diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
index 6d1ec926aa3713a6ebc40fa52aa2ee873f8292f4..a15287845570b91c91fe44cad4fe2fdb3fd33224 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ void i40e_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 	u32 hi, lo;
 	u64 ns;
 
+	if (!(pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_PTP) || !pf->ptp_tx)
+		return;
+
+	/* don't attempt to timestamp if we don't have an skb */
+	if (!pf->ptp_tx_skb)
+		return;
+
 	lo = rd32(hw, I40E_PRTTSYN_TXTIME_L);
 	hi = rd32(hw, I40E_PRTTSYN_TXTIME_H);
 
@@ -338,7 +345,7 @@ void i40e_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct i40e_pf *pf, struct sk_buff *skb, u8 index)
 	/* Since we cannot turn off the Rx timestamp logic if the device is
 	 * doing Tx timestamping, check if Rx timestamping is configured.
 	 */
-	if (!pf->ptp_rx)
+	if (!(pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_PTP) || !pf->ptp_rx)
 		return;
 
 	hw = &pf->hw;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index bb86390a0967c8bb2c50409d7e7b7e78e386d430..420d66274d69fb7b9379bb064dc81161a5edefc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1939,6 +1939,9 @@ static int i40e_tsyn(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * we are not already transmitting a packet to be timestamped
 	 */
 	pf = i40e_netdev_to_pf(tx_ring->netdev);
+	if (!(pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_PTP))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (pf->ptp_tx &&
 	    !test_and_set_bit_lock(__I40E_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS, &pf->state)) {
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;