diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
index 192d8ec..3a28fcc 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1383,6 +1383,14 @@ 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;
 	for (cdev_id = 0; cdev_id < rte_cryptodev_count(); cdev_id++) {
@@ -1455,6 +1463,38 @@ 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 05e89a1..4ef446d 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.c
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ 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)) {
@@ -431,8 +430,7 @@ 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,
@@ -459,8 +457,7 @@ 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,
@@ -485,11 +482,10 @@ ipsec_dequeue(ipsec_xform_fn xform_func, struct ipsec_ctx *ipsec_ctx,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ipsec_ctx->nb_qps && nb_pkts < max_pkts;) {
 		struct cdev_qp *cqp;
-
 		cqp = &ipsec_ctx->tbl[ipsec_ctx->last_qp];
 
-		while (cqp->ol_pkts_cnt > 0 && nb_pkts < max_pkts) {
-			pkt = cqp->ol_pkts[--cqp->ol_pkts_cnt];
+		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;
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
index ac77064..6059f6c 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 {
