diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ptp.c
index c34734d432e0d726b4e15f7cdd14c80f8eb4630e..4e10ced736dbb5855d0389b8c4636c22c52c06a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ptp.c
@@ -417,10 +417,12 @@ static int igc_ptp_verify_pin(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, unsigned int pin,
  *
  * We need to convert the system time value stored in the RX/TXSTMP registers
  * into a hwtstamp which can be used by the upper level timestamping functions.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success.
  **/
-static void igc_ptp_systim_to_hwtstamp(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
-				       struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps,
-				       u64 systim)
+static int igc_ptp_systim_to_hwtstamp(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
+				      struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps,
+				      u64 systim)
 {
 	switch (adapter->hw.mac.type) {
 	case igc_i225:
@@ -430,8 +432,9 @@ static void igc_ptp_systim_to_hwtstamp(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
 						systim & 0xFFFFFFFF);
 		break;
 	default:
-		break;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -652,7 +655,8 @@ static void igc_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
 
 	regval = rd32(IGC_TXSTMPL);
 	regval |= (u64)rd32(IGC_TXSTMPH) << 32;
-	igc_ptp_systim_to_hwtstamp(adapter, &shhwtstamps, regval);
+	if (igc_ptp_systim_to_hwtstamp(adapter, &shhwtstamps, regval))
+		return;
 
 	switch (adapter->link_speed) {
 	case SPEED_10: