diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
index 010e6d61c8556839ea0e75b7f10ea0a84d451b48..ef96cd11d6d2c34a726db4b1c0c0a5ec8a76bf7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ struct e1000_adapter {
 	struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock;
 	struct ptp_clock_info ptp_clock_info;
 	struct pm_qos_request pm_qos_req;
+	s32 ptp_delta;
 
 	u16 eee_advert;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index c597398f292235ffef89b7505c327774bef39701..75e60897b7e748bca73317ae0e6d9247e6a9bbf9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -3580,7 +3580,6 @@ static int e1000e_config_hwtstamp(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 	bool is_l4 = false;
 	bool is_l2 = false;
 	u32 regval;
-	s32 ret_val;
 
 	if (!(adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_HW_TIMESTAMP))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3719,16 +3718,6 @@ static int e1000e_config_hwtstamp(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 	er32(RXSTMPH);
 	er32(TXSTMPH);
 
-	/* Get and set the System Time Register SYSTIM base frequency */
-	ret_val = e1000e_get_base_timinca(adapter, &regval);
-	if (ret_val)
-		return ret_val;
-	ew32(TIMINCA, regval);
-
-	/* reset the ns time counter */
-	timecounter_init(&adapter->tc, &adapter->cc,
-			 ktime_to_ns(ktime_get_real()));
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3884,6 +3873,53 @@ static void e1000_flush_desc_rings(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		e1000_flush_rx_ring(adapter);
 }
 
+/**
+ * e1000e_systim_reset - reset the timesync registers after a hardware reset
+ * @adapter: board private structure
+ *
+ * When the MAC is reset, all hardware bits for timesync will be reset to the
+ * default values. This function will restore the settings last in place.
+ * Since the clock SYSTIME registers are reset, we will simply restore the
+ * cyclecounter to the kernel real clock time.
+ **/
+static void e1000e_systim_reset(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct ptp_clock_info *info = &adapter->ptp_clock_info;
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 timinca;
+	s32 ret_val;
+
+	if (!(adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_HW_TIMESTAMP))
+		return;
+
+	if (info->adjfreq) {
+		/* restore the previous ptp frequency delta */
+		ret_val = info->adjfreq(info, adapter->ptp_delta);
+	} else {
+		/* set the default base frequency if no adjustment possible */
+		ret_val = e1000e_get_base_timinca(adapter, &timinca);
+		if (!ret_val)
+			ew32(TIMINCA, timinca);
+	}
+
+	if (ret_val) {
+		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+			 "Failed to restore TIMINCA clock rate delta: %d\n",
+			 ret_val);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* reset the systim ns time counter */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->systim_lock, flags);
+	timecounter_init(&adapter->tc, &adapter->cc,
+			 ktime_to_ns(ktime_get_real()));
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->systim_lock, flags);
+
+	/* restore the previous hwtstamp configuration settings */
+	e1000e_config_hwtstamp(adapter, &adapter->hwtstamp_config);
+}
+
 /**
  * e1000e_reset - bring the hardware into a known good state
  *
@@ -4063,8 +4099,8 @@ void e1000e_reset(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 
 	e1000e_reset_adaptive(hw);
 
-	/* initialize systim and reset the ns time counter */
-	e1000e_config_hwtstamp(adapter, &adapter->hwtstamp_config);
+	/* restore systim and hwtstamp settings */
+	e1000e_systim_reset(adapter);
 
 	/* Set EEE advertisement as appropriate */
 	if (adapter->flags2 & FLAG2_HAS_EEE) {
@@ -7239,6 +7275,9 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		adapter->eeprom_vers = 0;
 	}
 
+	/* init PTP hardware clock */
+	e1000e_ptp_init(adapter);
+
 	/* reset the hardware with the new settings */
 	e1000e_reset(adapter);
 
@@ -7257,9 +7296,6 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	/* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
-	/* init PTP hardware clock */
-	e1000e_ptp_init(adapter);
-
 	e1000_print_device_info(adapter);
 
 	if (pci_dev_run_wake(pdev))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ptp.c
index e2ff3ef75d5d66e97d5b67229764f9a5afc2c7ac..2e1b17ad52a3e55984fb8303ab191bb636aa8fc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ptp.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ static int e1000e_phc_adjfreq(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, s32 delta)
 
 	ew32(TIMINCA, timinca);
 
+	adapter->ptp_delta = delta;
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->systim_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;