L2TP_ATTR_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX,    /* flag */
        L2TP_ATTR_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX,    /* flag */
        L2TP_ATTR_PAD,
+       L2TP_ATTR_PEER_OFFSET,          /* u16 */
        __L2TP_ATTR_MAX,
 };
 
 
                        ptr += 2 + offset;
                }
        } else
-               ptr += session->offset;
+               ptr += session->peer_offset;
 
        offset = ptr - optr;
        if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, offset))
                        session->lns_mode = cfg->lns_mode;
                        session->reorder_timeout = cfg->reorder_timeout;
                        session->offset = cfg->offset;
+                       session->peer_offset = cfg->peer_offset;
                        session->l2specific_type = cfg->l2specific_type;
                        session->l2specific_len = cfg->l2specific_len;
                        session->cookie_len = cfg->cookie_len;
 
        int                     debug;          /* bitmask of debug message
                                                 * categories */
        u16                     vlan_id;        /* VLAN pseudowire only */
-       u16                     offset;         /* offset to payload */
+       u16                     offset;         /* offset to tx payload */
+       u16                     peer_offset;    /* offset to rx payload */
        u16                     l2specific_len; /* Layer 2 specific length */
        u16                     l2specific_type; /* Layer 2 specific type */
        u8                      cookie[8];      /* optional cookie */
        int                     cookie_len;
        u8                      peer_cookie[8];
        int                     peer_cookie_len;
-       u16                     offset;         /* offset from end of L2TP header
-                                                  to beginning of data */
+       u16                     offset;         /* offset from end of L2TP
+                                                * header to beginning of
+                                                * tx data
+                                                */
+       u16                     peer_offset;    /* offset from end of L2TP
+                                                * header to beginning of
+                                                * rx data
+                                                */
        u16                     l2specific_len;
        u16                     l2specific_type;
        u16                     hdr_len;
 
                   session->lns_mode ? "LNS" : "LAC",
                   session->debug,
                   jiffies_to_msecs(session->reorder_timeout));
-       seq_printf(m, "   offset %hu l2specific %hu/%hu\n",
-                  session->offset, session->l2specific_type, session->l2specific_len);
+       seq_printf(m, "   offset %hu peer_offset %hu l2specific %hu/%hu\n",
+                  session->offset, session->peer_offset,
+                  session->l2specific_type, session->l2specific_len);
        if (session->cookie_len) {
                seq_printf(m, "   cookie %02x%02x%02x%02x",
                           session->cookie[0], session->cookie[1],
                seq_puts(m, " debug tx-pkts/bytes/errs rx-pkts/bytes/errs\n");
                seq_puts(m, "  SESSION ID, peer ID, PWTYPE\n");
                seq_puts(m, "   refcnt cnt\n");
-               seq_puts(m, "   offset OFFSET l2specific TYPE/LEN\n");
+               seq_puts(m, "   offset OFFSET peer_offset OFFSET");
+               seq_puts(m, " l2specific TYPE/LEN\n");
                seq_puts(m, "   [ cookie ]\n");
                seq_puts(m, "   [ peer cookie ]\n");
                seq_puts(m, "   config mtu/mru/rcvseq/sendseq/dataseq/lns debug reorderto\n");
 
        }
 
        if (tunnel->version > 2) {
-               if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_OFFSET])
+               if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PEER_OFFSET]) {
+                       struct nlattr *peer_offset;
+
+                       peer_offset = info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PEER_OFFSET];
+                       cfg.peer_offset = nla_get_u16(peer_offset);
+               }
+
+               if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_OFFSET]) {
                        cfg.offset = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_OFFSET]);
 
+                       /* in order to maintain compatibility with older
+                        * versions where offset was used for both tx and
+                        * rx side, update rx side with offset if peer_offset
+                        * is not provided by userspace
+                        */
+                       if (!info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PEER_OFFSET])
+                               cfg.peer_offset = cfg.offset;
+               }
+
                if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ])
                        cfg.data_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ]);
 
             nla_put_string(skb, L2TP_ATTR_IFNAME, session->ifname)) ||
            (session->offset &&
             nla_put_u16(skb, L2TP_ATTR_OFFSET, session->offset)) ||
+           (session->peer_offset &&
+            nla_put_u16(skb, L2TP_ATTR_PEER_OFFSET, session->peer_offset)) ||
            (session->cookie_len &&
             nla_put(skb, L2TP_ATTR_COOKIE, session->cookie_len,
                     &session->cookie[0])) ||
        [L2TP_ATTR_PW_TYPE]             = { .type = NLA_U16, },
        [L2TP_ATTR_ENCAP_TYPE]          = { .type = NLA_U16, },
        [L2TP_ATTR_OFFSET]              = { .type = NLA_U16, },
+       [L2TP_ATTR_PEER_OFFSET]         = { .type = NLA_U16, },
        [L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ]            = { .type = NLA_U8, },
        [L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_TYPE]         = { .type = NLA_U8, },
        [L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_LEN]          = { .type = NLA_U8, },