diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 5e47ede7e832..196b890467b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -4016,6 +4016,8 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	/* set the timestamp */
 	first->time_stamp = jiffies;
 
+	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
+
 	/* Force memory writes to complete before letting h/w know there
 	 * are new descriptors to fetch.  (Only applicable for weak-ordered
 	 * memory model archs, such as IA-64).