diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index 2572e13..2618598 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -582,6 +582,9 @@ struct ixgbe_adapter {
 
 	struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock;
 	struct ptp_clock_info ptp_caps;
+	struct work_struct ptp_tx_work;
+	struct sk_buff *ptp_tx_skb;
+	unsigned long ptp_tx_start;
 	unsigned long last_overflow_check;
 	unsigned long last_rx_ptp_check;
 	spinlock_t tmreg_lock;
@@ -752,8 +755,6 @@ extern void ixgbe_ptp_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 extern void ixgbe_ptp_stop(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 extern void ixgbe_ptp_overflow_check(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 extern void ixgbe_ptp_rx_hang(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
-extern void ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
-				  struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern void ixgbe_ptp_rx_hwtstamp(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 				  union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
 				  struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index ab43288..4c2e9d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -850,9 +850,6 @@ static bool ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 		total_bytes += tx_buffer->bytecount;
 		total_packets += tx_buffer->gso_segs;
 
-		if (unlikely(tx_buffer->tx_flags & IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_TSTAMP))
-			ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(q_vector, tx_buffer->skb);
-
 		/* free the skb */
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_buffer->skb);
 
@@ -5880,7 +5877,6 @@ static void ixgbe_service_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = container_of(work,
 						     struct ixgbe_adapter,
 						     service_task);
-
 	ixgbe_reset_subtask(adapter);
 	ixgbe_sfp_detection_subtask(adapter);
 	ixgbe_sfp_link_config_subtask(adapter);
@@ -5888,8 +5884,11 @@ static void ixgbe_service_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	ixgbe_watchdog_subtask(adapter);
 	ixgbe_fdir_reinit_subtask(adapter);
 	ixgbe_check_hang_subtask(adapter);
-	ixgbe_ptp_overflow_check(adapter);
-	ixgbe_ptp_rx_hang(adapter);
+
+	if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_PTP_ENABLED) {
+		ixgbe_ptp_overflow_check(adapter);
+		ixgbe_ptp_rx_hang(adapter);
+	}
 
 	ixgbe_service_event_complete(adapter);
 }
@@ -6435,6 +6434,11 @@ netdev_tx_t ixgbe_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP)) {
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
 		tx_flags |= IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_TSTAMP;
+
+		/* schedule check for Tx timestamp */
+		adapter->ptp_tx_skb = skb_get(skb);
+		adapter->ptp_tx_start = jiffies;
+		schedule_work(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
index dcc67e2..33cb8c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 #define IXGBE_MAX_TIMEADJ_VALUE  0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL
 
 #define IXGBE_OVERFLOW_PERIOD    (HZ * 30)
+#define IXGBE_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT     (HZ * 15)
 
 #ifndef NSECS_PER_SEC
 #define NSECS_PER_SEC 1000000000ULL
@@ -401,7 +402,6 @@ void ixgbe_ptp_check_pps_event(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u32 eicr)
 	}
 }
 
-
 /**
  * ixgbe_ptp_overflow_check - watchdog task to detect SYSTIME overflow
  * @adapter: private adapter struct
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ void ixgbe_ptp_overflow_check(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 					     IXGBE_OVERFLOW_PERIOD);
 	struct timespec ts;
 
-	if ((adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_PTP_ENABLED) &&
-	    (timeout)) {
+	if (timeout) {
 		ixgbe_ptp_gettime(&adapter->ptp_caps, &ts);
 		adapter->last_overflow_check = jiffies;
 	}
@@ -467,48 +466,68 @@ void ixgbe_ptp_rx_hang(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 
 /**
  * ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp - utility function which checks for TX time stamp
- * @q_vector: structure containing interrupt and ring information
- * @skb: particular skb to send timestamp with
+ * @adapter: the private adapter struct
  *
  * if the timestamp is valid, we convert it into the timecounter ns
  * value, then store that result into the shhwtstamps structure which
  * is passed up the network stack
  */
-void ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
-			   struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter;
-	struct ixgbe_hw *hw;
+	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps shhwtstamps;
 	u64 regval = 0, ns;
-	u32 tsynctxctl;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/* we cannot process timestamps on a ring without a q_vector */
-	if (!q_vector || !q_vector->adapter)
-		return;
-
-	adapter = q_vector->adapter;
-	hw = &adapter->hw;
-
-	tsynctxctl = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_TSYNCTXCTL);
 	regval |= (u64)IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_TXSTMPL);
 	regval |= (u64)IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_TXSTMPH) << 32;
 
-	/*
-	 * if TX timestamp is not valid, exit after clearing the
-	 * timestamp registers
-	 */
-	if (!(tsynctxctl & IXGBE_TSYNCTXCTL_VALID))
-		return;
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->tmreg_lock, flags);
 	ns = timecounter_cyc2time(&adapter->tc, regval);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tmreg_lock, flags);
 
 	memset(&shhwtstamps, 0, sizeof(shhwtstamps));
 	shhwtstamps.hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(ns);
-	skb_tstamp_tx(skb, &shhwtstamps);
+	skb_tstamp_tx(adapter->ptp_tx_skb, &shhwtstamps);
+
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
+	adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp_work
+ * @work: pointer to the work struct
+ *
+ * This work item polls TSYNCTXCTL valid bit to determine when a Tx hardware
+ * timestamp has been taken for the current skb. It is necesary, because the
+ * descriptor's "done" bit does not correlate with the timestamp event.
+ */
+static void ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = container_of(work, struct ixgbe_adapter,
+						     ptp_tx_work);
+	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	bool timeout = time_is_before_jiffies(adapter->ptp_tx_start +
+					      IXGBE_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT);
+	u32 tsynctxctl;
+
+	/* we have to have a valid skb */
+	if (!adapter->ptp_tx_skb)
+		return;
+
+	if (timeout) {
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
+		adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+		e_warn(drv, "clearing Tx Timestamp hang");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tsynctxctl = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_TSYNCTXCTL);
+	if (tsynctxctl & IXGBE_TSYNCTXCTL_VALID)
+		ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(adapter);
+	else
+		/* reschedule to keep checking if it's not available yet */
+		schedule_work(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -865,6 +884,7 @@ void ixgbe_ptp_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&adapter->tmreg_lock);
+	INIT_WORK(&adapter->ptp_tx_work, ixgbe_ptp_tx_hwtstamp_work);
 
 	adapter->ptp_clock = ptp_clock_register(&adapter->ptp_caps,
 						&adapter->pdev->dev);
@@ -896,6 +916,12 @@ void ixgbe_ptp_stop(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 
 	ixgbe_ptp_setup_sdp(adapter);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
+	if (adapter->ptp_tx_skb) {
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
+		adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (adapter->ptp_clock) {
 		ptp_clock_unregister(adapter->ptp_clock);
 		adapter->ptp_clock = NULL;
