diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
index 344a1f213a5f5e150c86777a343cc96cc641c58e..38d8cf75e9ad279728f5cd9680632c6d5f78dea7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
@@ -1001,13 +1001,6 @@ void ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 
 	adapter->netdev->xfrmdev_ops = &ixgbe_xfrmdev_ops;
 
-#define IXGBE_ESP_FEATURES	(NETIF_F_HW_ESP | \
-				 NETIF_F_HW_ESP_TX_CSUM | \
-				 NETIF_F_GSO_ESP)
-
-	adapter->netdev->features |= IXGBE_ESP_FEATURES;
-	adapter->netdev->hw_enc_features |= IXGBE_ESP_FEATURES;
-
 	return;
 
 err2:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index a925f05ec34233397032322d5b379ce113f72142..8d061af276d348a2f5c0785157fb49504784a7ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -6117,6 +6117,7 @@ static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
 	ixgbe_init_dcb(adapter);
 #endif
+	ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload(adapter);
 
 	/* default flow control settings */
 	hw->fc.requested_mode = ixgbe_fc_full;
@@ -10429,6 +10430,14 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (hw->mac.type >= ixgbe_mac_82599EB)
 		netdev->features |= NETIF_F_SCTP_CRC;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD
+#define IXGBE_ESP_FEATURES	(NETIF_F_HW_ESP | \
+				 NETIF_F_HW_ESP_TX_CSUM | \
+				 NETIF_F_GSO_ESP)
+
+	if (adapter->ipsec)
+		netdev->features |= IXGBE_ESP_FEATURES;
+#endif
 	/* copy netdev features into list of user selectable features */
 	netdev->hw_features |= netdev->features |
 			       NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER |
@@ -10491,8 +10500,6 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 					 NETIF_F_FCOE_MTU;
 	}
 #endif /* IXGBE_FCOE */
-	ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload(adapter);
-
 	if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_CAPABLE)
 		netdev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_LRO;
 	if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED)