diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1e27a67..d20c28e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1672,10 +1672,21 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void tstamp_tx(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	union skb_shared_tx *shtx =
+		skb_tx(skb);
+	if (unlikely(shtx->software &&
+			!shtx->in_progress)) {
+		skb_tstamp_tx(skb, NULL);
+	}
+}
+
 int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			struct netdev_queue *txq)
 {
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+	int rc;
 
 	prefetch(&dev->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit);
 	if (likely(!skb->next)) {
@@ -1689,13 +1700,29 @@
 				goto gso;
 		}
 
-		return ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+		rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+		/*
+		 * TODO: if skb_orphan() was called by
+		 * dev->hard_start_xmit() (for example, the unmodified
+		 * igb driver does that; bnx2 doesn't), then
+		 * skb_tx_software_timestamp() will be unable to send
+		 * back the time stamp.
+		 *
+		 * How can this be prevented? Always create another
+		 * reference to the socket before calling
+		 * dev->hard_start_xmit()? Prevent that skb_orphan()
+		 * does anything in dev->hard_start_xmit() by clearing
+		 * the skb destructor before the call and restoring it
+		 * afterwards, then doing the skb_orphan() ourselves?
+		 */
+		if (likely(!rc))
+			tstamp_tx(skb);
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 gso:
 	do {
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb->next;
-		int rc;
 
 		skb->next = nskb->next;
 		nskb->next = NULL;
@@ -1705,6 +1732,7 @@
 			skb->next = nskb;
 			return rc;
 		}
+		tstamp_tx(skb);
 		if (unlikely(netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq) && skb->next))
 			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 	} while (skb->next);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index ab7d2e9..e5a8351 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/errqueue.h>
 
 #include <net/protocol.h>
 #include <net/dst.h>
@@ -215,7 +216,9 @@
 	shinfo->gso_segs = 0;
 	shinfo->gso_type = 0;
 	shinfo->ip6_frag_id = 0;
+	shinfo->tx_flags.flags = 0;
 	shinfo->frag_list = NULL;
+	memset(&shinfo->hwtstamps, 0, sizeof(shinfo->hwtstamps));
 
 	if (fclone) {
 		struct sk_buff *child = skb + 1;
@@ -2945,6 +2948,44 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_cow_data);
 
+void skb_tstamp_tx(struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
+		struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = orig_skb->sk;
+	struct sock_exterr_skb *serr;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!sk)
+		return;
+
+	skb = skb_clone(orig_skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb)
+		return;
+
+	if (hwtstamps) {
+		*skb_hwtstamps(skb) =
+			*hwtstamps;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * no hardware time stamps available,
+		 * so keep the skb_shared_tx and only
+		 * store software time stamp
+		 */
+		skb->tstamp = ktime_get_real();
+	}
+
+	serr = SKB_EXT_ERR(skb);
+	memset(serr, 0, sizeof(*serr));
+	serr->ee.ee_errno = ENOMSG;
+	serr->ee.ee_origin = SO_EE_ORIGIN_TIMESTAMPING;
+	err = sock_queue_err_skb(sk, skb);
+	if (err)
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_tstamp_tx);
+
+
 /**
  * skb_partial_csum_set - set up and verify partial csum values for packet
  * @skb: the skb to set