diff --git a/Documentation/networking/xfrm_device.rst b/Documentation/networking/xfrm_device.rst
index c43ace79e32075f00c288cfee56c6798db085a40..b9c53e62698258b1264eb3874e3346a586d39068 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/xfrm_device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/xfrm_device.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Callbacks to implement
 
         /* Solely packet offload callbacks */
 	void    (*xdo_dev_state_update_curlft) (struct xfrm_state *x);
-	int	(*xdo_dev_policy_add) (struct xfrm_policy *x);
+	int	(*xdo_dev_policy_add) (struct xfrm_policy *x, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 	void	(*xdo_dev_policy_delete) (struct xfrm_policy *x);
 	void	(*xdo_dev_policy_free) (struct xfrm_policy *x);
   };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
index bb9023957f74e7869b81f8ac317fade9e319e9ea..83e0f874484e958e7791bcd944926257dc7fbc6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ mlx5e_ipsec_build_accel_pol_attrs(struct mlx5e_ipsec_pol_entry *pol_entry,
 	attrs->reqid = x->xfrm_vec[0].reqid;
 }
 
-static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x)
+static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x,
+				 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = x->xdo.real_dev;
 	struct mlx5e_ipsec_pol_entry *pol_entry;
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index aad12a179e5407d5868e819ffe1be0a783c5fc56..7c43b9fb9aaefa2caf84cd4d31219ba6aad5c2a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ struct xfrmdev_ops {
 				       struct xfrm_state *x);
 	void	(*xdo_dev_state_advance_esn) (struct xfrm_state *x);
 	void	(*xdo_dev_state_update_curlft) (struct xfrm_state *x);
-	int	(*xdo_dev_policy_add) (struct xfrm_policy *x);
+	int	(*xdo_dev_policy_add) (struct xfrm_policy *x, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 	void	(*xdo_dev_policy_delete) (struct xfrm_policy *x);
 	void	(*xdo_dev_policy_free) (struct xfrm_policy *x);
 };
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
index 4aff76c6f12e067f641ad2c044e02a2a137effae..2cec637a4a9cd2aca04757fecc4285dafd5482b4 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
@@ -383,14 +383,13 @@ int xfrm_dev_policy_add(struct net *net, struct xfrm_policy *xp,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	err = dev->xfrmdev_ops->xdo_dev_policy_add(xp);
+	err = dev->xfrmdev_ops->xdo_dev_policy_add(xp, extack);
 	if (err) {
 		xdo->dev = NULL;
 		xdo->real_dev = NULL;
 		xdo->type = XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_UNSPECIFIED;
 		xdo->dir = 0;
 		netdev_put(dev, &xdo->dev_tracker);
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Device failed to offload this policy");
 		return err;
 	}