diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index d97eb280cb2e..485465d7624e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
 	sk_buff_data_t old_tail = inst->skb->tail;
 	struct sock *sk;
 	const unsigned char *hwhdrp;
-	ktime_t tstamp;
 
 	nlh = nfnl_msg_put(inst->skb, 0, 0,
 			   nfnl_msg_type(NFNL_SUBSYS_ULOG, NFULNL_MSG_PACKET),
@@ -589,10 +588,9 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
-	tstamp = skb_tstamp_cond(skb, false);
-	if (hooknum <= NF_INET_FORWARD && tstamp) {
+	if (hooknum <= NF_INET_FORWARD) {
+		struct timespec64 kts = ktime_to_timespec64(skb_tstamp_cond(skb, true));
 		struct nfulnl_msg_packet_timestamp ts;
-		struct timespec64 kts = ktime_to_timespec64(tstamp);
 		ts.sec = cpu_to_be64(kts.tv_sec);
 		ts.usec = cpu_to_be64(kts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC);