diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
index 83d7e32..7a1fd6b 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ cryptodevs_init(void)
 	struct rte_cryptodev_config dev_conf;
 	struct rte_cryptodev_qp_conf qp_conf;
 	uint16_t idx, max_nb_qps, qp, i;
-	int16_t cdev_id;
+	int16_t cdev_id, port_id;
 	struct rte_hash_parameters params = { 0 };
 
 	params.entries = CDEV_MAP_ENTRIES;
@@ -1244,6 +1244,14 @@ cryptodevs_init(void)
 		if (sess_sz > max_sess_sz)
 			max_sess_sz = sess_sz;
 	}
+	for (port_id = 0; port_id < rte_eth_dev_count(); port_id++) {
+		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << port_id)) == 0)
+			continue;
+		sess_sz = rte_security_session_get_size(
+				rte_eth_dev_get_sec_ctx(port_id));
+		if (sess_sz > max_sess_sz)
+			max_sess_sz = sess_sz;
+	}
 
 	idx = 0;
 	/* Start from last cdev id to give HW priority */
@@ -1314,6 +1322,38 @@ cryptodevs_init(void)
 					cdev_id);
 	}
 
+	/* create session pools for eth devices that implement security */
+	for (port_id = 0; port_id < rte_eth_dev_count(); port_id++) {
+		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << port_id)) &&
+				rte_eth_dev_get_sec_ctx(port_id)) {
+			int socket_id = rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port_id);
+
+			if (!socket_ctx[socket_id].session_pool) {
+				char mp_name[RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE];
+				struct rte_mempool *sess_mp;
+
+				snprintf(mp_name, RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE,
+						"sess_mp_%u", socket_id);
+				sess_mp = rte_mempool_create(mp_name,
+						CDEV_MP_NB_OBJS,
+						max_sess_sz,
+						CDEV_MP_CACHE_SZ,
+						0, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+						NULL, socket_id,
+						0);
+				if (sess_mp == NULL)
+					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+						"Cannot create session pool "
+						"on socket %d\n", socket_id);
+				else
+					printf("Allocated session pool "
+						"on socket %d\n", socket_id);
+				socket_ctx[socket_id].session_pool = sess_mp;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	printf("\n");
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.c
index 53c43db..da9ec6e 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ ipsec_enqueue(ipsec_xform_fn xform_func, struct ipsec_ctx *ipsec_ctx,
 	struct ipsec_mbuf_metadata *priv;
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_op *sym_cop;
 	struct ipsec_sa *sa;
-	struct cdev_qp *cqp;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++) {
 		if (unlikely(sas[i] == NULL)) {
@@ -316,8 +315,7 @@ ipsec_enqueue(ipsec_xform_fn xform_func, struct ipsec_ctx *ipsec_ctx,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			cqp = &ipsec_ctx->tbl[sa->cdev_id_qp];
-			cqp->ol_pkts[cqp->ol_pkts_cnt++] = pkts[i];
+			ipsec_ctx->ol_pkts[ipsec_ctx->ol_pkts_cnt++] = pkts[i];
 			if (sa->ol_flags & RTE_SECURITY_TX_OLOAD_NEED_MDATA)
 				rte_security_set_pkt_metadata(
 						sa->security_ctx,
@@ -340,6 +338,20 @@ ipsec_dequeue(ipsec_xform_fn xform_func, struct ipsec_ctx *ipsec_ctx,
 	struct ipsec_sa *sa;
 	struct rte_mbuf *pkt;
 
+	while (ipsec_ctx->ol_pkts_cnt > 0 && nb_pkts < max_pkts) {
+		pkt = ipsec_ctx->ol_pkts[--ipsec_ctx->ol_pkts_cnt];
+		rte_prefetch0(pkt);
+		priv = get_priv(pkt);
+		sa = priv->sa;
+		ret = xform_func(pkt, sa, &priv->cop);
+		if (unlikely(ret)) {
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
+			continue;
+		}
+		pkts[nb_pkts++] = pkt;
+	}
+
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ipsec_ctx->nb_qps && nb_pkts < max_pkts; i++) {
 		struct cdev_qp *cqp;
 
@@ -347,19 +359,6 @@ ipsec_dequeue(ipsec_xform_fn xform_func, struct ipsec_ctx *ipsec_ctx,
 		if (ipsec_ctx->last_qp == ipsec_ctx->nb_qps)
 			ipsec_ctx->last_qp %= ipsec_ctx->nb_qps;
 
-		while (cqp->ol_pkts_cnt > 0 && nb_pkts < max_pkts) {
-			pkt = cqp->ol_pkts[--cqp->ol_pkts_cnt];
-			rte_prefetch0(pkt);
-			priv = get_priv(pkt);
-			sa = priv->sa;
-			ret = xform_func(pkt, sa, &priv->cop);
-			if (unlikely(ret)) {
-				rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
-				continue;
-			}
-			pkts[nb_pkts++] = pkt;
-		}
-
 		if (cqp->in_flight == 0)
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
index 14109af..500b1f0 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ struct cdev_qp {
 	uint16_t in_flight;
 	uint16_t len;
 	struct rte_crypto_op *buf[MAX_PKT_BURST] __rte_aligned(sizeof(void *));
-	struct rte_mbuf *ol_pkts[MAX_PKT_BURST] __rte_aligned(sizeof(void *));
-	uint16_t ol_pkts_cnt;
 };
 
 struct ipsec_ctx {
@@ -143,6 +141,8 @@ struct ipsec_ctx {
 	uint16_t last_qp;
 	struct cdev_qp tbl[MAX_QP_PER_LCORE];
 	struct rte_mempool *session_pool;
+	struct rte_mbuf *ol_pkts[MAX_PKT_BURST] __rte_aligned(sizeof(void *));
+	uint16_t ol_pkts_cnt;
 };
 
 struct cdev_key {
