diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index eb2c840943..fed52bafd5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -3455,6 +3455,7 @@ static int bnxt_get_tx_ts(struct bnxt *bp, uint64_t *ts)
 				ptp->tx_mapped_regs[BNXT_PTP_TX_TS_L]));
 	*ts |= (uint64_t)rte_le_to_cpu_32(rte_read32((uint8_t *)bp->bar0 +
 				ptp->tx_mapped_regs[BNXT_PTP_TX_TS_H])) << 32;
+	rte_read32((uint8_t *)bp->bar0 + ptp->tx_mapped_regs[BNXT_PTP_TX_SEQ]);
 
 	return 0;
 }