diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
index 5d0c82d8b9a9..03a22d493cf6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,9 @@ static void m_can_chip_config(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* enable internal timestamp generation, with a prescalar of 16. The
 	 * prescalar is applied to the nominal bit timing
 	 */
-	m_can_write(cdev, M_CAN_TSCC, FIELD_PREP(TSCC_TCP_MASK, 0xf));
+	m_can_write(cdev, M_CAN_TSCC,
+		    FIELD_PREP(TSCC_TCP_MASK, 0xf) |
+		    FIELD_PREP(TSCC_TSS_MASK, TSCC_TSS_INTERNAL));
 
 	m_can_config_endisable(cdev, false);