diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
index ca8d67d4f26f17d3dd8f3dbb9f7ce578f14bdcf7..532a95aa8700259de641b7e6f1a0ef46644abf2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ static void mcp251xfd_chip_stop(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv,
 
 	mcp251xfd_chip_interrupts_disable(priv);
 	mcp251xfd_chip_rx_int_disable(priv);
+	mcp251xfd_timestamp_stop(priv);
 	mcp251xfd_chip_sleep(priv);
 }
 
@@ -778,6 +779,8 @@ static int mcp251xfd_chip_start(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_chip_stop;
 
+	mcp251xfd_timestamp_start(priv);
+
 	err = mcp251xfd_set_bittiming(priv);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_chip_stop;
@@ -1625,6 +1628,8 @@ static int mcp251xfd_open(struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_mcp251xfd_ring_free;
 
+	mcp251xfd_timestamp_init(priv);
+
 	err = mcp251xfd_chip_start(priv);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_transceiver_disable;
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-timestamp.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-timestamp.c
index 1db99aabe85c56b2f7ed669a949510accf83313d..202ca0d24d03b9f5bebba23a9f8d0e6f6422c728 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-timestamp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-timestamp.c
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ void mcp251xfd_timestamp_init(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
 	cc->shift = 1;
 	cc->mult = clocksource_hz2mult(priv->can.clock.freq, cc->shift);
 
-	timecounter_init(&priv->tc, &priv->cc, ktime_get_real_ns());
-
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&priv->timestamp, mcp251xfd_timestamp_work);
+}
+
+void mcp251xfd_timestamp_start(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
+{
+	timecounter_init(&priv->tc, &priv->cc, ktime_get_real_ns());
 	schedule_delayed_work(&priv->timestamp,
 			      MCP251XFD_TIMESTAMP_WORK_DELAY_SEC * HZ);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd.h b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd.h
index 15399cb1baf834f5868b2295dc01a17ba319ff83..5f2cfa3f54ecc7166cf1695c17676e83c2203ed0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd.h
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ int mcp251xfd_ring_alloc(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv);
 int mcp251xfd_handle_rxif(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv);
 int mcp251xfd_handle_tefif(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv);
 void mcp251xfd_timestamp_init(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv);
+void mcp251xfd_timestamp_start(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv);
 void mcp251xfd_timestamp_stop(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv);
 
 void mcp251xfd_tx_obj_write_sync(struct work_struct *work);