diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
index e7e28277733d3c9253ffbe65354f447f78ba41f5..8de992ba72304b090b8f4281b1351048d9823eb2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
@@ -256,10 +256,12 @@ u32 mlx5_fpga_ipsec_device_caps(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 	struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev = mdev->fpga;
 	u32 ret = 0;
 
-	if (mlx5_fpga_is_ipsec_device(mdev))
+	if (mlx5_fpga_is_ipsec_device(mdev)) {
 		ret |= MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_DEVICE;
-	else
+		ret |= MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_REQUIRED_METADATA;
+	} else {
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	if (!fdev->ipsec)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/accel.h b/include/linux/mlx5/accel.h
index 601280c782d3d67434a29c5ca99935c107a50309..b674af63689b1bc337cef2d05bd7b5f2ae6b1c61 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/accel.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/accel.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 enum mlx5_accel_ipsec_caps {
 	MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_DEVICE		= 1 << 0,
+	MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_REQUIRED_METADATA	= 1 << 1,
 	MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_ESP		= 1 << 2,
 	MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_IPV6		= 1 << 3,
 	MLX5_ACCEL_IPSEC_CAP_LSO		= 1 << 4,