diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c
index bae6cf114..56ea10242 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 #include <rte_prefetch.h>
 
 #include "qat_logs.h"
+#include "qat_qp.h"
 #include "qat_sym.h"
+
 #include "adf_transport_access_macros.h"
 
 #define ADF_MAX_SYM_DESC			4096
@@ -450,3 +452,153 @@ static void adf_configure_queues(struct qat_qp *qp)
 	WRITE_CSR_RING_CONFIG(qp->mmap_bar_addr, queue->hw_bundle_number,
 			queue->hw_queue_number, queue_config);
 }
+
+
+static inline uint32_t adf_modulo(uint32_t data, uint32_t shift)
+{
+	uint32_t div = data >> shift;
+	uint32_t mult = div << shift;
+
+	return data - mult;
+}
+
+static inline void
+txq_write_tail(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q) {
+	WRITE_CSR_RING_TAIL(qp->mmap_bar_addr, q->hw_bundle_number,
+			q->hw_queue_number, q->tail);
+	q->nb_pending_requests = 0;
+	q->csr_tail = q->tail;
+}
+
+static inline
+void rxq_free_desc(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q)
+{
+	uint32_t old_head, new_head;
+	uint32_t max_head;
+
+	old_head = q->csr_head;
+	new_head = q->head;
+	max_head = qp->nb_descriptors * q->msg_size;
+
+	/* write out free descriptors */
+	void *cur_desc = (uint8_t *)q->base_addr + old_head;
+
+	if (new_head < old_head) {
+		memset(cur_desc, ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG_BYTE, max_head - old_head);
+		memset(q->base_addr, ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG_BYTE, new_head);
+	} else {
+		memset(cur_desc, ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG_BYTE, new_head - old_head);
+	}
+	q->nb_processed_responses = 0;
+	q->csr_head = new_head;
+
+	/* write current head to CSR */
+	WRITE_CSR_RING_HEAD(qp->mmap_bar_addr, q->hw_bundle_number,
+			    q->hw_queue_number, new_head);
+}
+
+uint16_t
+qat_enqueue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
+{
+	register struct qat_queue *queue;
+	struct qat_qp *tmp_qp = (struct qat_qp *)qp;
+	register uint32_t nb_ops_sent = 0;
+	register int ret;
+	uint16_t nb_ops_possible = nb_ops;
+	register uint8_t *base_addr;
+	register uint32_t tail;
+	int overflow;
+
+	if (unlikely(nb_ops == 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* read params used a lot in main loop into registers */
+	queue = &(tmp_qp->tx_q);
+	base_addr = (uint8_t *)queue->base_addr;
+	tail = queue->tail;
+
+	/* Find how many can actually fit on the ring */
+	tmp_qp->inflights16 += nb_ops;
+	overflow = tmp_qp->inflights16 - queue->max_inflights;
+	if (overflow > 0) {
+		tmp_qp->inflights16 -= overflow;
+		nb_ops_possible = nb_ops - overflow;
+		if (nb_ops_possible == 0)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	while (nb_ops_sent != nb_ops_possible) {
+		ret = tmp_qp->build_request(*ops, base_addr + tail,
+				tmp_qp->op_cookies[tail / queue->msg_size],
+				tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			tmp_qp->stats.enqueue_err_count++;
+			/*
+			 * This message cannot be enqueued,
+			 * decrease number of ops that wasn't sent
+			 */
+			tmp_qp->inflights16 -= nb_ops_possible - nb_ops_sent;
+			if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
+				return 0;
+			goto kick_tail;
+		}
+
+		tail = adf_modulo(tail + queue->msg_size, queue->modulo);
+		ops++;
+		nb_ops_sent++;
+	}
+kick_tail:
+	queue->tail = tail;
+	tmp_qp->stats.enqueued_count += nb_ops_sent;
+	queue->nb_pending_requests += nb_ops_sent;
+	if (tmp_qp->inflights16 < QAT_CSR_TAIL_FORCE_WRITE_THRESH ||
+		    queue->nb_pending_requests > QAT_CSR_TAIL_WRITE_THRESH) {
+		txq_write_tail(tmp_qp, queue);
+	}
+	return nb_ops_sent;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+qat_dequeue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
+{
+	struct qat_queue *rx_queue, *tx_queue;
+	struct qat_qp *tmp_qp = (struct qat_qp *)qp;
+	uint32_t head;
+	uint32_t resp_counter = 0;
+	uint8_t *resp_msg;
+
+	rx_queue = &(tmp_qp->rx_q);
+	tx_queue = &(tmp_qp->tx_q);
+	head = rx_queue->head;
+	resp_msg = (uint8_t *)rx_queue->base_addr + rx_queue->head;
+
+	while (*(uint32_t *)resp_msg != ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG &&
+			resp_counter != nb_ops) {
+
+		tmp_qp->process_response(ops, resp_msg,
+			tmp_qp->op_cookies[head / rx_queue->msg_size],
+			tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen);
+
+		head = adf_modulo(head + rx_queue->msg_size, rx_queue->modulo);
+
+		resp_msg = (uint8_t *)rx_queue->base_addr + head;
+		ops++;
+		resp_counter++;
+	}
+	if (resp_counter > 0) {
+		rx_queue->head = head;
+		tmp_qp->stats.dequeued_count += resp_counter;
+		rx_queue->nb_processed_responses += resp_counter;
+		tmp_qp->inflights16 -= resp_counter;
+
+		if (rx_queue->nb_processed_responses >
+						QAT_CSR_HEAD_WRITE_THRESH)
+			rxq_free_desc(tmp_qp, rx_queue);
+	}
+	/* also check if tail needs to be advanced */
+	if (tmp_qp->inflights16 <= QAT_CSR_TAIL_FORCE_WRITE_THRESH &&
+		tx_queue->tail != tx_queue->csr_tail) {
+		txq_write_tail(tmp_qp, tx_queue);
+	}
+	return resp_counter;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87d55c5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+#ifndef _QAT_QP_H_
+#define _QAT_QP_H_
+
+#include "qat_common.h"
+
+typedef int (*build_request_t)(void *op,
+		uint8_t *req, void *op_cookie,
+		enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen);
+/**< Build a request from an op. */
+
+typedef int (*process_response_t)(void **ops,
+		uint8_t *resp, void *op_cookie,
+		enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen);
+/**< Process a response descriptor and return the associated op. */
+
+/**
+ * Structure associated with each queue.
+ */
+struct qat_queue {
+	char		memz_name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];
+	void		*base_addr;		/* Base address */
+	rte_iova_t	base_phys_addr;		/* Queue physical address */
+	uint32_t	head;			/* Shadow copy of the head */
+	uint32_t	tail;			/* Shadow copy of the tail */
+	uint32_t	modulo;
+	uint32_t	msg_size;
+	uint16_t	max_inflights;
+	uint32_t	queue_size;
+	uint8_t		hw_bundle_number;
+	uint8_t		hw_queue_number;
+	/* HW queue aka ring offset on bundle */
+	uint32_t	csr_head;		/* last written head value */
+	uint32_t	csr_tail;		/* last written tail value */
+	uint16_t	nb_processed_responses;
+	/* number of responses processed since last CSR head write */
+	uint16_t	nb_pending_requests;
+	/* number of requests pending since last CSR tail write */
+};
+
+struct qat_qp {
+	void			*mmap_bar_addr;
+	uint16_t		inflights16;
+	struct	qat_queue	tx_q;
+	struct	qat_queue	rx_q;
+	struct	rte_cryptodev_stats stats;
+	struct rte_mempool *op_cookie_pool;
+	void **op_cookies;
+	uint32_t nb_descriptors;
+	enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen;
+	build_request_t build_request;
+	process_response_t process_response;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+uint16_t
+qat_enqueue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops);
+
+uint16_t
+qat_dequeue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops);
+
+#endif /* _QAT_QP_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
index 2bae913a1..ab8ce2c96 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qat_logs.h"
 #include "qat_sym_session.h"
 #include "qat_sym.h"
+#include "qat_qp.h"
 #include "adf_transport_access_macros.h"
 
 #define BYTE_LENGTH    8
@@ -83,8 +84,6 @@ bpi_cipher_decrypt(uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst,
 /** Creates a context in either AES or DES in ECB mode
  *  Depends on openssl libcrypto
  */
-static inline uint32_t
-adf_modulo(uint32_t data, uint32_t shift);
 
 static inline uint32_t
 qat_bpicipher_preprocess(struct qat_sym_session *ctx,
@@ -197,102 +196,6 @@ qat_bpicipher_postprocess(struct qat_sym_session *ctx,
 	return sym_op->cipher.data.length - last_block_len;
 }
 
-static inline void
-txq_write_tail(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q) {
-	WRITE_CSR_RING_TAIL(qp->mmap_bar_addr, q->hw_bundle_number,
-			q->hw_queue_number, q->tail);
-	q->nb_pending_requests = 0;
-	q->csr_tail = q->tail;
-}
-
-static uint16_t
-qat_enqueue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
-{
-	register struct qat_queue *queue;
-	struct qat_qp *tmp_qp = (struct qat_qp *)qp;
-	register uint32_t nb_ops_sent = 0;
-	register int ret;
-	uint16_t nb_ops_possible = nb_ops;
-	register uint8_t *base_addr;
-	register uint32_t tail;
-	int overflow;
-
-	if (unlikely(nb_ops == 0))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* read params used a lot in main loop into registers */
-	queue = &(tmp_qp->tx_q);
-	base_addr = (uint8_t *)queue->base_addr;
-	tail = queue->tail;
-
-	/* Find how many can actually fit on the ring */
-	tmp_qp->inflights16 += nb_ops;
-	overflow = tmp_qp->inflights16 - queue->max_inflights;
-	if (overflow > 0) {
-		tmp_qp->inflights16 -= overflow;
-		nb_ops_possible = nb_ops - overflow;
-		if (nb_ops_possible == 0)
-			return 0;
-	}
-
-	while (nb_ops_sent != nb_ops_possible) {
-		ret = tmp_qp->build_request(*ops, base_addr + tail,
-				tmp_qp->op_cookies[tail / queue->msg_size],
-				tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen);
-		if (ret != 0) {
-			tmp_qp->stats.enqueue_err_count++;
-			/*
-			 * This message cannot be enqueued,
-			 * decrease number of ops that wasn't sent
-			 */
-			tmp_qp->inflights16 -= nb_ops_possible - nb_ops_sent;
-			if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
-				return 0;
-			goto kick_tail;
-		}
-
-		tail = adf_modulo(tail + queue->msg_size, queue->modulo);
-		ops++;
-		nb_ops_sent++;
-	}
-kick_tail:
-	queue->tail = tail;
-	tmp_qp->stats.enqueued_count += nb_ops_sent;
-	queue->nb_pending_requests += nb_ops_sent;
-	if (tmp_qp->inflights16 < QAT_CSR_TAIL_FORCE_WRITE_THRESH ||
-			queue->nb_pending_requests > QAT_CSR_TAIL_WRITE_THRESH) {
-		txq_write_tail(tmp_qp, queue);
-	}
-	return nb_ops_sent;
-}
-
-static inline
-void rxq_free_desc(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q)
-{
-	uint32_t old_head, new_head;
-	uint32_t max_head;
-
-	old_head = q->csr_head;
-	new_head = q->head;
-	max_head = qp->nb_descriptors * q->msg_size;
-
-	/* write out free descriptors */
-	void *cur_desc = (uint8_t *)q->base_addr + old_head;
-
-	if (new_head < old_head) {
-		memset(cur_desc, ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG_BYTE, max_head - old_head);
-		memset(q->base_addr, ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG_BYTE, new_head);
-	} else {
-		memset(cur_desc, ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG_BYTE, new_head - old_head);
-	}
-	q->nb_processed_responses = 0;
-	q->csr_head = new_head;
-
-	/* write current head to CSR */
-	WRITE_CSR_RING_HEAD(qp->mmap_bar_addr, q->hw_bundle_number,
-			    q->hw_queue_number, new_head);
-}
-
 uint16_t
 qat_sym_pmd_enqueue_op_burst(void *qp, struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 		uint16_t nb_ops)
@@ -336,49 +239,6 @@ qat_sym_process_response(void **op, uint8_t *resp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static uint16_t
-qat_dequeue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
-{
-	struct qat_queue *rx_queue, *tx_queue;
-	struct qat_qp *tmp_qp = (struct qat_qp *)qp;
-	uint32_t head;
-	uint32_t resp_counter = 0;
-	uint8_t *resp_msg;
-
-	rx_queue = &(tmp_qp->rx_q);
-	tx_queue = &(tmp_qp->tx_q);
-	head = rx_queue->head;
-	resp_msg = (uint8_t *)rx_queue->base_addr + rx_queue->head;
-
-	while (*(uint32_t *)resp_msg != ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG &&
-			resp_counter != nb_ops) {
-
-		tmp_qp->process_response(ops, resp_msg,
-			tmp_qp->op_cookies[head / rx_queue->msg_size],
-			tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen);
-
-		head = adf_modulo(head + rx_queue->msg_size, rx_queue->modulo);
-
-		resp_msg = (uint8_t *)rx_queue->base_addr + head;
-		ops++;
-		resp_counter++;
-	}
-	if (resp_counter > 0) {
-		rx_queue->head = head;
-		tmp_qp->stats.dequeued_count += resp_counter;
-		rx_queue->nb_processed_responses += resp_counter;
-		tmp_qp->inflights16 -= resp_counter;
-
-		if (rx_queue->nb_processed_responses > QAT_CSR_HEAD_WRITE_THRESH)
-			rxq_free_desc(tmp_qp, rx_queue);
-	}
-	/* also check if tail needs to be advanced */
-	if (tmp_qp->inflights16 <= QAT_CSR_TAIL_FORCE_WRITE_THRESH &&
-		tx_queue->tail != tx_queue->csr_tail) {
-		txq_write_tail(tmp_qp, tx_queue);
-	}
-	return resp_counter;
-}
 
 uint16_t
 qat_sym_pmd_dequeue_op_burst(void *qp, struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
@@ -903,13 +763,6 @@ qat_sym_build_request(void *in_op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline uint32_t adf_modulo(uint32_t data, uint32_t shift)
-{
-	uint32_t div = data >> shift;
-	uint32_t mult = div << shift;
-
-	return data - mult;
-}
 
 void qat_sym_stats_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		struct rte_cryptodev_stats *stats)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h
index 279d3a3ae..39574eeb6 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h
@@ -27,57 +27,8 @@
 #define QAT_CSR_TAIL_FORCE_WRITE_THRESH 256U
 /* number of inflights below which no tail write coalescing should occur */
 
-typedef int (*build_request_t)(void *op,
-		uint8_t *req, void *op_cookie,
-		enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen);
-/**< Build a request from an op. */
-
-typedef int (*process_response_t)(void **ops,
-		uint8_t *resp, void *op_cookie,
-		enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen);
-/**< Process a response descriptor and return the associated op. */
-
 struct qat_sym_session;
 
-/**
- * Structure associated with each queue.
- */
-struct qat_queue {
-	char		memz_name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];
-	void		*base_addr;		/* Base address */
-	rte_iova_t	base_phys_addr;		/* Queue physical address */
-	uint32_t	head;			/* Shadow copy of the head */
-	uint32_t	tail;			/* Shadow copy of the tail */
-	uint32_t	modulo;
-	uint32_t	msg_size;
-	uint16_t	max_inflights;
-	uint32_t	queue_size;
-	uint8_t		hw_bundle_number;
-	uint8_t		hw_queue_number;
-	/* HW queue aka ring offset on bundle */
-	uint32_t	csr_head;		/* last written head value */
-	uint32_t	csr_tail;		/* last written tail value */
-	uint16_t	nb_processed_responses;
-	/* number of responses processed since last CSR head write */
-	uint16_t	nb_pending_requests;
-	/* number of requests pending since last CSR tail write */
-};
-
-struct qat_qp {
-	void			*mmap_bar_addr;
-	uint16_t		inflights16;
-	struct	qat_queue	tx_q;
-	struct	qat_queue	rx_q;
-	struct	rte_cryptodev_stats stats;
-	struct rte_mempool *op_cookie_pool;
-	void **op_cookies;
-	uint32_t nb_descriptors;
-	enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen;
-	build_request_t build_request;
-	process_response_t process_response;
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-
 int
 qat_sym_build_request(void *in_op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 		void *op_cookie, enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen);
