diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 1d107241b901..9ff8a0e0f477 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ struct xfrm_state {
 	/* Private data of this transformer, format is opaque,
 	 * interpreted by xfrm_type methods. */
 	void			*data;
+	u8			dir;
 };

 static inline struct net *xs_net(struct xfrm_state *x)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
index 6a77328be114..18ceaba8486e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ enum {
 	XFRM_POLICY_MAX	= 3
 };

+enum xfrm_sa_dir {
+	XFRM_SA_DIR_IN	= 1,
+	XFRM_SA_DIR_OUT = 2
+};
+
 enum {
 	XFRM_SHARE_ANY,		/* No limitations */
 	XFRM_SHARE_SESSION,	/* For this session only */
@@ -315,6 +320,7 @@ enum xfrm_attr_type_t {
 	XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK,	/* __u32 */
 	XFRMA_IF_ID,		/* __u32 */
 	XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH,	/* __u32 in seconds for input SA */
+	XFRMA_SA_DIR,		/* __u8 */
 	__XFRMA_MAX

 #define XFRMA_OUTPUT_MARK XFRMA_SET_MARK	/* Compatibility */
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
index 655fe4ff8621..007dee03b1bc 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static const int compat_msg_min[XFRM_NR_MSGTYPES] = {
 };

 static const struct nla_policy compat_policy[XFRMA_MAX+1] = {
+	[XFRMA_UNSPEC]          = { .strict_start_type = XFRMA_SA_DIR },
 	[XFRMA_SA]		= { .len = XMSGSIZE(compat_xfrm_usersa_info)},
 	[XFRMA_POLICY]		= { .len = XMSGSIZE(compat_xfrm_userpolicy_info)},
 	[XFRMA_LASTUSED]	= { .type = NLA_U64},
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy compat_policy[XFRMA_MAX+1] = {
 	[XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[XFRMA_IF_ID]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[XFRMA_SA_DIR]          = { .type = NLA_U8}
 };

 static struct nlmsghdr *xfrm_nlmsg_put_compat(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -277,9 +279,10 @@ static int xfrm_xlate64_attr(struct sk_buff *dst, const struct nlattr *src)
 	case XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK:
 	case XFRMA_IF_ID:
 	case XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH:
+	case XFRMA_SA_DIR:
 		return xfrm_nla_cpy(dst, src, nla_len(src));
 	default:
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH);
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_SA_DIR);
 		pr_warn_once("unsupported nla_type %d\n", src->nla_type);
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
@@ -434,7 +437,7 @@ static int xfrm_xlate32_attr(void *dst, const struct nlattr *nla,
 	int err;

 	if (type > XFRMA_MAX) {
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH);
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_SA_DIR);
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Bad attribute");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
index 3784534c9185..481a374eff3b 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ int xfrm_dev_state_add(struct net *net, struct xfrm_state *x,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

+	if (xuo->flags & XFRM_OFFLOAD_INBOUND && x->dir == XFRM_SA_DIR_OUT) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Mismatched SA and offload direction");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	is_packet_offload = xuo->flags & XFRM_OFFLOAD_PACKET;

 	/* We don't yet support UDP encapsulation and TFC padding. */
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index bda5327bf34d..0d6f5a49002f 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@ static struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_clone(struct xfrm_state *orig,
 	x->lastused = orig->lastused;
 	x->new_mapping = 0;
 	x->new_mapping_sport = 0;
+	x->dir = orig->dir;

 	return x;

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index ad01997c3aa9..e2b734c6eb3d 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -360,6 +360,16 @@ static int verify_newsa_info(struct xfrm_usersa_info *p,
 		}
 	}

+	if (attrs[XFRMA_SA_DIR]) {
+		u8 sa_dir = nla_get_u8(attrs[XFRMA_SA_DIR]);
+
+		if (sa_dir != XFRM_SA_DIR_IN && sa_dir != XFRM_SA_DIR_OUT)  {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "XFRMA_SA_DIR attribute is out of range");
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -627,6 +637,7 @@ static void xfrm_update_ae_params(struct xfrm_state *x, struct nlattr **attrs,
 	struct nlattr *et = attrs[XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH];
 	struct nlattr *rt = attrs[XFRMA_REPLAY_THRESH];
 	struct nlattr *mt = attrs[XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH];
+	struct nlattr *dir = attrs[XFRMA_SA_DIR];

 	if (re && x->replay_esn && x->preplay_esn) {
 		struct xfrm_replay_state_esn *replay_esn;
@@ -661,6 +672,9 @@ static void xfrm_update_ae_params(struct xfrm_state *x, struct nlattr **attrs,

 	if (mt)
 		x->mapping_maxage = nla_get_u32(mt);
+
+	if (dir)
+		x->dir = nla_get_u8(dir);
 }

 static void xfrm_smark_init(struct nlattr **attrs, struct xfrm_mark *m)
@@ -1182,8 +1196,13 @@ static int copy_to_user_state_extra(struct xfrm_state *x,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	if (x->mapping_maxage)
+	if (x->mapping_maxage) {
 		ret = nla_put_u32(skb, XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH, x->mapping_maxage);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	if (x->dir)
+		ret = nla_put_u8(skb, XFRMA_SA_DIR, x->dir);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2399,7 +2418,8 @@ static inline unsigned int xfrm_aevent_msgsize(struct xfrm_state *x)
 	       + nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct xfrm_lifetime_cur))
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct xfrm_mark))
 	       + nla_total_size(4) /* XFRM_AE_RTHR */
-	       + nla_total_size(4); /* XFRM_AE_ETHR */
+	       + nla_total_size(4) /* XFRM_AE_ETHR */
+	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(x->dir)); /* XFRMA_SA_DIR */
 }

 static int build_aevent(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x, const struct km_event *c)
@@ -2456,6 +2476,12 @@ static int build_aevent(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x, const struct
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cancel;

+	if (x->dir) {
+		err = nla_put_u8(skb, XFRMA_SA_DIR, x->dir);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_cancel;
+	}
+
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 	return 0;

@@ -3015,6 +3041,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xfrm_msg_min);
 #undef XMSGSIZE

 const struct nla_policy xfrma_policy[XFRMA_MAX+1] = {
+	[XFRMA_UNSPEC]		= { .strict_start_type = XFRMA_SA_DIR },
 	[XFRMA_SA]		= { .len = sizeof(struct xfrm_usersa_info)},
 	[XFRMA_POLICY]		= { .len = sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_info)},
 	[XFRMA_LASTUSED]	= { .type = NLA_U64},
@@ -3046,6 +3073,7 @@ const struct nla_policy xfrma_policy[XFRMA_MAX+1] = {
 	[XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[XFRMA_IF_ID]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH]   = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[XFRMA_SA_DIR]          = { .type = NLA_U8 }
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xfrma_policy);

@@ -3186,8 +3214,9 @@ static void xfrm_netlink_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)

 static inline unsigned int xfrm_expire_msgsize(void)
 {
-	return NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct xfrm_user_expire))
-	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct xfrm_mark));
+	return NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct xfrm_user_expire)) +
+	       nla_total_size(sizeof(struct xfrm_mark)) +
+	       nla_total_size(sizeof_field(struct xfrm_state, dir));
 }

 static int build_expire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x, const struct km_event *c)
@@ -3214,6 +3243,12 @@ static int build_expire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x, const struct
 	if (err)
 		return err;

+	if (x->dir) {
+		err = nla_put_u8(skb, XFRMA_SA_DIR, x->dir);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3321,6 +3356,9 @@ static inline unsigned int xfrm_sa_len(struct xfrm_state *x)
 	if (x->mapping_maxage)
 		l += nla_total_size(sizeof(x->mapping_maxage));

+	if (x->dir)
+		l += nla_total_size(sizeof(x->dir));
+
 	return l;
 }

