diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index bd734b7dc49717f097ba1822527a8b892dffd6bd..a82c5ec3058169dadd5d176e4c97705dffb2986c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <net/tc_act/tc_mirred.h>
 #include <net/vxlan.h>
 #include <net/mpls.h>
+#include <net/xfrm.h>
 
 #include "ixgbe.h"
 #include "ixgbe_common.h"
@@ -8599,7 +8600,8 @@ netdev_tx_t ixgbe_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 #endif /* IXGBE_FCOE */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD
-	if (skb->sp && !ixgbe_ipsec_tx(tx_ring, first, &ipsec_tx))
+	if (xfrm_offload(skb) &&
+	    !ixgbe_ipsec_tx(tx_ring, first, &ipsec_tx))
 		goto out_drop;
 #endif
 	tso = ixgbe_tso(tx_ring, first, &hdr_len, &ipsec_tx);