diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 094fe682f5d7..c7d213c9f9d8 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -1008,6 +1008,7 @@ struct xfrm_offload {
 #define	XFRM_GRO		32
 #define	XFRM_ESP_NO_TRAILER	64
 #define	XFRM_DEV_RESUME		128
+#define	XFRM_XMIT		256
 
 	__u32			status;
 #define CRYPTO_SUCCESS				1
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
index f50d1f97cf8e..626096bd0d29 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t featur
 	struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb);
 	struct sec_path *sp;
 
-	if (!xo)
+	if (!xo || (xo->flags & XFRM_XMIT))
 		return skb;
 
 	if (!(features & NETIF_F_HW_ESP))
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t featur
 		return skb;
 	}
 
+	xo->flags |= XFRM_XMIT;
+
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
 		struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;