struct tc_cls_flower_offload offload = {0};
        struct tc_to_netdev tc;
 
-       if (!tc_should_offload(dev, tp, 0))
+       if (!tc_can_offload(dev, tp))
                return;
 
        offload.command = TC_CLSFLOWER_DESTROY;
        struct tc_to_netdev tc;
        int err;
 
-       if (!tc_should_offload(dev, tp, flags))
+       if (!tc_can_offload(dev, tp))
                return tc_skip_sw(flags) ? -EINVAL : 0;
 
        offload.command = TC_CLSFLOWER_REPLACE;
        struct tc_cls_flower_offload offload = {0};
        struct tc_to_netdev tc;
 
-       if (!tc_should_offload(dev, tp, 0))
+       if (!tc_can_offload(dev, tp))
                return;
 
        offload.command = TC_CLSFLOWER_STATS;
 static void __fl_delete(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct cls_fl_filter *f)
 {
        list_del_rcu(&f->list);
-       fl_hw_destroy_filter(tp, (unsigned long)f);
+       if (!tc_skip_hw(f->flags))
+               fl_hw_destroy_filter(tp, (unsigned long)f);
        tcf_unbind_filter(tp, &f->res);
        call_rcu(&f->rcu, fl_destroy_filter);
 }
                        goto errout;
        }
 
-       err = fl_hw_replace_filter(tp,
-                                  &head->dissector,
-                                  &mask.key,
-                                  &fnew->key,
-                                  &fnew->exts,
-                                  (unsigned long)fnew,
-                                  fnew->flags);
-       if (err)
-               goto errout;
+       if (!tc_skip_hw(fnew->flags)) {
+               err = fl_hw_replace_filter(tp,
+                                          &head->dissector,
+                                          &mask.key,
+                                          &fnew->key,
+                                          &fnew->exts,
+                                          (unsigned long)fnew,
+                                          fnew->flags);
+               if (err)
+                       goto errout;
+       }
 
        if (fold) {
                rhashtable_remove_fast(&head->ht, &fold->ht_node,
                                       head->ht_params);
-               fl_hw_destroy_filter(tp, (unsigned long)fold);
+               if (!tc_skip_hw(fold->flags))
+                       fl_hw_destroy_filter(tp, (unsigned long)fold);
        }
 
        *arg = (unsigned long) fnew;
                        goto nla_put_failure;
        }
 
-       fl_hw_update_stats(tp, f);
+       if (!tc_skip_hw(f->flags))
+               fl_hw_update_stats(tp, f);
 
        if (fl_dump_key_val(skb, key->eth.dst, TCA_FLOWER_KEY_ETH_DST,
                            mask->eth.dst, TCA_FLOWER_KEY_ETH_DST_MASK,