diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index e01cdaa..2b3c129 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -2086,6 +2086,10 @@
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
+
+		/* Steal sock reference for processing TX time stamps */
+		swap(skb_new->sk, skb->sk);
+		swap(skb_new->destructor, skb->destructor);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		skb = skb_new;
 	}