diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
index f9e4f9d73..38c545b1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -99,8 +99,17 @@ mlx4_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 	struct rte_flow_error error;
+	uint64_t supp_tx_offloads = mlx4_priv_get_tx_port_offloads(priv);
+	uint64_t tx_offloads = dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads;
 	int ret;
 
+	if ((tx_offloads & supp_tx_offloads) != tx_offloads) {
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		ERROR("Some Tx offloads are not supported "
+		      "requested 0x%lx supported 0x%lx\n",
+		      tx_offloads, supp_tx_offloads);
+		return -rte_errno;
+	}
 	/* Prepare internal flow rules. */
 	ret = mlx4_flow_sync(priv, &error);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
index 2f69e7d4f..63e00b1da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
@@ -767,17 +767,12 @@ mlx4_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *info)
 	info->max_tx_queues = max;
 	info->max_mac_addrs = RTE_DIM(priv->mac);
 	info->rx_offload_capa = 0;
-	info->tx_offload_capa = 0;
+	info->tx_offload_capa = mlx4_priv_get_tx_port_offloads(priv);
 	if (priv->hw_csum) {
-		info->tx_offload_capa |= (DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |
-					  DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
-					  DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM);
 		info->rx_offload_capa |= (DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |
 					  DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
 					  DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM);
 	}
-	if (priv->hw_csum_l2tun)
-		info->tx_offload_capa |= DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_IPV4_CKSUM;
 	if (mlx4_get_ifname(priv, &ifname) == 0)
 		info->if_index = if_nametoindex(ifname);
 	info->hash_key_size = MLX4_RSS_HASH_KEY_SIZE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h
index 463df2b0b..528600a18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ int mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx,
 			uint16_t desc, unsigned int socket,
 			const struct rte_eth_txconf *conf);
 void mlx4_tx_queue_release(void *dpdk_txq);
+uint64_t mlx4_priv_get_tx_port_offloads(struct priv *priv);
 
 /**
  * Get memory region (MR) <-> memory pool (MP) association from txq->mp2mr[].
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
index 7882a4d0b..91befb16b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
@@ -184,6 +184,56 @@ mlx4_txq_fill_dv_obj_info(struct txq *txq, struct mlx4dv_obj *mlxdv)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns the per-port supported offloads.
+ *
+ * @param priv
+ *   Pointer to private structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Supported Tx offloads.
+ */
+uint64_t
+mlx4_priv_get_tx_port_offloads(struct priv *priv)
+{
+	uint64_t offloads = DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MULTI_SEGS;
+
+	if (priv->hw_csum) {
+		offloads |= (DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |
+			     DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
+			     DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM);
+	}
+	if (priv->hw_csum_l2tun)
+		offloads |= DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_IPV4_CKSUM;
+
+	return offloads;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the per-queue offload configuration is valid.
+ *
+ * @param priv
+ *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param offloads
+ *   Per-queue offloads configuration.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   1 if the configuration is valid, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int
+priv_is_tx_queue_offloads_allowed(struct priv *priv, uint64_t offloads)
+{
+	uint64_t port_offloads = priv->dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads;
+	uint64_t port_supp_offloads = mlx4_priv_get_tx_port_offloads(priv);
+
+	/* There are no Tx offloads which are per queue. */
+	if ((offloads & port_supp_offloads) != offloads)
+		return 0;
+	if ((port_offloads ^ offloads) & port_supp_offloads)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
  * DPDK callback to configure a Tx queue.
  *
  * @param dev
@@ -234,6 +284,15 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 	(void)conf; /* Thresholds configuration (ignored). */
 	DEBUG("%p: configuring queue %u for %u descriptors",
 	      (void *)dev, idx, desc);
+	if (!priv_is_tx_queue_offloads_allowed(priv, conf->offloads)) {
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		ERROR("%p: Tx queue offloads 0x%lx don't match port "
+		      "offloads 0x%lx or supported offloads 0x%lx",
+		      (void *)dev, conf->offloads,
+		      dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads,
+		      mlx4_priv_get_tx_port_offloads(priv));
+		return -rte_errno;
+	}
 	if (idx >= dev->data->nb_tx_queues) {
 		rte_errno = EOVERFLOW;
 		ERROR("%p: queue index out of range (%u >= %u)",
@@ -278,8 +337,11 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 			RTE_MIN(MLX4_PMD_TX_PER_COMP_REQ, desc / 4),
 		.elts_comp_cd_init =
 			RTE_MIN(MLX4_PMD_TX_PER_COMP_REQ, desc / 4),
-		.csum = priv->hw_csum,
-		.csum_l2tun = priv->hw_csum_l2tun,
+		.csum = !!(conf->offloads & (DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |
+					     DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
+					     DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM)),
+		.csum_l2tun = !!(conf->offloads &
+				 DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_IPV4_CKSUM),
 		/* Enable Tx loopback for VF devices. */
 		.lb = !!priv->vf,
 		.bounce_buf = bounce_buf,
