diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
index 8aad230c0592..f6a1cd9d72a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
@@ -442,9 +442,22 @@ extern void igb_ptp_stop(struct igb_adapter *adapter);
 extern void igb_ptp_reset(struct igb_adapter *adapter);
 extern void igb_ptp_tx_work(struct work_struct *work);
 extern void igb_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct igb_adapter *adapter);
-extern void igb_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
-				union e1000_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
+extern void igb_ptp_rx_rgtstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
 				struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern void igb_ptp_rx_pktstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
+				unsigned char *va,
+				struct sk_buff *skb);
+static inline void igb_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
+				       union e1000_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
+				       struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (igb_test_staterr(rx_desc, E1000_RXDADV_STAT_TSIP)) {
+		igb_ptp_rx_pktstamp(q_vector, skb->data, skb);
+		skb_pull(skb, IGB_TS_HDR_LEN);
+	} else if (igb_test_staterr(rx_desc, E1000_RXDADV_STAT_TS)) {
+		igb_ptp_rx_rgtstamp(q_vector, skb);
+	}
+}
 extern int igb_ptp_hwtstamp_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev,
 				  struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 #endif /* CONFIG_IGB_PTP */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
index ee21445157a3..a7db4cec7a1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
@@ -441,18 +441,46 @@ void igb_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
 }
 
-void igb_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
-			 union e1000_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
+/**
+ * igb_ptp_rx_pktstamp - retrieve Rx per packet timestamp
+ * @q_vector: Pointer to interrupt specific structure
+ * @va: Pointer to address containing Rx buffer
+ * @skb: Buffer containing timestamp and packet
+ *
+ * This function is meant to retrieve a timestamp from the first buffer of an
+ * incoming frame.  The value is stored in little endian format starting on
+ * byte 8.
+ */
+void igb_ptp_rx_pktstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
+			 unsigned char *va,
+			 struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	u64 *regval = (u64 *)va;
+
+	/*
+	 * The timestamp is recorded in little endian format.
+	 * DWORD: 0        1        2        3
+	 * Field: Reserved Reserved SYSTIML  SYSTIMH
+	 */
+	igb_ptp_systim_to_hwtstamp(q_vector->adapter, skb_hwtstamps(skb),
+				   le64_to_cpu(regval[1]));
+}
+
+/**
+ * igb_ptp_rx_rgtstamp - retrieve Rx timestamp stored in register
+ * @q_vector: Pointer to interrupt specific structure
+ * @skb: Buffer containing timestamp and packet
+ *
+ * This function is meant to retrieve a timestamp from the internal registers
+ * of the adapter and store it in the skb.
+ */
+void igb_ptp_rx_rgtstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
 			 struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct igb_adapter *adapter = q_vector->adapter;
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	u64 regval;
 
-	if (!igb_test_staterr(rx_desc, E1000_RXDADV_STAT_TSIP |
-				       E1000_RXDADV_STAT_TS))
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * If this bit is set, then the RX registers contain the time stamp. No
 	 * other packet will be time stamped until we read these registers, so
@@ -464,18 +492,11 @@ void igb_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
 	 * If nothing went wrong, then it should have a shared tx_flags that we
 	 * can turn into a skb_shared_hwtstamps.
 	 */
-	if (igb_test_staterr(rx_desc, E1000_RXDADV_STAT_TSIP)) {
-		u32 *stamp = (u32 *)skb->data;
-		regval = le32_to_cpu(*(stamp + 2));
-		regval |= (u64)le32_to_cpu(*(stamp + 3)) << 32;
-		skb_pull(skb, IGB_TS_HDR_LEN);
-	} else {
-		if (!(rd32(E1000_TSYNCRXCTL) & E1000_TSYNCRXCTL_VALID))
-			return;
+	if (!(rd32(E1000_TSYNCRXCTL) & E1000_TSYNCRXCTL_VALID))
+		return;
 
-		regval = rd32(E1000_RXSTMPL);
-		regval |= (u64)rd32(E1000_RXSTMPH) << 32;
-	}
+	regval = rd32(E1000_RXSTMPL);
+	regval |= (u64)rd32(E1000_RXSTMPH) << 32;
 
 	igb_ptp_systim_to_hwtstamp(adapter, skb_hwtstamps(skb), regval);
 }