diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index fb936a978f20d640c2df9f41fc49b4cdf154937a..1d36d7569f44c9f27f74a72160ac7f7fa8dd8799 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4106,6 +4106,9 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 	netdev->vlan_features    |= NETIF_F_RXCSUM;
 	netdev->vlan_features    |= NETIF_F_RXHASH;
 
+	netdev->hw_enc_features  |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX;
+	netdev->hw_enc_features  |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX;
+
 	if (!!MLX5_CAP_ETH(mdev, lro_cap))
 		netdev->vlan_features    |= NETIF_F_LRO;