diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 38cb586b1bf4..aa39a81a6df6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -5636,8 +5636,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	count = e1000_tx_map(tx_ring, skb, first, adapter->tx_fifo_limit,
 			     nr_frags);
 	if (count) {
-		if (unlikely((skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) &&
-			     !adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb)) {
+		if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) &&
+		    (adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_HW_TIMESTAMP) &&
+		    !adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb) {
 			skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
 			tx_flags |= E1000_TX_FLAGS_HWTSTAMP;
 			adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb = skb_get(skb);