diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
index 157694bcf0e..aa51e0a67d5 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
@@ -8207,16 +8207,11 @@ dp_netdev_hw_flow(const struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
 #ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API /* Packet restoration API required. */
     /* Restore the packet if HW processing was terminated before completion. */
     struct dp_netdev_rxq *rxq = pmd->ctx.last_rxq;
-    bool miss_api_supported;
-
-    atomic_read_relaxed(&rxq->port->netdev->hw_info.miss_api_supported,
-                        &miss_api_supported);
-    if (miss_api_supported) {
-        int err = netdev_hw_miss_packet_recover(rxq->port->netdev, packet);
-        if (err && err != EOPNOTSUPP) {
-            COVERAGE_INC(datapath_drop_hw_miss_recover);
-            return -1;
-        }
+    int err = netdev_hw_miss_packet_recover(rxq->port->netdev, packet);
+
+    if (err && err != EOPNOTSUPP) {
+        COVERAGE_INC(datapath_drop_hw_miss_recover);
+        return -1;
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
index 55700250df2..992bf95d52d 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ typedef uint16_t dpdk_port_t;
                                    | RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM    \
                                    | RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM)
 
+static uint64_t netdev_dpdk_restore_info_flag;
 
 static const struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = {
     .rxmode = {
@@ -1251,6 +1252,8 @@ dpdk_eth_dev_init_rx_metadata(struct netdev_dpdk *dev)
         if (!(rx_metadata & RTE_ETH_RX_METADATA_TUNNEL_ID)) {
             VLOG_DBG("%s: The NIC will not provide per-packet TUNNEL_ID",
                      netdev_get_name(&dev->up));
+        } else if (!netdev_dpdk_restore_info_flag) {
+            netdev_dpdk_restore_info_flag = rte_flow_restore_info_dynflag();
         }
 #endif /* ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API */
     } else {
@@ -6223,6 +6226,7 @@ netdev_dpdk_rte_flow_get_restore_info(struct netdev *netdev,
                                       struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
     struct rte_mbuf *m = (struct rte_mbuf *) p;
+    uint64_t need_restore_info;
     struct netdev_dpdk *dev;
     int ret;
 
@@ -6230,6 +6234,10 @@ netdev_dpdk_rte_flow_get_restore_info(struct netdev *netdev,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (!(p->mbuf.ol_flags & netdev_dpdk_restore_info_flag)) {
+        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+    }
+
     dev = netdev_dpdk_cast(netdev);
     ovs_mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
     ret = rte_flow_get_restore_info(dev->port_id, m, info, error);
diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload.c b/lib/netdev-offload.c
index a5fa6248754..fce09565dd9 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ netdev_assign_flow_api(struct netdev *netdev)
     CMAP_FOR_EACH (rfa, cmap_node, &netdev_flow_apis) {
         if (!rfa->flow_api->init_flow_api(netdev)) {
             ovs_refcount_ref(&rfa->refcnt);
-            atomic_store_relaxed(&netdev->hw_info.miss_api_supported, true);
             ovsrcu_set(&netdev->flow_api, rfa->flow_api);
             VLOG_INFO("%s: Assigned flow API '%s'.",
                       netdev_get_name(netdev), rfa->flow_api->type);
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ netdev_assign_flow_api(struct netdev *netdev)
         VLOG_DBG("%s: flow API '%s' is not suitable.",
                  netdev_get_name(netdev), rfa->flow_api->type);
     }
-    atomic_store_relaxed(&netdev->hw_info.miss_api_supported, false);
     VLOG_INFO("%s: No suitable flow API found.", netdev_get_name(netdev));
 
     return -1;
@@ -325,27 +323,13 @@ netdev_hw_miss_packet_recover(struct netdev *netdev,
                               struct dp_packet *packet)
 {
     const struct netdev_flow_api *flow_api;
-    bool miss_api_supported;
-    int rv;
-
-    atomic_read_relaxed(&netdev->hw_info.miss_api_supported,
-                        &miss_api_supported);
-    if (!miss_api_supported) {
-        return EOPNOTSUPP;
-    }
 
     flow_api = ovsrcu_get(const struct netdev_flow_api *, &netdev->flow_api);
     if (!flow_api || !flow_api->hw_miss_packet_recover) {
         return EOPNOTSUPP;
     }
 
-    rv = flow_api->hw_miss_packet_recover(netdev, packet);
-    if (rv == EOPNOTSUPP) {
-        /* API unsupported by the port; avoid subsequent calls. */
-        atomic_store_relaxed(&netdev->hw_info.miss_api_supported, false);
-    }
-
-    return rv;
+    return flow_api->hw_miss_packet_recover(netdev, packet);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload.h b/lib/netdev-offload.h
index 47f8e6f48b7..ba5f203562d 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload.h
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ struct ovs_action_push_tnl;
 /* Offload-capable (HW) netdev information */
 struct netdev_hw_info {
     bool oor;		/* Out of Offload Resources ? */
-    atomic_bool miss_api_supported;  /* hw_miss_packet_recover() supported.*/
     int offload_count;  /* Pending (non-offloaded) flow count */
     int pending_count;  /* Offloaded flow count */
     OVSRCU_TYPE(void *) offload_data; /* Offload metadata. */
diff --git a/lib/netdev.c b/lib/netdev.c
index e5ac7713d2e..5945aacae4f 100644
--- a/lib/netdev.c
+++ b/lib/netdev.c
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ netdev_open(const char *name, const char *type, struct netdev **netdevp)
                     seq_read(netdev->reconfigure_seq);
                 ovsrcu_set(&netdev->flow_api, NULL);
                 netdev->hw_info.oor = false;
-                atomic_init(&netdev->hw_info.miss_api_supported, false);
                 netdev->node = shash_add(&netdev_shash, name, netdev);
 
                 /* By default enable one tx and rx queue per netdev. */