diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 3e1f70e8e42479c9babadb97967d0dd43e9c6a90..33ee3f5936e6959ba8e27c08a5134428d96f3a01 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ enum {
 	XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_PACKET,
 };
 
+enum {
+	XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_FLAG_ACQ = 1,
+};
+
 struct xfrm_dev_offload {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	netdevice_tracker	dev_tracker;
@@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ struct xfrm_dev_offload {
 	unsigned long		offload_handle;
 	u8			dir : 2;
 	u8			type : 2;
+	u8			flags : 2;
 };
 
 struct xfrm_mode {
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 2ab3e09e2227126f5e5eba7d4f1ea172de090c58..7cca0a1fa5ff2875f496c29af5ff5af0d9143e9c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -1272,6 +1272,7 @@ xfrm_state_find(const xfrm_address_t *daddr, const xfrm_address_t *saddr,
 			xso->dir = xdo->dir;
 			xso->dev = xdo->dev;
 			xso->real_dev = xdo->real_dev;
+			xso->flags = XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_FLAG_ACQ;
 			netdev_tracker_alloc(xso->dev, &xso->dev_tracker,
 					     GFP_ATOMIC);
 			error = xso->dev->xfrmdev_ops->xdo_dev_state_add(x, NULL);