diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
index 9d6c075e232d9c5c2885cebcfa58c297e03b049e..a90570755ddc65feb78d2ea90b0cfdcc285db4bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
@@ -514,13 +514,18 @@ extern void igb_ptp_rx_rgtstamp(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector,
 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,
+static inline void igb_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct igb_ring *rx_ring,
 				       union e1000_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
 				       struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (igb_test_staterr(rx_desc, E1000_RXDADV_STAT_TS) &&
 	    !igb_test_staterr(rx_desc, E1000_RXDADV_STAT_TSIP))
-		igb_ptp_rx_rgtstamp(q_vector, skb);
+		igb_ptp_rx_rgtstamp(rx_ring->q_vector, skb);
+
+	/* Update the last_rx_timestamp timer in order to enable watchdog check
+	 * for error case of latched timestamp on a dropped packet.
+	 */
+	rx_ring->last_rx_timestamp = jiffies;
 }
 
 extern int igb_ptp_hwtstamp_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 64cbe0dfe04347aff1af3fd15f5eb130caefaff6..2c8f7e04b02bff6c2e49f48b7d2c7985e5a23329 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -6622,7 +6622,7 @@ static void igb_process_skb_fields(struct igb_ring *rx_ring,
 
 	igb_rx_checksum(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
 
-	igb_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(rx_ring->q_vector, rx_desc, skb);
+	igb_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
 
 	if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX) &&
 	    igb_test_staterr(rx_desc, E1000_RXD_STAT_VP)) {