diff --git a/include/spdk/dif.h b/include/spdk/dif.h
index 983e2cbda..aa0a6eefb 100644
--- a/include/spdk/dif.h
+++ b/include/spdk/dif.h
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ struct spdk_dif_ctx {
 	/** Metadata size */
 	uint32_t		md_size;
 
+	/** Metadata location */
+	bool			md_interleave;
+
 	/** Interval for guard computation for DIF */
 	uint32_t		guard_interval;
 
@@ -150,6 +153,14 @@ int spdk_dif_ctx_init(struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx, uint32_t block_size, uint32_t md
 		      uint32_t init_ref_tag, uint16_t apptag_mask, uint16_t app_tag,
 		      uint32_t data_offset, uint16_t guard_seed);
 
+/**
+ * Update date offset of DIF context.
+ *
+ * \param ctx DIF context.
+ * \param data_offset Byte offset from the start of the whole data buffer.
+ */
+void spdk_dif_ctx_set_data_offset(struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx, uint32_t data_offset);
+
 /**
  * Generate DIF for extended LBA payload.
  *
diff --git a/lib/util/dif.c b/lib/util/dif.c
index 87f1435da..da1481b32 100644
--- a/lib/util/dif.c
+++ b/lib/util/dif.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ spdk_dif_ctx_init(struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx, uint32_t block_size, uint32_t md_siz
 
 	ctx->block_size = block_size;
 	ctx->md_size = md_size;
+	ctx->md_interleave = md_interleave;
 	ctx->guard_interval = _get_guard_interval(block_size, md_size, dif_loc, md_interleave);
 	ctx->dif_type = dif_type;
 	ctx->dif_flags = dif_flags;
@@ -264,6 +265,21 @@ spdk_dif_ctx_init(struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx, uint32_t block_size, uint32_t md_siz
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void
+spdk_dif_ctx_set_data_offset(struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx, uint32_t data_offset)
+{
+	uint32_t data_block_size;
+
+	if (ctx->md_interleave) {
+		data_block_size = ctx->block_size - ctx->md_size;
+	} else {
+		data_block_size = ctx->block_size;
+	}
+
+	ctx->data_offset = data_offset;
+	ctx->ref_tag_offset = data_offset / data_block_size;
+}
+
 static void
 _dif_generate(void *_dif, uint16_t guard, uint32_t offset_blocks,
 	      const struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx)