diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 281dece..477f0f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@
 	SKBTX_SHARED_FRAG = 1 << 5,
 };
 
+#define SKBTX_ANY_SW_TSTAMP	SKBTX_SW_TSTAMP
+#define SKBTX_ANY_TSTAMP	(SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP | SKBTX_ANY_SW_TSTAMP)
+
 /*
  * The callback notifies userspace to release buffers when skb DMA is done in
  * lower device, the skb last reference should be 0 when calling this.
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index b91c886..02f5b35 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2169,7 +2169,9 @@
 	 */
 	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_RCVTSTAMP) ||
 	    sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE) ||
-	    (kt.tv64 && sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE)) ||
+	    (kt.tv64 &&
+	     (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE) ||
+	      skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_ANY_SW_TSTAMP)) ||
 	    (hwtstamps->hwtstamp.tv64 &&
 	     sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE)))
 		__sock_recv_timestamp(msg, sk, skb);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/errqueue.h b/include/uapi/linux/errqueue.h
index aacd4fb..accee72 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/errqueue.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/errqueue.h
@@ -22,5 +22,23 @@
 
 #define SO_EE_OFFENDER(ee)	((struct sockaddr*)((ee)+1))
 
+/**
+ *	struct scm_timestamping - timestamps exposed through cmsg
+ *
+ *	The timestamping interfaces SO_TIMESTAMPING, MSG_TSTAMP_*
+ *	communicate network timestamps by passing this struct in a cmsg with
+ *	recvmsg(). See Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt for details.
+ */
+struct scm_timestamping {
+	struct timespec ts[3];
+};
+
+/* The type of scm_timestamping, passed in sock_extended_err ee_info.
+ * This defines the type of ts[0]. For SCM_TSTAMP_SND only, if ts[0]
+ * is zero, then this is a hardware timestamp and recorded in ts[2].
+ */
+enum {
+	SCM_TSTAMP_SND,		/* driver passed skb to NIC, or HW */
+};
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_ERRQUEUE_H */
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index c1a3303..c9f6880 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3521,6 +3521,7 @@
 	memset(serr, 0, sizeof(*serr));
 	serr->ee.ee_errno = ENOMSG;
 	serr->ee.ee_origin = SO_EE_ORIGIN_TIMESTAMPING;
+	serr->ee.ee_info = SCM_TSTAMP_SND;
 
 	err = sock_queue_err_skb(sk, skb);
 
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index d8222c0..dc0cc5d 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 #include <linux/sockios.h>
 #include <linux/atalk.h>
 #include <net/busy_poll.h>
+#include <linux/errqueue.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
 unsigned int sysctl_net_busy_read __read_mostly;
@@ -697,7 +698,7 @@
 	struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int need_software_tstamp = sock_flag(sk, SOCK_RCVTSTAMP);
-	struct timespec ts[3];
+	struct scm_timestamping tss;
 	int empty = 1;
 	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *shhwtstamps =
 		skb_hwtstamps(skb);
@@ -714,24 +715,25 @@
 			put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_TIMESTAMP,
 				 sizeof(tv), &tv);
 		} else {
-			skb_get_timestampns(skb, &ts[0]);
+			struct timespec ts;
+			skb_get_timestampns(skb, &ts);
 			put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_TIMESTAMPNS,
-				 sizeof(ts[0]), &ts[0]);
+				 sizeof(ts), &ts);
 		}
 	}
 
-
-	memset(ts, 0, sizeof(ts));
-	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE) &&
-	    ktime_to_timespec_cond(skb->tstamp, ts + 0))
+	memset(&tss, 0, sizeof(tss));
+	if ((sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE) ||
+	     skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_ANY_SW_TSTAMP) &&
+	    ktime_to_timespec_cond(skb->tstamp, tss.ts + 0))
 		empty = 0;
 	if (shhwtstamps &&
 	    sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE) &&
-	    ktime_to_timespec_cond(shhwtstamps->hwtstamp, ts + 2))
+	    ktime_to_timespec_cond(shhwtstamps->hwtstamp, tss.ts + 2))
 		empty = 0;
 	if (!empty)
 		put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET,
-			 SCM_TIMESTAMPING, sizeof(ts), &ts);
+			 SCM_TIMESTAMPING, sizeof(tss), &tss);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__sock_recv_timestamp);