diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 7242cce5631b..3b2105f6549d 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -466,8 +466,7 @@ int compat_sock_get_timestamp(struct sock *sk, struct timeval __user *userstamp)
 
 	ctv = (struct compat_timeval __user *) userstamp;
 	err = -ENOENT;
-	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP))
-		sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
+	sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
 	tv = ktime_to_timeval(sk->sk_stamp);
 	if (tv.tv_sec == -1)
 		return err;
@@ -494,8 +493,7 @@ int compat_sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *sk, struct timespec __user *usersta
 
 	ctv = (struct compat_timespec __user *) userstamp;
 	err = -ENOENT;
-	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP))
-		sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
+	sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
 	ts = ktime_to_timespec(sk->sk_stamp);
 	if (ts.tv_sec == -1)
 		return err;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index e31233f5ba39..3730eb855095 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2900,8 +2900,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_sock_fast);
 int sock_get_timestamp(struct sock *sk, struct timeval __user *userstamp)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP))
-		sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
+
+	sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
 	tv = ktime_to_timeval(sk->sk_stamp);
 	if (tv.tv_sec == -1)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -2916,8 +2916,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_get_timestamp);
 int sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *sk, struct timespec __user *userstamp)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
-	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP))
-		sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
+
+	sock_enable_timestamp(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMP);
 	ts = ktime_to_timespec(sk->sk_stamp);
 	if (ts.tv_sec == -1)
 		return -ENOENT;