diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
index 515e3d6de05165fa4564e841709a0207f8e19bd5..5a22c5874f3bc30789ffe5fade6ebda0d50ee2b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
@@ -83,8 +83,14 @@ struct mlx5_fpga_ipsec_rule {
 };
 
 static const struct rhashtable_params rhash_sa = {
-	.key_len = FIELD_SIZEOF(struct mlx5_fpga_ipsec_sa_ctx, hw_sa),
-	.key_offset = offsetof(struct mlx5_fpga_ipsec_sa_ctx, hw_sa),
+	/* Keep out "cmd" field from the key as it's
+	 * value is not constant during the lifetime
+	 * of the key object.
+	 */
+	.key_len = FIELD_SIZEOF(struct mlx5_fpga_ipsec_sa_ctx, hw_sa) -
+		   FIELD_SIZEOF(struct mlx5_ifc_fpga_ipsec_sa_v1, cmd),
+	.key_offset = offsetof(struct mlx5_fpga_ipsec_sa_ctx, hw_sa) +
+		      FIELD_SIZEOF(struct mlx5_ifc_fpga_ipsec_sa_v1, cmd),
 	.head_offset = offsetof(struct mlx5_fpga_ipsec_sa_ctx, hash),
 	.automatic_shrinking = true,
 	.min_size = 1,