diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 74d122616e76a2d876793a610dd6672e3e8b9910..534787291b44f17a6d47c480e35ee7da5e2e6319 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -4002,8 +4002,6 @@ static int be_enable_vxlan_offloads(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	netdev->hw_enc_features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
 				   NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO6 |
 				   NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL;
-	netdev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL;
-	netdev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL;
 
 	dev_info(dev, "Enabled VxLAN offloads for UDP port %d\n",
 		 be16_to_cpu(port));
@@ -4025,8 +4023,6 @@ static void be_disable_vxlan_offloads(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->vxlan_port = 0;
 
 	netdev->hw_enc_features = 0;
-	netdev->hw_features &= ~(NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL);
-	netdev->features &= ~(NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL);
 }
 
 static void be_calculate_vf_res(struct be_adapter *adapter, u16 num_vfs,
@@ -5320,6 +5316,7 @@ static void be_netdev_init(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	netdev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO6 |
+		NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL |
 		NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM | NETIF_F_RXCSUM |
 		NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX;
 	if ((be_if_cap_flags(adapter) & BE_IF_FLAGS_RSS))