diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_rxtx.h
index b98db50c3418..428881e0adcb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_rxtx.h
@@ -131,14 +131,17 @@ static inline bool
 mlx5e_ipsec_txwqe_build_eseg_csum(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg *eseg)
 {
-	struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb);
+	u8 inner_ipproto;
 
 	if (!mlx5e_ipsec_eseg_meta(eseg))
 		return false;
 
 	eseg->cs_flags = MLX5_ETH_WQE_L3_CSUM;
-	if (xo->inner_ipproto) {
-		eseg->cs_flags |= MLX5_ETH_WQE_L4_INNER_CSUM | MLX5_ETH_WQE_L3_INNER_CSUM;
+	inner_ipproto = xfrm_offload(skb)->inner_ipproto;
+	if (inner_ipproto) {
+		eseg->cs_flags |= MLX5_ETH_WQE_L3_INNER_CSUM;
+		if (inner_ipproto == IPPROTO_TCP || inner_ipproto == IPPROTO_UDP)
+			eseg->cs_flags |= MLX5_ETH_WQE_L4_INNER_CSUM;
 	} else if (likely(skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
 		eseg->cs_flags |= MLX5_ETH_WQE_L4_CSUM;
 		sq->stats->csum_partial_inner++;