diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
index 66e5961fbc..8208273347 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
@@ -822,6 +822,15 @@ i40e_fdir_construct_pkt(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 		sctp = (struct sctp_hdr *)(raw_pkt + sizeof(struct ether_hdr) +
 					   sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr));
 		payload = (unsigned char *)sctp + sizeof(struct sctp_hdr);
+#ifdef RTE_NEXT_ABI
+		/*
+		 * The source and destination fields in the transmitted packet
+		 * need to be presented in a reversed order with respect
+		 * to the expected received packets.
+		 */
+		sctp->src_port = fdir_input->flow.sctp4_flow.dst_port;
+		sctp->dst_port = fdir_input->flow.sctp4_flow.src_port;
+#endif
 		sctp->tag = fdir_input->flow.sctp4_flow.verify_tag;
 		break;
 
@@ -864,6 +873,15 @@ i40e_fdir_construct_pkt(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 		sctp = (struct sctp_hdr *)(raw_pkt + sizeof(struct ether_hdr) +
 					   sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr));
 		payload = (unsigned char *)sctp + sizeof(struct sctp_hdr);
+#ifdef RTE_NEXT_ABI
+		/*
+		 * The source and destination fields in the transmitted packet
+		 * need to be presented in a reversed order with respect
+		 * to the expected received packets.
+		 */
+		sctp->src_port = fdir_input->flow.sctp6_flow.dst_port;
+		sctp->dst_port = fdir_input->flow.sctp6_flow.src_port;
+#endif
 		sctp->tag = fdir_input->flow.sctp6_flow.verify_tag;
 		break;