diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
index 30061598912b..0282ccc55819 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static u64 ice_ptp_extend_40b_ts(struct ice_pf *pf, u64 in_tstamp)
 static bool ice_ptp_tx_tstamp(struct ice_ptp_tx *tx)
 {
 	struct ice_ptp_port *ptp_port;
-	bool ts_handled = true;
+	bool more_timestamps;
 	struct ice_pf *pf;
 	struct ice_hw *hw;
 	u64 tstamp_ready;
@@ -761,11 +761,10 @@ skip_ts_read:
 	 * poll for remaining timestamps.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&tx->lock);
-	if (!bitmap_empty(tx->in_use, tx->len))
-		ts_handled = false;
+	more_timestamps = tx->init && !bitmap_empty(tx->in_use, tx->len);
 	spin_unlock(&tx->lock);
 
-	return ts_handled;
+	return !more_timestamps;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -836,6 +835,9 @@ ice_ptp_release_tx_tracker(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_ptp_tx *tx)
 {
 	tx->init = 0;
 
+	/* wait for potentially outstanding interrupt to complete */
+	synchronize_irq(pf->msix_entries[pf->oicr_idx].vector);
+
 	ice_ptp_flush_tx_tracker(pf, tx);
 
 	kfree(tx->tstamps);