diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
index 397351fa4d5f..ab9576098701 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ static void nft_flow_offload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		ct->proto.tcp.seen[1].flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_BE_LIBERAL;
 	}
 
+	__set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL, &flow->flags);
 	ret = flow_offload_add(flowtable, flow);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_flow_add;