diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 1c16cd35c81c..569747bbefd8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -4702,14 +4702,35 @@ static int igc_save_launchtime_params(struct igc_adapter *adapter, int queue,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool validate_schedule(const struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload *qopt)
+static bool is_base_time_past(ktime_t base_time, const struct timespec64 *now)
+{
+	struct timespec64 b;
+
+	b = ktime_to_timespec64(base_time);
+
+	return timespec64_compare(now, &b) > 0;
+}
+
+static bool validate_schedule(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
+			      const struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload *qopt)
 {
 	int queue_uses[IGC_MAX_TX_QUEUES] = { };
+	struct timespec64 now;
 	size_t n;
 
 	if (qopt->cycle_time_extension)
 		return false;
 
+	igc_ptp_read(adapter, &now);
+
+	/* If we program the controller's BASET registers with a time
+	 * in the future, it will hold all the packets until that
+	 * time, causing a lot of TX Hangs, so to avoid that, we
+	 * reject schedules that would start in the future.
+	 */
+	if (!is_base_time_past(qopt->base_time, &now))
+		return false;
+
 	for (n = 0; n < qopt->num_entries; n++) {
 		const struct tc_taprio_sched_entry *e;
 		int i;
@@ -4764,7 +4785,7 @@ static int igc_save_qbv_schedule(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
 	if (adapter->base_time)
 		return -EALREADY;
 
-	if (!validate_schedule(qopt))
+	if (!validate_schedule(adapter, qopt))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	adapter->cycle_time = qopt->cycle_time;