diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 830fed3914b6..617f850bdb3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1828,6 +1828,12 @@ static int macsec_add_rxsa(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	rx_sa->sc = rx_sc;
 
+	if (secy->xpn) {
+		rx_sa->ssci = nla_get_ssci(tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SSCI]);
+		nla_memcpy(rx_sa->key.salt.bytes, tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SALT],
+			   MACSEC_SALT_LEN);
+	}
+
 	/* If h/w offloading is available, propagate to the device */
 	if (macsec_is_offloaded(netdev_priv(dev))) {
 		const struct macsec_ops *ops;
@@ -1850,12 +1856,6 @@ static int macsec_add_rxsa(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	if (secy->xpn) {
-		rx_sa->ssci = nla_get_ssci(tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SSCI]);
-		nla_memcpy(rx_sa->key.salt.bytes, tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SALT],
-			   MACSEC_SALT_LEN);
-	}
-
 	nla_memcpy(rx_sa->key.id, tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_KEYID], MACSEC_KEYID_LEN);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(rx_sc->sa[assoc_num], rx_sa);
 
@@ -2070,6 +2070,12 @@ static int macsec_add_txsa(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (assoc_num == tx_sc->encoding_sa && tx_sa->active)
 		secy->operational = true;
 
+	if (secy->xpn) {
+		tx_sa->ssci = nla_get_ssci(tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SSCI]);
+		nla_memcpy(tx_sa->key.salt.bytes, tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SALT],
+			   MACSEC_SALT_LEN);
+	}
+
 	/* If h/w offloading is available, propagate to the device */
 	if (macsec_is_offloaded(netdev_priv(dev))) {
 		const struct macsec_ops *ops;
@@ -2092,12 +2098,6 @@ static int macsec_add_txsa(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	if (secy->xpn) {
-		tx_sa->ssci = nla_get_ssci(tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SSCI]);
-		nla_memcpy(tx_sa->key.salt.bytes, tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_SALT],
-			   MACSEC_SALT_LEN);
-	}
-
 	nla_memcpy(tx_sa->key.id, tb_sa[MACSEC_SA_ATTR_KEYID], MACSEC_KEYID_LEN);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tx_sc->sa[assoc_num], tx_sa);