diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
index 5fd4b5271f9a19b5df9b06ebb8a1b81fbdbe8eb1..47c29eaaa140d9cf16f2fb533ba57f9497de7e24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
@@ -261,18 +261,9 @@ static int ixgbe_ptp_adjtime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, s64 delta)
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter =
 		container_of(ptp, struct ixgbe_adapter, ptp_caps);
 	unsigned long flags;
-	u64 now;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->tmreg_lock, flags);
-
-	now = timecounter_read(&adapter->tc);
-	now += delta;
-
-	/* reset the timecounter */
-	timecounter_init(&adapter->tc,
-			 &adapter->cc,
-			 now);
-
+	timecounter_adjtime(&adapter->tc, delta);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tmreg_lock, flags);
 
 	ixgbe_ptp_setup_sdp(adapter);