diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index b636d83a7ee9..f7e5cafe89a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -2205,13 +2205,17 @@ static void gfar_clean_tx_ring(struct gfar_priv_tx_q *tx_queue)
 	skb_dirtytx = tx_queue->skb_dirtytx;
 
 	while ((skb = tx_queue->tx_skbuff[skb_dirtytx])) {
+		bool do_tstamp;
+
+		do_tstamp = (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) &&
+			    priv->hwts_tx_en;
 
 		frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 
 		/* When time stamping, one additional TxBD must be freed.
 		 * Also, we need to dma_unmap_single() the TxPAL.
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS))
+		if (unlikely(do_tstamp))
 			nr_txbds = frags + 2;
 		else
 			nr_txbds = frags + 1;
@@ -2225,7 +2229,7 @@ static void gfar_clean_tx_ring(struct gfar_priv_tx_q *tx_queue)
 		    (lstatus & BD_LENGTH_MASK))
 			break;
 
-		if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS)) {
+		if (unlikely(do_tstamp)) {
 			next = next_txbd(bdp, base, tx_ring_size);
 			buflen = be16_to_cpu(next->length) +
 				 GMAC_FCB_LEN + GMAC_TXPAL_LEN;
@@ -2235,7 +2239,7 @@ static void gfar_clean_tx_ring(struct gfar_priv_tx_q *tx_queue)
 		dma_unmap_single(priv->dev, be32_to_cpu(bdp->bufPtr),
 				 buflen, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
-		if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS)) {
+		if (unlikely(do_tstamp)) {
 			struct skb_shared_hwtstamps shhwtstamps;
 			u64 *ns = (u64 *)(((uintptr_t)skb->data + 0x10) &
 					  ~0x7UL);