diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
index 7a0deadd53bf14743e4c530b895c8658e59c8be2..2eda153cb1e0d376517020b8f9159bde93358e25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ vxge_rx_1b_compl(struct __vxge_hw_ring *ringh, void *dtr,
 
 			skb_hwts = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
 			skb_hwts->hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(ns);
-			skb_hwts->syststamp.tv64 = 0;
 		}
 
 		/* rth_hash_type and rth_it_hit are non-zero regardless of