diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h
index 4dfc234d80e5..b950c02030c0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ struct tpacket_auxdata {
 #define TP_STATUS_SENDING	(1 << 1)
 #define TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT	(1 << 2)
 
+/* Rx and Tx ring - header status */
+#define TP_STATUS_TS_SOFTWARE		(1 << 29)
+#define TP_STATUS_TS_SYS_HARDWARE	(1 << 30)
+#define TP_STATUS_TS_RAW_HARDWARE	(1 << 31)
+
 /* Rx ring - feature request bits */
 #define TP_FT_REQ_FILL_RXHASH	0x1
 
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 9d46a07a15c0..ba8309a3e01b 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -339,34 +339,35 @@ static int __packet_get_status(struct packet_sock *po, void *frame)
 	}
 }
 
-static bool tpacket_get_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct timespec *ts,
-				  unsigned int flags)
+static __u32 tpacket_get_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct timespec *ts,
+				   unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *shhwtstamps = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
 
 	if (shhwtstamps) {
 		if ((flags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE) &&
 		    ktime_to_timespec_cond(shhwtstamps->syststamp, ts))
-			return true;
+			return TP_STATUS_TS_SYS_HARDWARE;
 		if ((flags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE) &&
 		    ktime_to_timespec_cond(shhwtstamps->hwtstamp, ts))
-			return true;
+			return TP_STATUS_TS_RAW_HARDWARE;
 	}
 
 	if (ktime_to_timespec_cond(skb->tstamp, ts))
-		return true;
+		return TP_STATUS_TS_SOFTWARE;
 
-	return false;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __packet_set_timestamp(struct packet_sock *po, void *frame,
-				   struct sk_buff *skb)
+static __u32 __packet_set_timestamp(struct packet_sock *po, void *frame,
+				    struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	union tpacket_uhdr h;
 	struct timespec ts;
+	__u32 ts_status;
 
-	if (!tpacket_get_timestamp(skb, &ts, po->tp_tstamp))
-		return;
+	if (!(ts_status = tpacket_get_timestamp(skb, &ts, po->tp_tstamp)))
+		return 0;
 
 	h.raw = frame;
 	switch (po->tp_version) {
@@ -387,6 +388,8 @@ static void __packet_set_timestamp(struct packet_sock *po, void *frame,
 	/* one flush is safe, as both fields always lie on the same cacheline */
 	flush_dcache_page(pgv_to_page(&h.h1->tp_sec));
 	smp_wmb();
+
+	return ts_status;
 }
 
 static void *packet_lookup_frame(struct packet_sock *po,
@@ -1721,6 +1724,7 @@ static int tpacket_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	unsigned short macoff, netoff, hdrlen;
 	struct sk_buff *copy_skb = NULL;
 	struct timespec ts;
+	__u32 ts_status;
 
 	if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK)
 		goto drop;
@@ -1803,9 +1807,12 @@ static int tpacket_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
 
 	skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, h.raw + macoff, snaplen);
-	if (!tpacket_get_timestamp(skb, &ts, po->tp_tstamp))
+
+	if (!(ts_status = tpacket_get_timestamp(skb, &ts, po->tp_tstamp)))
 		getnstimeofday(&ts);
 
+	status |= ts_status;
+
 	switch (po->tp_version) {
 	case TPACKET_V1:
 		h.h1->tp_len = skb->len;
@@ -1905,11 +1912,14 @@ static void tpacket_destruct_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	void *ph;
 
 	if (likely(po->tx_ring.pg_vec)) {
+		__u32 ts;
+
 		ph = skb_shinfo(skb)->destructor_arg;
 		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&po->tx_ring.pending) == 0);
 		atomic_dec(&po->tx_ring.pending);
-		__packet_set_timestamp(po, ph, skb);
-		__packet_set_status(po, ph, TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE);
+
+		ts = __packet_set_timestamp(po, ph, skb);
+		__packet_set_status(po, ph, TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE | ts);
 	}
 
 	sock_wfree(skb);