diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
index 666594b43cff..6294b5186ae5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ rmem_max
 
 The maximum receive socket buffer size in bytes.
 
+tstamp_allow_data
+-----------------
+Allow processes to receive tx timestamps looped together with the original
+packet contents. If disabled, transmit timestamp requests from unprivileged
+processes are dropped unless socket option SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_TSONLY is set.
+Default: 1 (on)
+
+
 wmem_default
 ------------
 
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 15341499786c..511ef7c8889b 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@ bool sk_net_capable(const struct sock *sk, int cap);
 extern __u32 sysctl_wmem_max;
 extern __u32 sysctl_rmem_max;
 
+extern int sysctl_tstamp_allow_data;
 extern int sysctl_optmem_max;
 
 extern __u32 sysctl_wmem_default;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 65a3798f43e6..a5bff2767f15 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <trace/events/skb.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
 
 struct kmem_cache *skbuff_head_cache __read_mostly;
 static struct kmem_cache *skbuff_fclone_cache __read_mostly;
@@ -3690,11 +3692,28 @@ static void __skb_complete_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
+static bool skb_may_tx_timestamp(struct sock *sk, bool tsonly)
+{
+	bool ret;
+
+	if (likely(sysctl_tstamp_allow_data || tsonly))
+		return true;
+
+	read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	ret = sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file &&
+	      file_ns_capable(sk->sk_socket->file, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW);
+	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void skb_complete_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
 
+	if (!skb_may_tx_timestamp(sk, false))
+		return;
+
 	/* take a reference to prevent skb_orphan() from freeing the socket */
 	sock_hold(sk);
 
@@ -3712,7 +3731,7 @@ void __skb_tstamp_tx(struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	bool tsonly = sk->sk_tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_TSONLY;
 
-	if (!sk)
+	if (!sk || !skb_may_tx_timestamp(sk, tsonly))
 		return;
 
 	if (tsonly)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 1c7a33db1314..93c8b20c91e4 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ __u32 sysctl_rmem_default __read_mostly = SK_RMEM_MAX;
 int sysctl_optmem_max __read_mostly = sizeof(unsigned long)*(2*UIO_MAXIOV+512);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_optmem_max);
 
+int sysctl_tstamp_allow_data __read_mostly = 1;
+
 struct static_key memalloc_socks = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memalloc_socks);
 
@@ -840,6 +842,7 @@ set_rcvbuf:
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}
+
 		if (val & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_ID &&
 		    !(sk->sk_tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_ID)) {
 			if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP) {
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index 31baba2a71ce..fde21d19e61b 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -321,6 +321,15 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "tstamp_allow_data",
+		.data		= &sysctl_tstamp_allow_data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one
+	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
 	{
 		.procname	= "rps_sock_flow_entries",