diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 521e6373d4f73..69baddcfbd8c1 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,17 @@ bool sockopt_capable(int cap)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sockopt_capable);
 
+static int sockopt_validate_clockid(__kernel_clockid_t value)
+{
+	switch (value) {
+	case CLOCK_REALTIME:
+	case CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
+	case CLOCK_TAI:
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 /*
  *	This is meant for all protocols to use and covers goings on
  *	at the socket level. Everything here is generic.
@@ -1497,6 +1508,11 @@ int sk_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 			ret = -EPERM;
 			break;
 		}
+
+		ret = sockopt_validate_clockid(sk_txtime.clockid);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
 		sock_valbool_flag(sk, SOCK_TXTIME, true);
 		sk->sk_clockid = sk_txtime.clockid;
 		sk->sk_txtime_deadline_mode =