diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index cd4ba8c6b609..b1fbd1958eb6 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3694,6 +3694,15 @@ static void sock_rmem_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	atomic_sub(skb->truesize, &sk->sk_rmem_alloc);
 }
 
+static void skb_set_err_queue(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	/* pkt_type of skbs received on local sockets is never PACKET_OUTGOING.
+	 * So, it is safe to (mis)use it to mark skbs on the error queue.
+	 */
+	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OUTGOING;
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(PACKET_OUTGOING == 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * Note: We dont mem charge error packets (no sk_forward_alloc changes)
  */
@@ -3707,6 +3716,7 @@ int sock_queue_err_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->sk = sk;
 	skb->destructor = sock_rmem_free;
 	atomic_add(skb->truesize, &sk->sk_rmem_alloc);
+	skb_set_err_queue(skb);
 
 	/* before exiting rcu section, make sure dst is refcounted */
 	skb_dst_force(skb);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index e034fe4164be..692d6989d2c2 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -652,6 +652,16 @@ int kernel_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_sendmsg);
 
+static bool skb_is_err_queue(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	/* pkt_type of skbs enqueued on the error queue are set to
+	 * PACKET_OUTGOING in skb_set_err_queue(). This is only safe to do
+	 * in recvmsg, since skbs received on a local socket will never
+	 * have a pkt_type of PACKET_OUTGOING.
+	 */
+	return skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OUTGOING;
+}
+
 /*
  * called from sock_recv_timestamp() if sock_flag(sk, SOCK_RCVTSTAMP)
  */
@@ -695,7 +705,8 @@ void __sock_recv_timestamp(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
 		put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET,
 			 SCM_TIMESTAMPING, sizeof(tss), &tss);
 
-		if (skb->len && (sk->sk_tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS))
+		if (skb_is_err_queue(skb) && skb->len &&
+		    (sk->sk_tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS))
 			put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS,
 				 skb->len, skb->data);
 	}