diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 040f35e7efe0c42d0a21ae0d082280361ec54a91..53890a730ff43a84fbd5866fdf2ab390a2dbeb5c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_init_sock);
 
 static void tcp_tx_timestamp(struct sock *sk, u16 tsflags, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (sk->sk_tsflags || tsflags) {
+	if (tsflags) {
 		struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 		struct tcp_skb_cb *tcb = TCP_SKB_CB(skb);