set_bit(BR_FDB_LOCAL, &fdb->flags);
                if (is_static)
                        set_bit(BR_FDB_STATIC, &fdb->flags);
-               fdb->offloaded = 0;
                fdb->updated = fdb->used = jiffies;
                if (rhashtable_lookup_insert_fast(&br->fdb_hash_tbl,
                                                  &fdb->rhnode,
        ndm->ndm_ifindex = fdb->dst ? fdb->dst->dev->ifindex : br->dev->ifindex;
        ndm->ndm_state   = fdb_to_nud(br, fdb);
 
-       if (fdb->offloaded)
+       if (test_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED, &fdb->flags))
                ndm->ndm_flags |= NTF_OFFLOADED;
        if (test_bit(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_EXT_LEARN, &fdb->flags))
                ndm->ndm_flags |= NTF_EXT_LEARNED;
        spin_lock_bh(&br->hash_lock);
 
        fdb = br_fdb_find(br, addr, vid);
-       if (fdb)
-               fdb->offloaded = offloaded;
+       if (fdb && offloaded != test_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED, &fdb->flags))
+               change_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED, &fdb->flags);
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&br->hash_lock);
 }
        spin_lock_bh(&p->br->hash_lock);
        hlist_for_each_entry(f, &p->br->fdb_list, fdb_node) {
                if (f->dst == p && f->key.vlan_id == vid)
-                       f->offloaded = 0;
+                       clear_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED, &f->flags);
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&p->br->hash_lock);
 }
 
        BR_FDB_STICKY,
        BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER,
        BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_EXT_LEARN,
+       BR_FDB_OFFLOADED,
 };
 
 struct net_bridge_fdb_key {
        struct net_bridge_fdb_key       key;
        struct hlist_node               fdb_node;
        unsigned long                   flags;
-       unsigned char                   offloaded:1;
 
        /* write-heavy members should not affect lookups */
        unsigned long                   updated ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
                                                fdb->dst->dev,
                                                test_bit(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER,
                                                         &fdb->flags),
-                                               fdb->offloaded);
+                                               test_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED,
+                                                        &fdb->flags));
                break;
        case RTM_NEWNEIGH:
                br_switchdev_fdb_call_notifiers(true, fdb->key.addr.addr,
                                                fdb->dst->dev,
                                                test_bit(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER,
                                                         &fdb->flags),
-                                               fdb->offloaded);
+                                               test_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED,
+                                                        &fdb->flags));
                break;
        }
 }