diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index d3d5c01f6dcb..615d25a0e46b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -842,6 +842,11 @@ int stmmac_init_tstamp_counter(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 systime_flags)
 	if (!(priv->dma_cap.time_stamp || priv->dma_cap.atime_stamp))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	if (!priv->plat->clk_ptp_rate) {
+		netdev_err(priv->dev, "Invalid PTP clock rate");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	stmmac_config_hw_tstamping(priv, priv->ptpaddr, systime_flags);
 	priv->systime_flags = systime_flags;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
index a04bb2e42c4e..80ecbd73333d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void stmmac_ptp_register(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 
 	/* Calculate the clock domain crossing (CDC) error if necessary */
 	priv->plat->cdc_error_adj = 0;
-	if (priv->plat->has_gmac4 && priv->plat->clk_ptp_rate)
+	if (priv->plat->has_gmac4)
 		priv->plat->cdc_error_adj = (2 * NSEC_PER_SEC) / priv->plat->clk_ptp_rate;
 
 	stmmac_ptp_clock_ops.n_per_out = priv->dma_cap.pps_out_num;