diff --git a/lib/src/dev/mt_dev.c b/lib/src/dev/mt_dev.c
index 384dc705a..bb71ef976 100644
--- a/lib/src/dev/mt_dev.c
+++ b/lib/src/dev/mt_dev.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ int mt_dev_create(struct mtl_main_impl* impl) {
 #if RTE_VERSION >= RTE_VERSION_NUM(21, 11, 0, 0)
     /* DPDK 21.11 support start time sync before rte_eth_dev_start */
     if ((mt_user_ptp_service(impl) || mt_user_hw_timestamp(impl)) &&
-        (port_type == MT_PORT_PF)) {
+        (port_type == MT_PORT_PF) && (inf->drv_info.drv_type != MT_DRV_IGC)) {
       ret = dev_start_timesync(inf);
       if (ret >= 0) inf->feature |= MT_IF_FEATURE_TIMESYNC;
     }