diff --git a/src/ucp/core/ucp_ep.h b/src/ucp/core/ucp_ep.h
index 787c6f0da38..f6366d63298 100644
--- a/src/ucp/core/ucp_ep.h
+++ b/src/ucp/core/ucp_ep.h
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ typedef uint16_t                   ucp_ep_cfg_index_t;
  * Endpoint flags
  */
 enum {
-    UCP_EP_FLAG_LOCAL_CONNECTED  = UCS_BIT(0), /* All local endpoints are connected */
-    UCP_EP_FLAG_REMOTE_CONNECTED = UCS_BIT(1), /* All remote endpoints are connected */
-    UCP_EP_FLAG_CONNECT_REQ_SENT = UCS_BIT(2), /* Connection request was sent */
-    UCP_EP_FLAG_CONNECT_REP_SENT = UCS_BIT(3), /* Debug: Connection reply was sent */
+    UCP_EP_FLAG_LOCAL_CONNECTED     = UCS_BIT(0), /* All local endpoints are connected */
+    UCP_EP_FLAG_REMOTE_CONNECTED    = UCS_BIT(1), /* All remote endpoints are connected */
+    UCP_EP_FLAG_CONNECT_REQ_SENT    = UCS_BIT(2), /* Connection request was sent */
+    UCP_EP_FLAG_CONNECT_REP_SENT    = UCS_BIT(3), /* Debug: Connection reply was sent */
+    UCP_EP_FLAG_TAG_OFFLOAD_ENABLED = UCS_BIT(4)  /* Endpoint uses tl offload for tag matching */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.c b/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.c
index a719cb126ee..a7f51d96dcf 100644
--- a/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.c
+++ b/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.c
@@ -168,9 +168,10 @@ void ucp_iov_buffer_memh_dereg(uct_md_h uct_md, uct_mem_h *memh,
     }
 }
 
-ucs_status_t ucp_request_memory_reg(ucp_context_t *context, ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_index,
-                                    void *buffer, size_t length,
-                                    ucp_datatype_t datatype, ucp_dt_state_t *state)
+UCS_PROFILE_FUNC(ucs_status_t, ucp_request_memory_reg,
+                 (context, rsc_index, buffer, length, datatype, state),
+                 ucp_context_t *context, ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_index, void *buffer,
+                 size_t length, ucp_datatype_t datatype, ucp_dt_state_t *state)
 {
     ucp_rsc_index_t mdi = context->tl_rscs[rsc_index].md_index;
     uct_md_h uct_md     = context->tl_mds[mdi].md;
@@ -224,8 +225,10 @@ ucs_status_t ucp_request_memory_reg(ucp_context_t *context, ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_
     return status;
 }
 
-void ucp_request_memory_dereg(ucp_context_t *context, ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_index,
-                              ucp_datatype_t datatype, ucp_dt_state_t *state)
+UCS_PROFILE_FUNC_VOID(ucp_request_memory_dereg,
+                      (context, rsc_index, datatype, state),
+                      ucp_context_t *context, ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_index,
+                      ucp_datatype_t datatype, ucp_dt_state_t *state)
 {
     ucp_rsc_index_t mdi = context->tl_rscs[rsc_index].md_index;
     uct_md_h uct_md     = context->tl_mds[mdi].md;
@@ -252,8 +255,8 @@ void ucp_request_memory_dereg(ucp_context_t *context, ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_index,
     }
 }
 
-UCS_PROFILE_FUNC(ucs_status_t, ucp_request_send_buffer_reg, (req, lane),
-                 ucp_request_t *req, ucp_lane_index_t lane)
+ucs_status_t ucp_request_send_buffer_reg(ucp_request_t *req,
+                                         ucp_lane_index_t lane)
 {
     ucp_context_t *context    = req->send.ep->worker->context;
     ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_index = ucp_ep_get_rsc_index(req->send.ep, lane);
@@ -263,13 +266,12 @@ UCS_PROFILE_FUNC(ucs_status_t, ucp_request_send_buffer_reg, (req, lane),
                                   &req->send.state);
 }
 
-UCS_PROFILE_FUNC_VOID(ucp_request_send_buffer_dereg, (req, lane),
-                      ucp_request_t *req, ucp_lane_index_t lane)
+void ucp_request_send_buffer_dereg(ucp_request_t *req, ucp_lane_index_t lane)
 {
     ucp_context_t *context    = req->send.ep->worker->context;
     ucp_rsc_index_t rsc_index = ucp_ep_get_rsc_index(req->send.ep, lane);
 
-    return ucp_request_memory_dereg(context, rsc_index, req->send.datatype,
-                                    &req->send.state);
+    ucp_request_memory_dereg(context, rsc_index, req->send.datatype,
+                             &req->send.state);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.h b/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.h
index bc3d2053a8b..695e5c04acc 100644
--- a/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.h
+++ b/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.h
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ enum {
     UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_RECV                 = UCS_BIT(7),
     UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_SYNC                 = UCS_BIT(8),
     UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_RNDV                 = UCS_BIT(9),
-    UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_MATCHED              = UCS_BIT(10),
-    UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_OFFLOADED            = UCS_BIT(11),
-    UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_BLOCK_OFFLOAD        = UCS_BIT(12),
+    UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_OFFLOADED            = UCS_BIT(10),
+    UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_BLOCK_OFFLOAD        = UCS_BIT(11),
 
 #if ENABLE_ASSERT
     UCP_REQUEST_DEBUG_FLAG_EXTERNAL       = UCS_BIT(15)
diff --git a/src/ucp/tag/eager.h b/src/ucp/tag/eager.h
index 08024a64dca..f1d81e488de 100644
--- a/src/ucp/tag/eager.h
+++ b/src/ucp/tag/eager.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void ucp_tag_eager_zcopy_req_complete(ucp_request_t *req);
 static inline ucs_status_t ucp_tag_send_eager_short(ucp_ep_t *ep, ucp_tag_t tag,
                                                     const void *buffer, size_t length)
 {
-    if (ucp_ep_is_tag_offload_enabled(ucp_ep_config(ep))) {
+    if (ep->flags & UCP_EP_FLAG_TAG_OFFLOAD_ENABLED) {
         UCS_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(ucp_tag_t) == sizeof(uct_tag_t));
         return uct_ep_tag_eager_short(ucp_ep_get_tag_uct_ep(ep), tag, buffer, length);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/ucp/tag/eager_rcv.c b/src/ucp/tag/eager_rcv.c
index 1594241f3f1..a9f4b3ab1a7 100644
--- a/src/ucp/tag/eager_rcv.c
+++ b/src/ucp/tag/eager_rcv.c
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ ucp_eager_handler(void *arg, void *data, size_t length, unsigned am_flags,
 
             /* Cancel req in transport if it was offloaded,
              * because it arrived as unexpected */
-            ucp_tag_offload_cancel(context, req, 1);
+            if (flags & UCP_RECV_DESC_FLAG_OFFLOAD) {
+                ucp_tag_offload_cancel(context, req, 1);
+            }
 
             if (flags & UCP_RECV_DESC_FLAG_LAST) {
                 req->recv.info.length = recv_len;
diff --git a/src/ucp/tag/offload.c b/src/ucp/tag/offload.c
index 063b979573e..22eb37797ec 100644
--- a/src/ucp/tag/offload.c
+++ b/src/ucp/tag/offload.c
@@ -49,34 +49,29 @@ void ucp_tag_offload_cancel(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req, int force)
     ucp_worker_iface_t *ucp_iface;
     ucs_status_t status;
 
-    if (req->flags & UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_OFFLOADED) {
-        ucp_iface = ucs_queue_head_elem_non_empty(&ctx->tm.offload_ifaces,
-                                                  ucp_worker_iface_t, queue);
-        ucp_request_memory_dereg(ctx, ucp_iface->rsc_index, req->recv.datatype,
-                                 &req->recv.state);
-        status = uct_iface_tag_recv_cancel(ucp_iface->iface, &req->recv.uct_ctx, force);
-        if (status != UCS_OK) {
-            ucs_error("Failed to cancel recv in the transport: %s",
-                      ucs_status_string(status));
-        }
+    ucs_assert(req->flags & UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_OFFLOADED);
+
+    ucp_iface = ucs_queue_head_elem_non_empty(&ctx->tm.offload_ifaces,
+                                              ucp_worker_iface_t, queue);
+    ucp_request_memory_dereg(ctx, ucp_iface->rsc_index, req->recv.datatype,
+                             &req->recv.state);
+    status = uct_iface_tag_recv_cancel(ucp_iface->iface, &req->recv.uct_ctx, force);
+    if (status != UCS_OK) {
+        ucs_error("Failed to cancel recv in the transport: %s",
+                  ucs_status_string(status));
     }
 }
 
-void ucp_tag_offload_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req)
+int ucp_tag_offload_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req)
 {
     size_t length = req->recv.length;
     ucp_worker_iface_t *ucp_iface;
     ucs_status_t status;
     uct_iov_t iov;
 
-    if (length < ctx->tm.post_thresh) {
-        /* Message is smaller than post threshold or offloading is disabled. */
-        goto skip;
-    }
-
     if (!UCP_DT_IS_CONTIG(req->recv.datatype)) {
         /* Non-contig buffers not supported yet. */
-        goto skip;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     if ((ctx->config.tag_sender_mask & req->recv.tag_mask) !=
@@ -84,13 +79,13 @@ void ucp_tag_offload_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req)
         /* Wildcard.
          * TODO add check that only offload capable iface present. In
          * this case can post tag as well. */
-        goto skip;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     if (ctx->tm.sw_req_count) {
         /* There are some requests which must be completed in SW. Do not post
          * tags to HW until they are completed. */
-        goto skip;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     ucp_iface = ucs_queue_head_elem_non_empty(&ctx->tm.offload_ifaces,
@@ -99,7 +94,7 @@ void ucp_tag_offload_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req)
                                     req->recv.length, req->recv.datatype,
                                     &req->recv.state);
     if (status != UCS_OK) {
-        goto skip;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     req->recv.uct_ctx.tag_consumed_cb = ucp_tag_offload_tag_consumed;
@@ -115,16 +110,12 @@ void ucp_tag_offload_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req)
                                       &req->recv.uct_ctx);
     if (status != UCS_OK) {
         /* No more matching entries in the transport. */
-        goto skip;
+        return 0;
     }
     req->flags |= UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_OFFLOADED;
     ucs_trace_req("recv request %p (%p) was posted to transport (rsc %d)",
                   req, req + 1, ucp_iface->rsc_index);
-    return;
-
-skip:
-    req->flags |= UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_BLOCK_OFFLOAD;
-    ++ctx->tm.sw_req_count;
+    return 1;
 }
 
 static size_t ucp_tag_offload_pack_eager(void *dest, void *arg)
diff --git a/src/ucp/tag/offload.h b/src/ucp/tag/offload.h
index caad9d75126..2805890677b 100644
--- a/src/ucp/tag/offload.h
+++ b/src/ucp/tag/offload.h
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ ucs_status_t ucp_tag_offload_unexp_eager(void *arg, void *data, size_t length,
 
 void ucp_tag_offload_cancel(ucp_context_t *context, ucp_request_t *req, int force);
 
-void ucp_tag_offload_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req);
+int ucp_tag_offload_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req);
+
+static UCS_F_ALWAYS_INLINE void
+ucp_tag_offload_try_post(ucp_context_t *ctx, ucp_request_t *req)
+{
+    if (ucs_unlikely(req->recv.length >= ctx->tm.post_thresh)) {
+        if (ucp_tag_offload_post(ctx, req)) {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    req->flags |= UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_BLOCK_OFFLOAD;
+    ++ctx->tm.sw_req_count;
+}
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.c b/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.c
index 8ca84f0165c..2fc8af95f09 100644
--- a/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.c
+++ b/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.c
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ void ucp_tag_exp_remove(ucp_tag_match_t *tm, ucp_request_t *req)
 
     ucs_queue_for_each_safe(qreq, iter, queue, recv.queue) {
         if (qreq == req) {
-            ucp_tag_offload_cancel(ctx, req, 0);
+            if (req->flags & UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_OFFLOADED) {
+                ucp_tag_offload_cancel(ctx, req, 0);
+            }
             ucs_queue_del_iter(queue, iter);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.inl b/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.inl
index acc5e8681ed..e370910d102 100644
--- a/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.inl
+++ b/src/ucp/tag/tag_match.inl
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ ucp_tag_unexp_desc_release(ucp_recv_desc_t *rdesc)
     ucs_trace_req("release receive descriptor %p", rdesc);
     if (ucs_unlikely(rdesc->flags & UCP_RECV_DESC_FLAG_UCT_DESC)) {
         /* uct desc is slowpath */
-        if (rdesc->flags & UCP_RECV_DESC_FLAG_OFFLOAD) {
+        if (ucs_unlikely(rdesc->flags & UCP_RECV_DESC_FLAG_OFFLOAD)) {
             uct_iface_release_desc(rdesc);
         } else {
             uct_iface_release_desc((char*)rdesc - sizeof(ucp_eager_hdr_t));
diff --git a/src/ucp/tag/tag_recv.c b/src/ucp/tag/tag_recv.c
index bb0a4a01d1a..e4d4d5702c3 100644
--- a/src/ucp/tag/tag_recv.c
+++ b/src/ucp/tag/tag_recv.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ ucp_tag_search_unexp(ucp_worker_h worker, void *buffer, size_t buffer_size,
             ucp_tag_log_match(recv_tag, rdesc->length - rdesc->hdr_len, req, tag,
                               tag_mask, req->recv.state.offset, "unexpected");
             ucp_tag_unexp_remove(rdesc);
-            req->flags |= UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_MATCHED;
 
             if (rdesc->flags & UCP_RECV_DESC_FLAG_EAGER) {
                 UCS_PROFILE_REQUEST_EVENT(req, "eager_match", 0);
@@ -210,13 +209,9 @@ ucp_tag_recv_common(ucp_worker_h worker, void *buffer, size_t count,
         req->recv.cb       = cb;
         ucp_tag_exp_push(&context->tm, queue, req);
 
-        if (!(req->flags & UCP_REQUEST_FLAG_MATCHED)) {
-            /* If offload supported, post this tag to transport as well.
-             * Check for match flag, because it may be a part of already
-             * matched message in AM protocol (thus we do not need to post
-             * tag to transport, because it is already being handled by AM). */
-            ucp_tag_offload_post(worker->context, req);
-        }
+        /* If offload supported, post this tag to transport as well.
+         * TODO: need to distinguish the cases when posting is not needed. */
+        ucp_tag_offload_try_post(worker->context, req);
         ucs_trace_req("%s returning expected request %p (%p)", debug_name, req,
                       req + 1);
     }
diff --git a/src/ucp/wireup/wireup.c b/src/ucp/wireup/wireup.c
index a2153d78876..cd7fffc6cc3 100644
--- a/src/ucp/wireup/wireup.c
+++ b/src/ucp/wireup/wireup.c
@@ -496,6 +496,11 @@ ucs_status_t ucp_wireup_init_lanes(ucp_ep_h ep, unsigned address_count,
         ep->flags |= UCP_EP_FLAG_LOCAL_CONNECTED;
     }
 
+    /* Cache tag offload state in the flags for fast-path */
+    if (ucp_ep_is_tag_offload_enabled(ucp_ep_config(ep))) {
+        ep->flags |= UCP_EP_FLAG_TAG_OFFLOAD_ENABLED;
+    }
+
     return UCS_OK;
 
 err: