diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
index 63e00b1da..39a23ee7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
@@ -766,13 +766,11 @@ mlx4_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *info)
 	info->max_rx_queues = max;
 	info->max_tx_queues = max;
 	info->max_mac_addrs = RTE_DIM(priv->mac);
-	info->rx_offload_capa = 0;
 	info->tx_offload_capa = mlx4_priv_get_tx_port_offloads(priv);
-	if (priv->hw_csum) {
-		info->rx_offload_capa |= (DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |
-					  DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
-					  DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM);
-	}
+	info->rx_queue_offload_capa =
+				mlx4_priv_get_rx_queue_offloads(priv);
+	info->rx_offload_capa = (mlx4_priv_get_rx_port_offloads(priv) |
+				 info->rx_queue_offload_capa);
 	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_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
index 69025da42..96a6a6fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ mlx4_flow_internal_next_vlan(struct priv *priv, uint16_t vlan)
  * - MAC flow rules are generated from @p dev->data->mac_addrs
  *   (@p priv->mac array).
  * - An additional flow rule for Ethernet broadcasts is also generated.
- * - All these are per-VLAN if @p dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.hw_vlan_filter
+ * - All these are per-VLAN if @p DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_FILTER
  *   is enabled and VLAN filters are configured.
  *
  * @param priv
@@ -1300,7 +1300,8 @@ mlx4_flow_internal(struct priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 	};
 	struct ether_addr *rule_mac = &eth_spec.dst;
 	rte_be16_t *rule_vlan =
-		priv->dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.hw_vlan_filter &&
+		(priv->dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
+		 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_FILTER) &&
 		!priv->dev->data->promiscuous ?
 		&vlan_spec.tci :
 		NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
index 53313c56f..0cad28269 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
@@ -663,6 +663,64 @@ mlx4_rxq_detach(struct rxq *rxq)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns the per-queue supported offloads.
+ *
+ * @param priv
+ *   Pointer to private structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Supported Tx offloads.
+ */
+uint64_t
+mlx4_priv_get_rx_queue_offloads(struct priv *priv)
+{
+	uint64_t offloads = DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER;
+
+	if (priv->hw_csum)
+		offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM;
+	return offloads;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the per-port supported offloads.
+ *
+ * @param priv
+ *   Pointer to private strucute.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Supported Rx offloads.
+ */
+uint64_t
+mlx4_priv_get_rx_port_offloads(struct priv *priv __rte_unused)
+{
+	uint64_t offloads = DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_FILTER;
+
+	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_rx_queue_offloads_allowed(struct priv *priv, uint64_t offloads)
+{
+	uint64_t port_offloads = priv->dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads;
+	uint64_t port_supp_offloads = mlx4_priv_get_rx_port_offloads(priv);
+
+	if (((port_offloads ^ offloads) & port_supp_offloads))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
  * DPDK callback to configure a Rx queue.
  *
  * @param dev
@@ -707,6 +765,16 @@ mlx4_rx_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_rx_queue_offloads_allowed(priv, conf->offloads)) {
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		ERROR("%p: Rx queue offloads 0x%lx don't match port "
+		      "offloads 0x%lx or supported offloads 0x%lx",
+		      (void *)dev, conf->offloads,
+		      dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads,
+		      (mlx4_priv_get_rx_port_offloads(priv) |
+		       mlx4_priv_get_rx_queue_offloads(priv)));
+		return -rte_errno;
+	}
 	if (idx >= dev->data->nb_rx_queues) {
 		rte_errno = EOVERFLOW;
 		ERROR("%p: queue index out of range (%u >= %u)",
@@ -746,10 +814,10 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 		.elts_n = rte_log2_u32(desc),
 		.elts = elts,
 		/* Toggle Rx checksum offload if hardware supports it. */
-		.csum = (priv->hw_csum &&
-			 dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.hw_ip_checksum),
-		.csum_l2tun = (priv->hw_csum_l2tun &&
-			       dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.hw_ip_checksum),
+		.csum = priv->hw_csum &&
+			(conf->offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM),
+		.csum_l2tun = priv->hw_csum_l2tun &&
+			      (conf->offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM),
 		.l2tun_offload = priv->hw_csum_l2tun,
 		.stats = {
 			.idx = idx,
@@ -761,7 +829,7 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len <=
 	    (mb_len - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM)) {
 		;
-	} else if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.enable_scatter) {
+	} else if (conf->offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER) {
 		uint32_t size =
 			RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM +
 			dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h
index 91971c4fb..bcb76ee27 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ int mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx,
 			const struct rte_eth_rxconf *conf,
 			struct rte_mempool *mp);
 void mlx4_rx_queue_release(void *dpdk_rxq);
+uint64_t mlx4_priv_get_rx_port_offloads(struct priv *priv);
+uint64_t mlx4_priv_get_rx_queue_offloads(struct priv *priv);
 
 /* mlx4_rxtx.c */
 
