diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
index 79a7d33fb..a60d68d2c 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
@@ -691,6 +691,89 @@ add_flow_mark_rss_actions(struct flow_actions *actions,
     add_flow_action(actions, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END, NULL);
 }
 
+static struct rte_flow *
+netdev_offload_dpdk_mark_rss(struct flow_patterns *patterns,
+                             struct netdev *netdev,
+                             uint32_t flow_mark)
+{
+    struct flow_actions actions = { .actions = NULL, .cnt = 0 };
+    const struct rte_flow_attr flow_attr = {
+        .group = 0,
+        .priority = 0,
+        .ingress = 1,
+        .egress = 0
+    };
+    struct rte_flow_error error;
+    struct rte_flow *flow;
+
+    add_flow_mark_rss_actions(&actions, flow_mark, netdev);
+
+    flow = netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_create(netdev, &flow_attr, patterns->items,
+                                           actions.actions, &error);
+
+    if (!flow) {
+        VLOG_ERR("%s: Failed to create flow: %s (%u)\n",
+                 netdev_get_name(netdev), error.message, error.type);
+    }
+
+    free_flow_actions(&actions);
+    return flow;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_flow_actions(struct netdev *netdev OVS_UNUSED,
+                   struct flow_actions *actions,
+                   struct nlattr *nl_actions,
+                   size_t nl_actions_len,
+                   struct offload_info *info OVS_UNUSED)
+{
+    struct nlattr *nla;
+    size_t left;
+
+    NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH_UNSAFE (nla, left, nl_actions, nl_actions_len) {
+        VLOG_DBG_RL(&error_rl,
+                    "Unsupported action type %d", nl_attr_type(nla));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (nl_actions_len == 0) {
+        VLOG_DBG_RL(&error_rl,
+                    "Unsupported action type drop");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    add_flow_action(actions, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END, NULL);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rte_flow *
+netdev_offload_dpdk_actions(struct netdev *netdev,
+                            struct flow_patterns *patterns,
+                            struct nlattr *nl_actions,
+                            size_t actions_len,
+                            struct offload_info *info)
+{
+    const struct rte_flow_attr flow_attr = { .ingress = 1, .transfer = 1 };
+    struct flow_actions actions = { .actions = NULL, .cnt = 0 };
+    struct rte_flow *flow = NULL;
+    struct rte_flow_error error;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = parse_flow_actions(netdev, &actions, nl_actions, actions_len, info);
+    if (ret) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    flow = netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_create(netdev, &flow_attr, patterns->items,
+                                           actions.actions, &error);
+    if (!flow) {
+        VLOG_ERR("%s: Failed to create flow: %s (%u)\n",
+                 netdev_get_name(netdev), error.message, error.type);
+    }
+out:
+    free_flow_actions(&actions);
+    return flow;
+}
+
 static int
 netdev_offload_dpdk_add_flow(struct netdev *netdev,
                              const struct match *match,
@@ -699,16 +782,8 @@ netdev_offload_dpdk_add_flow(struct netdev *netdev,
                              const ovs_u128 *ufid,
                              struct offload_info *info)
 {
-    const struct rte_flow_attr flow_attr = {
-        .group = 0,
-        .priority = 0,
-        .ingress = 1,
-        .egress = 0
-    };
     struct flow_patterns patterns = { .items = NULL, .cnt = 0 };
-    struct flow_actions actions = { .actions = NULL, .cnt = 0 };
     struct rte_flow *flow;
-    struct rte_flow_error error;
     int ret = 0;
 
     ret = parse_flow_match(&patterns, match);
@@ -716,10 +791,14 @@ netdev_offload_dpdk_add_flow(struct netdev *netdev,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    add_flow_mark_rss_actions(&actions, info->flow_mark, netdev);
-
-    flow = netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_create(netdev, &flow_attr, patterns.items,
-                                           actions.actions, &error);
+    flow = netdev_offload_dpdk_actions(netdev, &patterns, nl_actions,
+                                       actions_len, info);
+    if (!flow) {
+        /* if we failed to offload the rule actions fallback to mark rss
+         * actions.
+         */
+        flow = netdev_offload_dpdk_mark_rss(&patterns, netdev, info->flow_mark);
+    }
 
     if (!flow) {
         ret = -1;
@@ -731,7 +810,6 @@ netdev_offload_dpdk_add_flow(struct netdev *netdev,
 
 out:
     free_flow_patterns(&patterns);
-    free_flow_actions(&actions);
     return ret;
 }
 
