diff --git a/src/libcharon/sa/child_sa.c b/src/libcharon/sa/child_sa.c
index a29531ccb..8f101e1ff 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/sa/child_sa.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/sa/child_sa.c
@@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ static status_t install_policies_inbound(private_child_sa_t *this,
 		.type = type,
 		.prio = priority,
 		.manual_prio = manual_prio,
+		.hw_offload = this->config->get_hw_offload(this->config),
 		.src = other_addr,
 		.dst = my_addr,
 		.sa = my_sa,
@@ -1131,6 +1132,7 @@ static status_t install_policies_outbound(private_child_sa_t *this,
 		.type = type,
 		.prio = priority,
 		.manual_prio = manual_prio,
+		.hw_offload = this->config->get_hw_offload(this->config),
 		.src = my_addr,
 		.dst = other_addr,
 		.sa = other_sa,
@@ -1206,6 +1208,7 @@ static void del_policies_inbound(private_child_sa_t *this,
 		.type = type,
 		.prio = priority,
 		.manual_prio = manual_prio,
+		.hw_offload = this->config->get_hw_offload(this->config),
 		.src = other_addr,
 		.dst = my_addr,
 		.sa = my_sa,
@@ -1242,6 +1245,7 @@ static void del_policies_outbound(private_child_sa_t *this,
 		.type = type,
 		.prio = priority,
 		.manual_prio = manual_prio,
+		.hw_offload = this->config->get_hw_offload(this->config),
 		.src = my_addr,
 		.dst = other_addr,
 		.sa = other_sa,