diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/http_get/README.rst b/samples/net/sockets/http_get/README.rst
index 46233ec4a19..07c03fa1fae 100644
--- a/samples/net/sockets/http_get/README.rst
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/http_get/README.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Enable TLS support in the sample by building the project with the
 An alternative way is to specify ``-DOVERLAY_CONFIG=overlay-tls.conf`` when
 running ``west build`` or ``cmake``.
 
+For boards that support TLS offloading (e.g. TI's cc3220sf_launchxl), use
+``overlay-tls-offload.conf`` instead of ``overlay-tls.conf``.
+
 The certificate used by the sample can be found in the sample's ``src``
 directory. The certificate was selected to enable access to the default website
 configured in the sample (https://google.com). To access a different web page
diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/http_get/boards/cc3220sf_launchxl.conf b/samples/net/sockets/http_get/boards/cc3220sf_launchxl.conf
index c3ff2c774d0..1b8312b7832 100644
--- a/samples/net/sockets/http_get/boards/cc3220sf_launchxl.conf
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/http_get/boards/cc3220sf_launchxl.conf
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_WIFI=y
 CONFIG_WIFI_SIMPLELINK=y
 CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_OFFLOAD=y
 
-# Enable Secure Socket Offload
-CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS=y
+# Enable TLS credential filenames for secure socket offload
 CONFIG_TLS_CREDENTIAL_FILENAMES=y
 
 # Disable unneeded settings from the base prj.conf:
diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/http_get/overlay-tls-offload.conf b/samples/net/sockets/http_get/overlay-tls-offload.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22159ff91bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/http_get/overlay-tls-offload.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS=y