diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
index 9f756b42d51497916bb6bb37020ce2364f4e8f83..fabcfa1b45b28817c0d2d3d1ed71c0c7e3054caf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
@@ -479,7 +479,12 @@ static int i40e_ptp_set_timestamp_mode(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 	switch (config->rx_filter) {
 	case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_NONE:
 		pf->ptp_rx = false;
-		tsyntype = 0;
+		/* We set the type to V1, but do not enable UDP packet
+		 * recognition. In this way, we should be as close to
+		 * disabling PTP Rx timestamps as possible since V1 packets
+		 * are always UDP, since L2 packets are a V2 feature.
+		 */
+		tsyntype = I40E_PRTTSYN_CTL1_TSYNTYPE_V1;
 		break;
 	case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V1_L4_SYNC:
 	case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V1_L4_DELAY_REQ:
@@ -533,17 +538,18 @@ static int i40e_ptp_set_timestamp_mode(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 		regval &= ~I40E_PFINT_ICR0_ENA_TIMESYNC_MASK;
 	wr32(hw, I40E_PFINT_ICR0_ENA, regval);
 
-	/* There is no simple on/off switch for Rx. To "disable" Rx support,
-	 * ignore any received timestamps, rather than turn off the clock.
+	/* Although there is no simple on/off switch for Rx, we "disable" Rx
+	 * timestamps by setting to V1 only mode and clear the UDP
+	 * recognition. This ought to disable all PTP Rx timestamps as V1
+	 * packets are always over UDP. Note that software is configured to
+	 * ignore Rx timestamps via the pf->ptp_rx flag.
 	 */
-	if (pf->ptp_rx) {
-		regval = rd32(hw, I40E_PRTTSYN_CTL1);
-		/* clear everything but the enable bit */
-		regval &= I40E_PRTTSYN_CTL1_TSYNENA_MASK;
-		/* now enable bits for desired Rx timestamps */
-		regval |= tsyntype;
-		wr32(hw, I40E_PRTTSYN_CTL1, regval);
-	}
+	regval = rd32(hw, I40E_PRTTSYN_CTL1);
+	/* clear everything but the enable bit */
+	regval &= I40E_PRTTSYN_CTL1_TSYNENA_MASK;
+	/* now enable bits for desired Rx timestamps */
+	regval |= tsyntype;
+	wr32(hw, I40E_PRTTSYN_CTL1, regval);
 
 	return 0;
 }