diff --git a/include/dp_cntrack.h b/include/dp_cntrack.h
index 9dd6c4123..0e173c336 100644
--- a/include/dp_cntrack.h
+++ b/include/dp_cntrack.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+void dp_cntrack_init(void);
 int dp_cntrack_handle(struct rte_node *node, struct rte_mbuf *m, struct dp_flow *df);
 
 
diff --git a/src/dp_cntrack.c b/src/dp_cntrack.c
index 4bf1b9b96..7680db9e2 100644
--- a/src/dp_cntrack.c
+++ b/src/dp_cntrack.c
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ static struct flow_key second_key = {0};
 static struct flow_key *prev_key = NULL, *curr_key = &first_key;
 static struct flow_value *prev_flow_val = NULL;
 static int flow_timeout = DP_FLOW_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+static bool offload_mode_enabled = 0;
+
+void dp_cntrack_init(void)
+{
+	offload_mode_enabled = dp_conf_is_offload_enabled();
+}
 
 static __rte_always_inline void dp_cntrack_tcp_state(struct flow_value *flow_val, struct rte_tcp_hdr *tcp_hdr)
 {
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ static __rte_always_inline void dp_cntrack_tcp_state(struct flow_value *flow_val
 
 static __rte_always_inline void dp_cntrack_init_flow_offload_flags(struct flow_value *flow_val, struct dp_flow *df)
 {
-	if (!dp_conf_is_offload_enabled())
+	if (!offload_mode_enabled)
 		return;
 
 	if (df->l4_type != IPPROTO_TCP)
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ static __rte_always_inline void dp_cntrack_init_flow_offload_flags(struct flow_v
 
 static __rte_always_inline void dp_cntrack_change_flow_offload_flags(struct flow_value *flow_val, struct dp_flow *df)
 {
-	if (!dp_conf_is_offload_enabled())
+	if (!offload_mode_enabled)
 		return;
 
 	if (df->flags.dir == DP_FLOW_DIR_ORG) {
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ static __rte_always_inline struct flow_value *flow_table_insert_entry(struct flo
 	flow_val->flow_status = DP_FLOW_STATUS_FLAG_NONE;
 	/* Target ip of the traffic is an alias prefix of a VM in the same VNI on this dp-service */
 	/* This will be an uni-directional traffic. So prepare the flag to offload immediately */
-	if (dp_conf_is_offload_enabled()
+	if (offload_mode_enabled
 		&& (df->flags.flow_type != DP_FLOW_TYPE_INCOMING)
 		&& !DP_FAILED(dp_get_vnf_entry(&vnf_val, DP_VNF_TYPE_LB_ALIAS_PFX, m->port, DP_VNF_MATCH_ALL_PORT_ID))
 	)
diff --git a/src/nodes/conntrack_node.c b/src/nodes/conntrack_node.c
index 78f270689..d19d64fec 100644
--- a/src/nodes/conntrack_node.c
+++ b/src/nodes/conntrack_node.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include "nodes/dhcp_node.h"
 #include "rte_flow/dp_rte_flow.h"
 
-static bool offload_mode_enabled = 0;
-
 #define NEXT_NODES(NEXT) \
 	NEXT(CONNTRACK_NEXT_LB, "lb") \
 	NEXT(CONNTRACK_NEXT_DNAT, "dnat") \
@@ -23,13 +21,10 @@ DP_NODE_REGISTER(CONNTRACK, conntrack, NEXT_NODES);
 
 static int conntrack_node_init(__rte_unused const struct rte_graph *graph, __rte_unused struct rte_node *node)
 {
-
-	offload_mode_enabled = dp_conf_is_offload_enabled();
-
+	dp_cntrack_init();
 	return DP_OK;
 }
 
-
 static __rte_always_inline rte_edge_t dp_find_nxt_graph_node(struct dp_flow *df)
 {
 	if (df->flags.flow_type == DP_FLOW_TYPE_INCOMING) {