522aee81884bdf702b32e1cd8cbae4316e988b5..3da2795e248638abbc8d50a194dd8061325aad41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -898,7 +898,9 @@ static void macb_tx_interrupt(struct macb_queue *queue)
 
 			/* First, update TX stats if needed */
 			if (skb) {
-				if (gem_ptp_do_txstamp(queue, skb, desc) == 0) {
+				if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags &
+					     SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) &&
+				    gem_ptp_do_txstamp(queue, skb, desc) == 0) {
 					/* skb now belongs to timestamp buffer
 					 * and will be removed later
 					 */