diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c b/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c
index 617d384d4551..d3e825c951ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c
@@ -931,6 +931,9 @@ struct bcm_ptp_private *bcm_ptp_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 		return ERR_CAST(clock);
 	priv->ptp_clock = clock;
 
+	/* Timestamp selected by default to keep legacy API */
+	phydev->default_timestamp = true;
+
 	priv->phydev = phydev;
 	bcm_ptp_init(priv);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/dp83640.c b/drivers/net/phy/dp83640.c
index 5c42c47dc564..64fd1a109c0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83640.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83640.c
@@ -1450,6 +1450,9 @@ static int dp83640_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	phydev->mii_ts = &dp83640->mii_ts;
 	phydev->priv = dp83640;
 
+	/* Timestamp selected by default to keep legacy API */
+	phydev->default_timestamp = true;
+
 	spin_lock_init(&dp83640->rx_lock);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&dp83640->rx_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&dp83640->tx_queue);
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
index bd4cd082662f..2b8dd0131926 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
@@ -3158,6 +3158,9 @@ static void lan8814_ptp_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	ptp_priv->mii_ts.ts_info  = lan8814_ts_info;
 
 	phydev->mii_ts = &ptp_priv->mii_ts;
+
+	/* Timestamp selected by default to keep legacy API */
+	phydev->default_timestamp = true;
 }
 
 static int lan8814_ptp_probe_once(struct phy_device *phydev)
@@ -4586,6 +4589,9 @@ static int lan8841_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 
 	phydev->mii_ts = &ptp_priv->mii_ts;
 
+	/* Timestamp selected by default to keep legacy API */
+	phydev->default_timestamp = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_ptp.c b/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_ptp.c
index eb0b032cb613..fd174eb06d4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_ptp.c
@@ -1570,6 +1570,8 @@ int vsc8584_ptp_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 		return PTR_ERR(vsc8531->load_save);
 	}
 
+	/* Timestamp selected by default to keep legacy API */
+	phydev->default_timestamp = true;
 	vsc8531->ptp->phydev = phydev;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-c45-tja11xx.c b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-c45-tja11xx.c
index 780ad353cf55..0515c7b979db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-c45-tja11xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-c45-tja11xx.c
@@ -1658,6 +1658,9 @@ static int nxp_c45_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 		priv->mii_ts.ts_info = nxp_c45_ts_info;
 		phydev->mii_ts = &priv->mii_ts;
 		ret = nxp_c45_init_ptp_clock(priv);
+
+		/* Timestamp selected by default to keep legacy API */
+		phydev->default_timestamp = true;
 	} else {
 		phydev_dbg(phydev, "PTP support not enabled even if the phy supports it");
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 2ce74593d6e4..8c4794631daa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1411,6 +1411,26 @@ int phy_sfp_probe(struct phy_device *phydev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_sfp_probe);
 
+/**
+ * phy_set_timestamp - set the default selected timestamping device
+ * @dev: Pointer to net_device
+ * @phydev: Pointer to phy_device
+ *
+ * This is used to set default timestamping device taking into account
+ * the new API choice, which is selecting the timestamping from MAC by
+ * default if the phydev does not have default_timestamp flag enabled.
+ */
+static void phy_set_timestamp(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
+
+	if (!phy_has_tsinfo(phydev))
+		return;
+
+	if (!ops->get_ts_info || phydev->default_timestamp)
+		dev->ts_layer = PHY_TIMESTAMPING;
+}
+
 /**
  * phy_attach_direct - attach a network device to a given PHY device pointer
  * @dev: network device to attach
@@ -1484,6 +1504,7 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 
 	phydev->phy_link_change = phy_link_change;
 	if (dev) {
+		phy_set_timestamp(dev, phydev);
 		phydev->attached_dev = dev;
 		dev->phydev = phydev;
 
@@ -1812,6 +1833,22 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
 
 	phy_suspend(phydev);
 	if (dev) {
+		const struct ethtool_ops *ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
+		struct ethtool_ts_info ts_info = {0};
+
+		if (ops->get_ts_info) {
+			ops->get_ts_info(dev, &ts_info);
+			if ((ts_info.so_timestamping &
+			    SOF_TIMESTAMPING_HARDWARE_MASK) ==
+			    SOF_TIMESTAMPING_HARDWARE_MASK)
+				dev->ts_layer = MAC_TIMESTAMPING;
+			else if ((ts_info.so_timestamping &
+				 SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE_MASK) ==
+				 SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE_MASK)
+				dev->ts_layer = SOFTWARE_TIMESTAMPING;
+		} else {
+			dev->ts_layer = NO_TIMESTAMPING;
+		}
 		phydev->attached_dev->phydev = NULL;
 		phydev->attached_dev = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2d840d7056f2..f020d2790c12 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <uapi/linux/if_bonding.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/netdev.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/net_tstamp.h>
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <net/net_trackers.h>
@@ -2074,6 +2075,8 @@ enum netdev_ml_priv_type {
  *
  *	@dpll_pin: Pointer to the SyncE source pin of a DPLL subsystem,
  *		   where the clock is recovered.
+ *	@ts_layer:	Tracks which network device
+ *			performs packet	time stamping.
  *
  *	FIXME: cleanup struct net_device such that network protocol info
  *	moves out.
@@ -2435,6 +2438,8 @@ struct net_device {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DPLL)
 	struct dpll_pin		*dpll_pin;
 #endif
+
+	enum timestamping_layer	ts_layer;
 };
 #define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index e5f1f41e399c..317def2a7843 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -604,6 +604,8 @@ struct macsec_ops;
  *                 handling shall be postponed until PHY has resumed
  * @irq_rerun: Flag indicating interrupts occurred while PHY was suspended,
  *             requiring a rerun of the interrupt handler after resume
+ * @default_timestamp: Flag indicating whether we are using the phy
+ *		       timestamp as the default one
  * @interface: enum phy_interface_t value
  * @skb: Netlink message for cable diagnostics
  * @nest: Netlink nest used for cable diagnostics
@@ -667,6 +669,8 @@ struct phy_device {
 	unsigned irq_suspended:1;
 	unsigned irq_rerun:1;
 
+	unsigned default_timestamp:1;
+
 	int rate_matching;
 
 	enum phy_state state;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0d548431f3fa..784d65c059d0 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10210,6 +10210,9 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
 		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL, 0, NULL);
 
+	if (dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_info)
+		dev->ts_layer = MAC_TIMESTAMPING;
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 267cd00269d0..bc8be9749376 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -259,9 +259,7 @@ static int dev_eth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev,
  * @dev: Network device
  * @cfg: Timestamping configuration structure
  *
- * Helper for enforcing a common policy that phylib timestamping, if available,
- * should take precedence in front of hardware timestamping provided by the
- * netdev.
+ * Helper for calling the selected hardware provider timestamping.
  *
  * Note: phy_mii_ioctl() only handles SIOCSHWTSTAMP (not SIOCGHWTSTAMP), and
  * there only exists a phydev->mii_ts->hwtstamp() method. So this will return
@@ -271,10 +269,14 @@ static int dev_eth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev,
 static int dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(struct net_device *dev,
 				   struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *cfg)
 {
-	if (phy_has_hwtstamp(dev->phydev))
+	enum timestamping_layer ts_layer = dev->ts_layer;
+
+	if (ts_layer == PHY_TIMESTAMPING)
 		return phy_hwtstamp_get(dev->phydev, cfg);
+	else if (ts_layer == MAC_TIMESTAMPING)
+		return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get(dev, cfg);
 
-	return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get(dev, cfg);
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
 static int dev_get_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
@@ -315,9 +317,8 @@ static int dev_get_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
  * @cfg: Timestamping configuration structure
  * @extack: Netlink extended ack message structure, for error reporting
  *
- * Helper for enforcing a common policy that phylib timestamping, if available,
- * should take precedence in front of hardware timestamping provided by the
- * netdev. If the netdev driver needs to perform specific actions even for PHY
+ * Helper for calling the selected hardware provider timestamping.
+ * If the netdev driver needs to perform specific actions even for PHY
  * timestamping to work properly (a switch port must trap the timestamped
  * frames and not forward them), it must set IFF_SEE_ALL_HWTSTAMP_REQUESTS in
  * dev->priv_flags.
@@ -327,20 +328,26 @@ int dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(struct net_device *dev,
 			    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
-	bool phy_ts = phy_has_hwtstamp(dev->phydev);
+	enum timestamping_layer ts_layer = dev->ts_layer;
 	struct kernel_hwtstamp_config old_cfg = {};
 	bool changed = false;
 	int err;
 
-	cfg->source = phy_ts ? PHY_TIMESTAMPING : MAC_TIMESTAMPING;
+	cfg->source = ts_layer;
+
+	if (ts_layer != PHY_TIMESTAMPING &&
+	    ts_layer != MAC_TIMESTAMPING)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (phy_ts && (dev->priv_flags & IFF_SEE_ALL_HWTSTAMP_REQUESTS)) {
+	if (ts_layer == PHY_TIMESTAMPING &&
+	    dev->priv_flags & IFF_SEE_ALL_HWTSTAMP_REQUESTS) {
 		err = ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get(dev, &old_cfg);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	if (!phy_ts || (dev->priv_flags & IFF_SEE_ALL_HWTSTAMP_REQUESTS)) {
+	if (ts_layer == MAC_TIMESTAMPING ||
+	    dev->priv_flags & IFF_SEE_ALL_HWTSTAMP_REQUESTS) {
 		err = ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set(dev, cfg, extack);
 		if (err) {
 			if (extack->_msg)
@@ -349,10 +356,11 @@ int dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(struct net_device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (phy_ts && (dev->priv_flags & IFF_SEE_ALL_HWTSTAMP_REQUESTS))
+	if (ts_layer == PHY_TIMESTAMPING &&
+	    dev->priv_flags & IFF_SEE_ALL_HWTSTAMP_REQUESTS)
 		changed = kernel_hwtstamp_config_changed(&old_cfg, cfg);
 
-	if (phy_ts) {
+	if (ts_layer == PHY_TIMESTAMPING) {
 		err = phy_hwtstamp_set(dev->phydev, cfg, extack);
 		if (err) {
 			if (changed)
diff --git a/net/core/timestamping.c b/net/core/timestamping.c
index 04840697fe79..5cf51a523fb3 100644
--- a/net/core/timestamping.c
+++ b/net/core/timestamping.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static unsigned int classify(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 void skb_clone_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	enum timestamping_layer ts_layer;
 	struct mii_timestamper *mii_ts;
 	struct sk_buff *clone;
 	unsigned int type;
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ void skb_clone_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!skb->sk)
 		return;
 
+	ts_layer = skb->dev->ts_layer;
+	if (ts_layer != PHY_TIMESTAMPING)
+		return;
+
 	type = classify(skb);
 	if (type == PTP_CLASS_NONE)
 		return;
@@ -44,12 +49,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_clone_tx_timestamp);
 
 bool skb_defer_rx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	enum timestamping_layer ts_layer;
 	struct mii_timestamper *mii_ts;
 	unsigned int type;
 
 	if (!skb->dev || !skb->dev->phydev || !skb->dev->phydev->mii_ts)
 		return false;
 
+	ts_layer = skb->dev->ts_layer;
+	if (ts_layer != PHY_TIMESTAMPING)
+		return false;
+
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < ETH_HLEN)
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.c b/net/ethtool/common.c
index 11d8797f63f6..9f6e3b2c74e2 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.c
@@ -633,13 +633,28 @@ int __ethtool_get_ts_info(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_ts_info *info)
 {
 	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
 	struct phy_device *phydev = dev->phydev;
+	enum timestamping_layer ts_layer;
+	int ret;
 
 	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
 	info->cmd = ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO;
 
-	if (phy_has_tsinfo(phydev))
+	ts_layer = dev->ts_layer;
+	if (ts_layer == SOFTWARE_TIMESTAMPING) {
+		ret = ops->get_ts_info(dev, info);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		info->so_timestamping &= ~SOF_TIMESTAMPING_HARDWARE_MASK;
+		info->phc_index = -1;
+		info->rx_filters = 0;
+		info->tx_types = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (ts_layer == PHY_TIMESTAMPING)
 		return phy_ts_info(phydev, info);
-	if (ops->get_ts_info)
+
+	if (ts_layer == MAC_TIMESTAMPING)
 		return ops->get_ts_info(dev, info);
 
 	info->so_timestamping = SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE |
