diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index 2a82348135..b7534933bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ struct mlx5_mtr_config {
 
 /* RSS description. */
 struct mlx5_flow_rss_desc {
+	bool symmetric_hash_function; /**< Symmetric hash function */
 	uint32_t level;
 	uint32_t queue_num; /**< Number of entries in @p queue. */
 	uint64_t types; /**< Specific RSS hash types (see RTE_ETH_RSS_*). */
@@ -1577,6 +1578,7 @@ struct mlx5_hrxq {
 #if defined(HAVE_IBV_FLOW_DV_SUPPORT) || !defined(HAVE_INFINIBAND_VERBS_H)
 	void *action; /* DV QP action pointer. */
 #endif
+	bool symmetric_hash_function; /* Symmetric hash function */
 	uint32_t hws_flags; /* Hw steering flags. */
 	uint64_t hash_fields; /* Verbs Hash fields. */
 	uint32_t rss_key_len; /* Hash key length in bytes. */
@@ -1648,6 +1650,7 @@ struct mlx5_obj_ops {
 	int (*hrxq_modify)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq,
 			   const uint8_t *rss_key,
 			   uint64_t hash_fields,
+			   bool symmetric_hash_function,
 			   const struct mlx5_ind_table_obj *ind_tbl);
 	void (*hrxq_destroy)(struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq);
 	int (*drop_action_create)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c
index 4369d2557e..f9d8dc6987 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c
@@ -803,7 +803,8 @@ static void
 mlx5_devx_tir_attr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const uint8_t *rss_key,
 		       uint64_t hash_fields,
 		       const struct mlx5_ind_table_obj *ind_tbl,
-		       int tunnel, struct mlx5_devx_tir_attr *tir_attr)
+		       int tunnel, bool symmetric_hash_function,
+		       struct mlx5_devx_tir_attr *tir_attr)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 	bool is_hairpin;
@@ -834,6 +835,7 @@ mlx5_devx_tir_attr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const uint8_t *rss_key,
 	tir_attr->disp_type = MLX5_TIRC_DISP_TYPE_INDIRECT;
 	tir_attr->rx_hash_fn = MLX5_RX_HASH_FN_TOEPLITZ;
 	tir_attr->tunneled_offload_en = !!tunnel;
+	tir_attr->rx_hash_symmetric = symmetric_hash_function;
 	/* If needed, translate hash_fields bitmap to PRM format. */
 	if (hash_fields) {
 		struct mlx5_rx_hash_field_select *rx_hash_field_select =
@@ -902,7 +904,8 @@ mlx5_devx_hrxq_new(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq,
 	int err;
 
 	mlx5_devx_tir_attr_set(dev, hrxq->rss_key, hrxq->hash_fields,
-			       hrxq->ind_table, tunnel, &tir_attr);
+			       hrxq->ind_table, tunnel, hrxq->symmetric_hash_function,
+			       &tir_attr);
 	hrxq->tir = mlx5_devx_cmd_create_tir(priv->sh->cdev->ctx, &tir_attr);
 	if (!hrxq->tir) {
 		DRV_LOG(ERR, "Port %u cannot create DevX TIR.",
@@ -969,13 +972,13 @@ static int
 mlx5_devx_hrxq_modify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq,
 		       const uint8_t *rss_key,
 		       uint64_t hash_fields,
+		       bool symmetric_hash_function,
 		       const struct mlx5_ind_table_obj *ind_tbl)
 {
 	struct mlx5_devx_modify_tir_attr modify_tir = {0};
 
 	/*
 	 * untested for modification fields:
-	 * - rx_hash_symmetric not set in hrxq_new(),
 	 * - rx_hash_fn set hard-coded in hrxq_new(),
 	 * - lro_xxx not set after rxq setup
 	 */
@@ -983,11 +986,13 @@ mlx5_devx_hrxq_modify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq,
 		modify_tir.modify_bitmask |=
 			MLX5_MODIFY_TIR_IN_MODIFY_BITMASK_INDIRECT_TABLE;
 	if (hash_fields != hrxq->hash_fields ||
+			symmetric_hash_function != hrxq->symmetric_hash_function ||
 			memcmp(hrxq->rss_key, rss_key, MLX5_RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN))
 		modify_tir.modify_bitmask |=
 			MLX5_MODIFY_TIR_IN_MODIFY_BITMASK_HASH;
 	mlx5_devx_tir_attr_set(dev, rss_key, hash_fields, ind_tbl,
 			       0, /* N/A - tunnel modification unsupported */
+			       symmetric_hash_function,
 			       &modify_tir.tir);
 	modify_tir.tirn = hrxq->tir->id;
 	if (mlx5_devx_cmd_modify_tir(hrxq->tir, &modify_tir)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
index cf83db7b60..8143ac96dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
@@ -2163,8 +2163,11 @@ mlx5_validate_action_rss(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	const char *message;
 	uint32_t queue_idx;
 
-	if (rss->func != RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_DEFAULT &&
-	    rss->func != RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_TOEPLITZ)
+	if (rss->func == RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_SYMMETRIC_TOEPLITZ) {
+		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u symmetric RSS supported with SORT",
+			dev->data->port_id);
+	} else if (rss->func != RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_DEFAULT &&
+		   rss->func != RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_TOEPLITZ)
 		return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
 					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION_CONF,
 					  &rss->func,
@@ -5577,6 +5580,8 @@ get_meter_sub_policy(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 						items, rss_actions, error))
 					goto exit;
 				rss_desc_v[i] = wks->rss_desc;
+				rss_desc_v[i].symmetric_hash_function =
+						dev_flow.symmetri_hash_function;
 				rss_desc_v[i].key_len = MLX5_RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN;
 				rss_desc_v[i].hash_fields =
 						dev_flow.hash_fields;
@@ -7305,6 +7310,7 @@ flow_list_create(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum mlx5_flow_type type,
 	if (rss) {
 		if (flow_rss_workspace_adjust(wks, rss_desc, rss->queue_num))
 			return 0;
+		rss_desc->symmetric_hash_function = MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(rss->func);
 		/*
 		 * The following information is required by
 		 * mlx5_flow_hashfields_adjust() in advance.
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h
index 003e7da3a6..1aaacb22bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@ struct mlx5_flow {
 	bool external; /**< true if the flow is created external to PMD. */
 	uint8_t ingress:1; /**< 1 if the flow is ingress. */
 	uint8_t skip_scale:2;
+	uint8_t symmetri_hash_function:1;
 	/**
 	 * Each Bit be set to 1 if Skip the scale the flow group with factor.
 	 * If bit0 be set to 1, then skip the scale the original flow group;
@@ -1249,6 +1250,7 @@ struct mlx5_action_construct_data {
 			uint32_t mask[MLX5_ACT_MAX_MOD_FIELDS];
 		} modify_header;
 		struct {
+			bool symmetric_hash_function; /* Symmetric RSS hash */
 			uint64_t types; /* RSS hash types. */
 			uint32_t level; /* RSS level. */
 			uint32_t idx; /* Shared action index. */
@@ -1452,6 +1454,9 @@ struct rte_flow_template_table {
 				MLX5_RSS_HASH_ESP_SPI)
 #define MLX5_RSS_HASH_NONE 0ULL
 
+#define MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(func) \
+		((func) == RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_SYMMETRIC_TOEPLITZ)
+
 
 /* extract next protocol type from Ethernet & VLAN headers */
 #define MLX5_ETHER_TYPE_FROM_HEADER(_s, _m, _itm, _prt) do { \
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
index 8290d085ba..375fd9cd9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
@@ -12006,6 +12006,7 @@ flow_dv_hrxq_prepare(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq;
 
 	MLX5_ASSERT(rss_desc->queue_num);
+	rss_desc->symmetric_hash_function = dev_flow->symmetri_hash_function;
 	rss_desc->key_len = MLX5_RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN;
 	rss_desc->hash_fields = dev_flow->hash_fields;
 	rss_desc->tunnel = !!(dh->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_TUNNEL);
@@ -12550,6 +12551,8 @@ flow_dv_translate_action_sample(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			const uint8_t *rss_key;
 
 			rss = sub_actions->conf;
+			rss_desc->symmetric_hash_function =
+				MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(rss->func);
 			memcpy(rss_desc->queue, rss->queue,
 			       rss->queue_num * sizeof(uint16_t));
 			rss_desc->queue_num = rss->queue_num;
@@ -14478,6 +14481,8 @@ flow_dv_translate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			break;
 		case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_RSS:
 			rss = actions->conf;
+			rss_desc->symmetric_hash_function =
+				MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(rss->func);
 			memcpy(rss_desc->queue, rss->queue,
 			       rss->queue_num * sizeof(uint16_t));
 			rss_desc->queue_num = rss->queue_num;
@@ -14944,10 +14949,12 @@ flow_dv_translate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				      error);
 	if (ret)
 		return -rte_errno;
-	if (action_flags & MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_RSS)
+	if (action_flags & MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_RSS) {
+		dev_flow->symmetri_hash_function = rss_desc->symmetric_hash_function;
 		flow_dv_hashfields_set(dev_flow->handle->layers,
 				       rss_desc,
 				       &dev_flow->hash_fields);
+	}
 	/* If has RSS action in the sample action, the Sample/Mirror resource
 	 * should be registered after the hash filed be update.
 	 */
@@ -16022,6 +16029,8 @@ __flow_dv_action_rss_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 					  "cannot setup indirection table");
 	memcpy(rss_desc.key, shared_rss->origin.key, MLX5_RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN);
 	rss_desc.key_len = MLX5_RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN;
+	rss_desc.symmetric_hash_function =
+		MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(shared_rss->origin.func);
 	rss_desc.const_q = shared_rss->origin.queue;
 	rss_desc.queue_num = shared_rss->origin.queue_num;
 	/* Set non-zero value to indicate a shared RSS. */
@@ -19146,6 +19155,8 @@ flow_dv_mtr_policy_rss_compare(const struct rte_flow_action_rss *r1,
 	if (!(r1->level <= 1 && r2->level <= 1) &&
 	    !(r1->level > 1 && r2->level > 1))
 		return 1;
+	if (r1->func != r2->func)
+		return 1;
 	if (r1->types != r2->types &&
 	    !((r1->types == 0 || r1->types == RTE_ETH_RSS_IP) &&
 	      (r2->types == 0 || r2->types == RTE_ETH_RSS_IP)))
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
index b5137a822a..3dc1810bd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ flow_hw_tir_action_register(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		       MLX5_RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN);
 		rss_desc.key_len = MLX5_RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN;
 		rss_desc.types = !rss->types ? RTE_ETH_RSS_IP : rss->types;
+		rss_desc.symmetric_hash_function = MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(rss->func);
 		flow_hw_hashfields_set(&rss_desc, &rss_desc.hash_fields);
 		flow_dv_action_rss_l34_hash_adjust(rss->types,
 						   &rss_desc.hash_fields);
@@ -674,6 +675,8 @@ __flow_hw_act_data_shared_rss_append(struct mlx5_priv *priv,
 	act_data->shared_rss.types = !rss->origin.types ? RTE_ETH_RSS_IP :
 				     rss->origin.types;
 	act_data->shared_rss.idx = idx;
+	act_data->shared_rss.symmetric_hash_function =
+		MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(rss->origin.func);
 	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&acts->act_list, act_data, next);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1911,6 +1914,7 @@ flow_hw_shared_action_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	case MLX5_RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_RSS:
 		rss_desc.level = act_data->shared_rss.level;
 		rss_desc.types = act_data->shared_rss.types;
+		rss_desc.symmetric_hash_function = act_data->shared_rss.symmetric_hash_function;
 		flow_dv_hashfields_set(item_flags, &rss_desc, &hash_fields);
 		hrxq_idx = flow_dv_action_rss_hrxq_lookup
 			(dev, act_data->shared_rss.idx, hash_fields);
@@ -1998,6 +2002,9 @@ flow_hw_shared_action_construct(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t queue,
 		act_data.shared_rss.types = !shared_rss->origin.types ?
 					    RTE_ETH_RSS_IP :
 					    shared_rss->origin.types;
+		act_data.shared_rss.symmetric_hash_function =
+			MLX5_RSS_IS_SYMM(shared_rss->origin.func);
+
 		item_flags = table->its[it_idx]->item_flags;
 		if (flow_hw_shared_action_get
 				(dev, &act_data, item_flags, rule_act))
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rx.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rx.h
index 3514edd84e..690eb25aae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rx.h
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ uint64_t mlx5_get_rx_queue_offloads(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_rxq_timestamp_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_hrxq_modify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t hxrq_idx,
 		     const uint8_t *rss_key, uint32_t rss_key_len,
-		     uint64_t hash_fields,
+		     uint64_t hash_fields, bool symmetric_hash_function,
 		     const uint16_t *queues, uint32_t queues_n);
 
 /* mlx5_rx.c */
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
index ad8fd13cbe..7d0ecc1126 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
@@ -2759,6 +2759,7 @@ mlx5_hrxq_match_cb(void *tool_ctx __rte_unused, struct mlx5_list_entry *entry,
 	struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq = container_of(entry, typeof(*hrxq), entry);
 
 	return (hrxq->rss_key_len != rss_desc->key_len ||
+	    hrxq->symmetric_hash_function != rss_desc->symmetric_hash_function ||
 	    memcmp(hrxq->rss_key, rss_desc->key, rss_desc->key_len) ||
 	    hrxq->hws_flags != rss_desc->hws_flags ||
 	    hrxq->hash_fields != rss_desc->hash_fields ||
@@ -2792,7 +2793,7 @@ mlx5_hrxq_match_cb(void *tool_ctx __rte_unused, struct mlx5_list_entry *entry,
 int
 mlx5_hrxq_modify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t hrxq_idx,
 		 const uint8_t *rss_key, uint32_t rss_key_len,
-		 uint64_t hash_fields,
+		 uint64_t hash_fields, bool symmetric_hash_function,
 		 const uint16_t *queues, uint32_t queues_n)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -2837,8 +2838,8 @@ mlx5_hrxq_modify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t hrxq_idx,
 		return -rte_errno;
 	}
 	MLX5_ASSERT(priv->obj_ops.hrxq_modify);
-	ret = priv->obj_ops.hrxq_modify(dev, hrxq, rss_key,
-					hash_fields, ind_tbl);
+	ret = priv->obj_ops.hrxq_modify(dev, hrxq, rss_key, hash_fields,
+					symmetric_hash_function, ind_tbl);
 	if (ret) {
 		rte_errno = errno;
 		goto error;
@@ -2938,6 +2939,7 @@ __mlx5_hrxq_create(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	hrxq->rss_key_len = rss_key_len;
 	hrxq->hash_fields = rss_desc->hash_fields;
 	hrxq->hws_flags = rss_desc->hws_flags;
+	hrxq->symmetric_hash_function = rss_desc->symmetric_hash_function;
 	memcpy(hrxq->rss_key, rss_key, rss_key_len);
 	ret = priv->obj_ops.hrxq_new(dev, hrxq, rss_desc->tunnel);
 	if (ret < 0)
