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..d3e72d5c1472 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83640.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83640.c
@@ -1447,6 +1447,8 @@ static int dp83640_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_RXTS; i++)
 		list_add(&dp83640->rx_pool_data[i].list, &dp83640->rxpool);
 
+	/* Timestamp selected by default to keep legacy API */
+	phydev->default_timestamp = true;
 	phydev->mii_ts = &dp83640->mii_ts;
 	phydev->priv = dp83640;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
index 5aada7cf3da7..12a2290c90cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
@@ -3781,6 +3781,9 @@ 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)
@@ -5279,6 +5282,9 @@ 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..e66d20eff7c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_ptp.c
@@ -1570,6 +1570,9 @@ 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 3cf614b4cd52..d18c133e6013 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-c45-tja11xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-c45-tja11xx.c
@@ -1660,6 +1660,9 @@ 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/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index e6e83304558e..3deba69f0d76 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ 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
  * @possible_interfaces: bitmap if interface modes that the attached PHY
  *			 will switch between depending on media speed.
@@ -677,6 +679,8 @@ struct phy_device {
 	unsigned irq_suspended:1;
 	unsigned irq_rerun:1;
 
+	unsigned default_timestamp:1;
+
 	int rate_matching;
 
 	enum phy_state state;
@@ -1621,6 +1625,21 @@ static inline void phy_txtstamp(struct phy_device *phydev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	phydev->mii_ts->txtstamp(phydev->mii_ts, skb, type);
 }
 
+/**
+ * phy_is_default_hwtstamp - Is the PHY hwtstamp the default timestamp
+ * @phydev: Pointer to phy_device
+ *
+ * This is used to get 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.
+ *
+ * Return: True if phy is the default hw timestamp, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool phy_is_default_hwtstamp(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	return phy_has_hwtstamp(phydev) && phydev->default_timestamp;
+}
+
 /**
  * phy_is_internal - Convenience function for testing if a PHY is internal
  * @phydev: the phy_device struct
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 6aaa8326bf8f..36cea843381f 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 default 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
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ static int dev_eth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev,
 int dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(struct net_device *dev,
 			    struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *cfg)
 {
-	if (phy_has_hwtstamp(dev->phydev))
+	if (phy_is_default_hwtstamp(dev->phydev))
 		return phy_hwtstamp_get(dev->phydev, cfg);
 
 	return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get(dev, cfg);
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@ 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);
+	bool phy_ts = phy_is_default_hwtstamp(dev->phydev);
 	struct kernel_hwtstamp_config old_cfg = {};
 	bool changed = false;
 	int err;
diff --git a/net/core/timestamping.c b/net/core/timestamping.c
index 04840697fe79..3717fb152ecc 100644
--- a/net/core/timestamping.c
+++ b/net/core/timestamping.c
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ void skb_clone_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct sk_buff *clone;
 	unsigned int type;
 
-	if (!skb->sk)
+	if (!skb->sk || !skb->dev ||
+	    !phy_is_default_hwtstamp(skb->dev->phydev))
 		return;
 
 	type = classify(skb);
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ bool skb_defer_rx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct mii_timestamper *mii_ts;
 	unsigned int type;
 
-	if (!skb->dev || !skb->dev->phydev || !skb->dev->phydev->mii_ts)
+	if (!skb->dev || !phy_is_default_hwtstamp(skb->dev->phydev))
 		return false;
 
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < ETH_HLEN)
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.c b/net/ethtool/common.c
index 6b2a360dcdf0..01b7550f12c6 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ int __ethtool_get_ts_info(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_ts_info *info)
 	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
 	info->cmd = ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO;
 
-	if (phy_has_tsinfo(phydev))
+	if (phy_is_default_hwtstamp(phydev) && phy_has_tsinfo(phydev))
 		return phy_ts_info(phydev, info);
 	if (ops->get_ts_info)
 		return ops->get_ts_info(dev, info);
