diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c
index d56d37767506ec..a4eb6edb850add 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c
@@ -235,13 +235,7 @@ static int fec_ptp_pps_perout(struct fec_enet_private *fep)
 	timecounter_read(&fep->tc);
 
 	/* Get the current ptp hardware time counter */
-	temp_val = readl(fep->hwp + FEC_ATIME_CTRL);
-	temp_val |= FEC_T_CTRL_CAPTURE;
-	writel(temp_val, fep->hwp + FEC_ATIME_CTRL);
-	if (fep->quirks & FEC_QUIRK_BUG_CAPTURE)
-		udelay(1);
-
-	ptp_hc = readl(fep->hwp + FEC_ATIME);
+	ptp_hc = fec_ptp_read(&fep->cc);
 
 	/* Convert the ptp local counter to 1588 timestamp */
 	curr_time = timecounter_cyc2time(&fep->tc, ptp_hc);