diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
index 95f1436bf6a2e3d46bf626c784c952bd845856e5..bef28c6187ebdd0cfc34c8594aab96ac0b13dd24 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int xfrm_dev_state_add(struct net *net, struct xfrm_state *x,
 		return (is_packet_offload) ? -EINVAL : 0;
 	}
 
-	if (x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN &&
+	if (!is_packet_offload && x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN &&
 	    !dev->xfrmdev_ops->xdo_dev_state_advance_esn) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Device doesn't support offload with ESN");
 		xso->dev = NULL;