diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
index 1eddcbe89b0c..a435f89b262f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
@@ -2103,30 +2103,26 @@ int ice_ptp_set_ts_config(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ifreq *ifr)
 }
 
 /**
- * ice_ptp_rx_hwtstamp - Check for an Rx timestamp
- * @rx_ring: Ring to get the VSI info
+ * ice_ptp_get_rx_hwts - Get packet Rx timestamp in ns
  * @rx_desc: Receive descriptor
- * @skb: Particular skb to send timestamp with
+ * @rx_ring: Ring to get the cached time
  *
  * The driver receives a notification in the receive descriptor with timestamp.
- * The timestamp is in ns, so we must convert the result first.
  */
-void
-ice_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
-		    union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc, struct sk_buff *skb)
+u64 ice_ptp_get_rx_hwts(const union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc,
+			struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring)
 {
-	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps;
 	u64 ts_ns, cached_time;
 	u32 ts_high;
 
 	if (!(rx_desc->wb.time_stamp_low & ICE_PTP_TS_VALID))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	cached_time = READ_ONCE(rx_ring->cached_phctime);
 
 	/* Do not report a timestamp if we don't have a cached PHC time */
 	if (!cached_time)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Use ice_ptp_extend_32b_ts directly, using the ring-specific cached
 	 * PHC value, rather than accessing the PF. This also allows us to
@@ -2137,9 +2133,7 @@ ice_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
 	ts_high = le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.flex_ts.ts_high);
 	ts_ns = ice_ptp_extend_32b_ts(cached_time, ts_high);
 
-	hwtstamps = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
-	memset(hwtstamps, 0, sizeof(*hwtstamps));
-	hwtstamps->hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(ts_ns);
+	return ts_ns;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.h
index 8f6f94392756..0274da964fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.h
@@ -298,9 +298,8 @@ void ice_ptp_extts_event(struct ice_pf *pf);
 s8 ice_ptp_request_ts(struct ice_ptp_tx *tx, struct sk_buff *skb);
 enum ice_tx_tstamp_work ice_ptp_process_ts(struct ice_pf *pf);
 
-void
-ice_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
-		    union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc, struct sk_buff *skb);
+u64 ice_ptp_get_rx_hwts(const union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc,
+			struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring);
 void ice_ptp_reset(struct ice_pf *pf);
 void ice_ptp_prepare_for_reset(struct ice_pf *pf);
 void ice_ptp_init(struct ice_pf *pf);
@@ -330,9 +329,14 @@ static inline bool ice_ptp_process_ts(struct ice_pf *pf)
 {
 	return true;
 }
-static inline void
-ice_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
-		    union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc, struct sk_buff *skb) { }
+
+static inline u64
+ice_ptp_get_rx_hwts(const union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc,
+		    struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline void ice_ptp_reset(struct ice_pf *pf) { }
 static inline void ice_ptp_prepare_for_reset(struct ice_pf *pf) { }
 static inline void ice_ptp_init(struct ice_pf *pf) { }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c
index 17530359aaf8..c4dbbb246946 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c
@@ -184,6 +184,26 @@ ice_rx_csum(struct ice_rx_ring *ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ring->vsi->back->hw_csum_rx_error++;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_ptp_rx_hwts_to_skb - Put RX timestamp into skb
+ * @rx_ring: Ring to get the VSI info
+ * @rx_desc: Receive descriptor
+ * @skb: Particular skb to send timestamp with
+ *
+ * The timestamp is in ns, so we must convert the result first.
+ */
+static void
+ice_ptp_rx_hwts_to_skb(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
+		       const union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc,
+		       struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	u64 ts_ns = ice_ptp_get_rx_hwts(rx_desc, rx_ring);
+
+	*skb_hwtstamps(skb) = (struct skb_shared_hwtstamps){
+		.hwtstamp	= ns_to_ktime(ts_ns),
+	};
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_process_skb_fields - Populate skb header fields from Rx descriptor
  * @rx_ring: Rx descriptor ring packet is being transacted on
@@ -208,7 +228,7 @@ ice_process_skb_fields(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
 	ice_rx_csum(rx_ring, skb, rx_desc, ptype);
 
 	if (rx_ring->ptp_rx)
-		ice_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
+		ice_ptp_rx_hwts_to_skb(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
 }
 
 /**
