diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index cf9400a9886d7a6a80fcd597467eca6ea3d2f6ef..a0a30c721fe783c548f199fd55bb3d4eeebc7d93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static void dpaa2_eth_enable_tx_tstamp(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 	if (skb->cb[0] == TX_TSTAMP_ONESTEP_SYNC) {
 		if (dpaa2_eth_ptp_parse(skb, &msgtype, &twostep, &udp,
 					&offset1, &offset2) ||
-		    msgtype != 0 || twostep) {
+		    msgtype != PTP_MSGTYPE_SYNC || twostep) {
 			WARN_ONCE(1, "Bad packet for one-step timestamping\n");
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t dpaa2_eth_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net_dev)
 	if (skb->cb[0] == TX_TSTAMP_ONESTEP_SYNC) {
 		if (!dpaa2_eth_ptp_parse(skb, &msgtype, &twostep, &udp,
 					 &offset1, &offset2))
-			if (msgtype == 0 && twostep == 0) {
+			if (msgtype == PTP_MSGTYPE_SYNC && twostep == 0) {
 				skb_queue_tail(&priv->tx_skbs, skb);
 				queue_work(priv->dpaa2_ptp_wq,
 					   &priv->tx_onestep_tstamp);
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c
index 4700ffbdfceda3b8640e6b6594e88cb0d29a8d6c..6c7c2843ba0b09c9332af66ad84b2f1ec5cd2bef 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 #define MESSAGE_TYPE_P_DELAY_RESP	3
 #define MESSAGE_TYPE_DELAY_REQ		4
 
-#define SYNC				0x0
-#define DELAY_REQ			0x1
-#define PDELAY_REQ			0x2
-#define PDELAY_RESP			0x3
-
 static LIST_HEAD(ines_clocks);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(ines_clocks_lock);
 
@@ -683,9 +678,9 @@ static bool is_sync_pdelay_resp(struct sk_buff *skb, int type)
 
 	msgtype = ptp_get_msgtype(hdr, type);
 
-	switch ((msgtype & 0xf)) {
-	case SYNC:
-	case PDELAY_RESP:
+	switch (msgtype) {
+	case PTP_MSGTYPE_SYNC:
+	case PTP_MSGTYPE_PDELAY_RESP:
 		return true;
 	default:
 		return false;
@@ -696,13 +691,13 @@ static u8 tag_to_msgtype(u8 tag)
 {
 	switch (tag) {
 	case MESSAGE_TYPE_SYNC:
-		return SYNC;
+		return PTP_MSGTYPE_SYNC;
 	case MESSAGE_TYPE_P_DELAY_REQ:
-		return PDELAY_REQ;
+		return PTP_MSGTYPE_PDELAY_REQ;
 	case MESSAGE_TYPE_P_DELAY_RESP:
-		return PDELAY_RESP;
+		return PTP_MSGTYPE_PDELAY_RESP;
 	case MESSAGE_TYPE_DELAY_REQ:
-		return DELAY_REQ;
+		return PTP_MSGTYPE_DELAY_REQ;
 	}
 	return 0xf;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/ptp_classify.h b/include/linux/ptp_classify.h
index c6487b7ab026f6e9dea348929587bf33ddf4b8fa..ae04968a3a47201befdf32908bc78b8d37671638 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptp_classify.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptp_classify.h
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 #define PTP_CLASS_V2_VLAN (PTP_CLASS_V2 | PTP_CLASS_VLAN)
 #define PTP_CLASS_L4      (PTP_CLASS_IPV4 | PTP_CLASS_IPV6)
 
+#define PTP_MSGTYPE_SYNC        0x0
+#define PTP_MSGTYPE_DELAY_REQ   0x1
+#define PTP_MSGTYPE_PDELAY_REQ  0x2
+#define PTP_MSGTYPE_PDELAY_RESP 0x3
+
 #define PTP_EV_PORT 319
 #define PTP_GEN_BIT 0x08 /* indicates general message, if set in message type */
 
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ static inline u8 ptp_get_msgtype(const struct ptp_header *hdr,
 	/* The return is meaningless. The stub function would not be
 	 * executed since no available header from ptp_parse_header.
 	 */
-	return 0;
+	return PTP_MSGTYPE_SYNC;
 }
 #endif
 #endif /* _PTP_CLASSIFY_H_ */