diff --git a/.bleep b/.bleep
index a5d99c62..f8542c16 100644
--- a/.bleep
+++ b/.bleep
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+5bbb21bd377e352872ab767af7583e4d8e9022f8
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diff --git a/pingora-core/src/protocols/l4/stream.rs b/pingora-core/src/protocols/l4/stream.rs
index 37f7486c..8c5f3cf1 100644
--- a/pingora-core/src/protocols/l4/stream.rs
+++ b/pingora-core/src/protocols/l4/stream.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ struct RawStreamWrapper {
     pub(crate) stream: RawStream,
     /// store the last rx timestamp of the stream.
     pub(crate) rx_ts: Option<SystemTime>,
+    /// enable reading rx timestamp
+    pub(crate) enable_rx_ts: bool,
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     /// This can be reused across multiple recvmsg calls. The cmsg buffer may
     /// come from old sockets created by older version of pingora and so,
@@ -137,10 +139,15 @@ impl RawStreamWrapper {
         RawStreamWrapper {
             stream,
             rx_ts: None,
+            enable_rx_ts: false,
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             reusable_cmsg_space: nix::cmsg_space!(nix::sys::time::TimeSpec),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn enable_rx_ts(&mut self, enable_rx_ts: bool) {
+        self.enable_rx_ts = enable_rx_ts;
+    }
 }
 
 impl AsyncRead for RawStreamWrapper {
@@ -169,6 +176,18 @@ impl AsyncRead for RawStreamWrapper {
         use futures::ready;
         use nix::sys::socket::{recvmsg, ControlMessageOwned, MsgFlags, SockaddrStorage};
 
+        // if we do not need rx timestamp, then use the standard path
+        if !self.enable_rx_ts {
+            // Safety: Basic enum pin projection
+            unsafe {
+                let rs_wrapper = Pin::get_unchecked_mut(self);
+                match &mut rs_wrapper.stream {
+                    RawStream::Tcp(s) => return Pin::new_unchecked(s).poll_read(cx, buf),
+                    RawStream::Unix(s) => return Pin::new_unchecked(s).poll_read(cx, buf),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // Safety: Basic pin projection to get mutable stream
         let rs_wrapper = unsafe { Pin::get_unchecked_mut(self) };
         match &mut rs_wrapper.stream {
@@ -331,9 +350,11 @@ impl Stream {
         if let RawStream::Tcp(s) = &self.stream.get_mut().stream {
             let timestamp_options = TimestampingFlag::SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE
                 | TimestampingFlag::SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE;
-            return setsockopt(s.as_raw_fd(), sockopt::Timestamping, &timestamp_options)
-                .or_err(InternalError, "failed to set SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE");
+            setsockopt(s.as_raw_fd(), sockopt::Timestamping, &timestamp_options)
+                .or_err(InternalError, "failed to set SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE")?;
+            self.stream.get_mut().enable_rx_ts(true);
         }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -755,4 +776,29 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(n, message.len());
         assert!(stream.rx_ts.is_some());
     }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_rx_timestamp_standard_path() {
+        let message = "hello world".as_bytes();
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+        let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+        let notify = Arc::new(Notify::new());
+        let notify2 = notify.clone();
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+            notify2.notified().await;
+            stream.write_all(message).await.unwrap();
+        });
+
+        let mut stream: Stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await.unwrap().into();
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_micros(100));
+        notify.notify_one();
+
+        let mut buffer = vec![0u8; message.len()];
+        let n = stream.read(buffer.as_mut_slice()).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(n, message.len());
+        assert!(stream.rx_ts.is_none());
+    }
 }