diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c
index 04120f502e..261b17f9be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.c
@@ -627,10 +627,7 @@ octeontx_dev_info(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 	dev_info->default_txconf = (struct rte_eth_txconf) {
 		.tx_free_thresh = 0,
-		.txq_flags =
-			ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NOMULTSEGS |
-			ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NOOFFLOADS |
-			ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NOXSUMS,
+		.offloads = OCTEONTX_TX_OFFLOADS,
 	};
 
 	dev_info->rx_offload_capa = OCTEONTX_RX_OFFLOADS;
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.h
index 9d6c22b0d9..14f1696920 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx/octeontx_ethdev.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 #define OCTEONTX_MAX_BGX_PORTS			4
 #define OCTEONTX_MAX_LMAC_PER_BGX		4
 
-#define OCTEONTX_RX_OFFLOADS			DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP
+#define OCTEONTX_RX_OFFLOADS			(DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CRC_STRIP \
+						| DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM)
 #define OCTEONTX_TX_OFFLOADS			DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MT_LOCKFREE
 
 static inline struct octeontx_nic *