diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
index c1961e77d58d839ac926e6b5282c13014cc7025f..cbd2bc9e62025fbdc861f4913b00f41c4222bbb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
@@ -515,8 +515,10 @@ int ath10k_htt_tx(struct ath10k_htt *htt, struct sk_buff *msdu)
 
 	flags1 |= SM((u16)vdev_id, HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_VDEV_ID);
 	flags1 |= SM((u16)tid, HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_EXT_TID);
-	flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L3_OFFLOAD;
-	flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L4_OFFLOAD;
+	if (msdu->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+		flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L3_OFFLOAD;
+		flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L4_OFFLOAD;
+	}
 
 	/* Prevent firmware from sending up tx inspection requests. There's
 	 * nothing ath10k can do with frames requested for inspection so force