diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.c
index 75af1e8bc..8ad3162e1 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.c
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ int qat_dev_close(struct rte_cryptodev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void qat_dev_info_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
+void qat_sym_dev_info_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 			struct rte_cryptodev_info *info)
 {
-	struct qat_pmd_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+	struct qat_sym_dev_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
 	const struct qat_qp_hw_data *sym_hw_qps =
-		qp_gen_config[internals->qat_dev_gen]
+		qp_gen_config[internals->qat_dev->qat_dev_gen]
 			      .qp_hw_data[QAT_SERVICE_SYMMETRIC];
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void qat_dev_info_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 			qat_qps_per_service(sym_hw_qps, QAT_SERVICE_SYMMETRIC);
 		info->feature_flags = dev->feature_flags;
 		info->capabilities = internals->qat_dev_capabilities;
-		info->sym.max_nb_sessions = internals->max_nb_sessions;
+		info->sym.max_nb_sessions = RTE_QAT_PMD_MAX_NB_SESSIONS;
 		info->driver_id = cryptodev_qat_driver_id;
 		info->pci_dev = RTE_DEV_TO_PCI(dev->device);
 	}
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ qat_pci_get_dev(uint8_t dev_id)
 {
 	return &qat_pci_devices[dev_id];
 }
+
 static struct qat_pci_device *
 qat_pci_get_named_dev(const char *name)
 {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	char name[QAT_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
 
 	rte_pci_device_name(&pci_dev->addr, name, sizeof(name));
-
+	snprintf(name+strlen(name), QAT_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN-strlen(name), "_qat");
 	if (qat_pci_get_named_dev(name) != NULL) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "QAT device with name %s already allocated!",
 				name);
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 
 	qat_dev = qat_pci_get_dev(qat_dev_id);
 	snprintf(qat_dev->name, QAT_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN, "%s", name);
+	qat_dev->qat_dev_id = qat_dev_id;
 	qat_dev->pci_dev = pci_dev;
 	switch (qat_dev->pci_dev->id.device_id) {
 	case 0x0443:
@@ -169,8 +171,8 @@ qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 
 	qat_nb_pci_devices++;
 
-	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "QAT device %d allocated, total QATs %d",
-				qat_dev_id, qat_nb_pci_devices);
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "QAT device %d allocated, name %s, total QATs %d",
+			qat_dev->qat_dev_id, qat_dev->name, qat_nb_pci_devices);
 
 	return qat_dev;
 }
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ qat_pci_device_release(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rte_pci_device_name(&pci_dev->addr, name, sizeof(name));
+	snprintf(name+strlen(name), QAT_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN-strlen(name), "_qat");
 	qat_dev = qat_pci_get_named_dev(name);
 	if (qat_dev != NULL) {
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.h
index d83ad632c..855bf6c1c 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_device.h
@@ -32,30 +32,31 @@ extern int qat_sym_qp_release(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
  *  - config data
  *  - runtime data
  */
+struct qat_sym_dev_private;
 struct qat_pci_device {
 
-	/* data used by all services */
+	/* Data used by all services */
 	char name[QAT_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
 	/**< Name of qat pci device */
+	uint8_t qat_dev_id;
+	/**< Device instance for this qat pci device */
 	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev;
 	/**< PCI information. */
 	enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen;
 	/**< QAT device generation */
 	rte_spinlock_t arb_csr_lock;
-	/* protects accesses to the arbiter CSR */
+	/**< lock to protect accesses to the arbiter CSR */
 	__extension__
 	uint8_t attached : 1;
 	/**< Flag indicating the device is attached */
 
-	/* data relating to symmetric crypto service */
-	struct qat_pmd_private *sym_dev;
+	/* Data relating to symmetric crypto service */
+	struct qat_sym_dev_private *sym_dev;
 	/**< link back to cryptodev private data */
-	unsigned int max_nb_sym_queue_pairs;
-	/**< Max number of queue pairs supported by device */
 
-	/* data relating to compression service */
+	/* Data relating to compression service */
 
-	/* data relating to asymmetric crypto service */
+	/* Data relating to asymmetric crypto service */
 
 };
 
@@ -64,21 +65,13 @@ struct qat_pci_device {
  * there can be one of these on each qat_pci_device (VF),
  * in future there may also be private data structures for other services.
  */
-struct qat_pmd_private {
-	unsigned int max_nb_queue_pairs;
-	/**< Max number of queue pairs supported by device */
-	unsigned int max_nb_sessions;
-	/**< Max number of sessions supported by device */
-	enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen;
-	/**< QAT device generation */
-	const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities *qat_dev_capabilities;
-	/* QAT device capabilities */
-	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev;
-	/**< PCI information. */
-	uint8_t dev_id;
-	/**< Device ID for this instance */
+struct qat_sym_dev_private {
 	struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev;
 	/**< The qat pci device hosting the service */
+	uint8_t sym_dev_id;
+	/**< Device instance for this rte_cryptodev */
+	const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities *qat_dev_capabilities;
+	/* QAT device symmetric crypto capabilities */
 };
 
 struct qat_gen_hw_data {
@@ -93,7 +86,7 @@ int qat_dev_config(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 int qat_dev_start(struct rte_cryptodev *dev);
 void qat_dev_stop(struct rte_cryptodev *dev);
 int qat_dev_close(struct rte_cryptodev *dev);
-void qat_dev_info_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
+void qat_sym_dev_info_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	struct rte_cryptodev_info *info);
 
 struct qat_pci_device *
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c
index 656645e4c..869140fc0 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ const struct qat_qp_hw_data qat_gen1_qps[QAT_MAX_SERVICES]
 static int qat_qp_check_queue_alignment(uint64_t phys_addr,
 	uint32_t queue_size_bytes);
 static void qat_queue_delete(struct qat_queue *queue);
-static int qat_queue_create(struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev,
+static int qat_queue_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev,
 	struct qat_queue *queue, struct qat_qp_config *, uint8_t dir);
 static int adf_verify_queue_size(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_num,
 	uint32_t *queue_size_for_csr);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ queue_dma_zone_reserve(const char *queue_name, uint32_t queue_size,
 		socket_id, RTE_MEMZONE_IOVA_CONTIG, queue_size);
 }
 
-int qat_qp_setup(struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev,
+int qat_qp_setup(struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev,
 		struct qat_qp **qp_addr,
 		uint16_t queue_pair_id,
 		struct qat_qp_config *qat_qp_conf)
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ int qat_qp_setup(struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev,
 	char op_cookie_pool_name[RTE_RING_NAMESIZE];
 	uint32_t i;
 
-	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Setup qp %u on device %d gen %d",
-			queue_pair_id, qat_dev->dev_id, qat_dev->qat_dev_gen);
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Setup qp %u on qat pci device %d gen %d",
+		queue_pair_id, qat_dev->qat_dev_id, qat_dev->qat_dev_gen);
 
 	if ((qat_qp_conf->nb_descriptors > ADF_MAX_DESC) ||
 		(qat_qp_conf->nb_descriptors < ADF_MIN_DESC)) {
@@ -218,10 +218,12 @@ int qat_qp_setup(struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev,
 	adf_configure_queues(qp);
 	adf_queue_arb_enable(&qp->tx_q, qp->mmap_bar_addr);
 
-	snprintf(op_cookie_pool_name, RTE_RING_NAMESIZE, "%s_%s_qp_op_%d_%hu",
-		pci_dev->driver->driver.name, qat_qp_conf->service_str,
-		qat_dev->dev_id, queue_pair_id);
+	snprintf(op_cookie_pool_name, RTE_RING_NAMESIZE,
+					"%s%d_cookies_%s_qp%hu",
+		pci_dev->driver->driver.name, qat_dev->qat_dev_id,
+		qat_qp_conf->service_str, queue_pair_id);
 
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "cookiepool: %s", op_cookie_pool_name);
 	qp->op_cookie_pool = rte_mempool_lookup(op_cookie_pool_name);
 	if (qp->op_cookie_pool == NULL)
 		qp->op_cookie_pool = rte_mempool_create(op_cookie_pool_name,
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ int qat_qp_release(struct qat_qp **qp_addr)
 	}
 
 	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Free qp on qat_pci device %d",
-			qp->qat_dev->dev_id);
+				qp->qat_dev->qat_dev_id);
 
 	/* Don't free memory if there are still responses to be processed */
 	if (qp->inflights16 == 0) {
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ static void qat_queue_delete(struct qat_queue *queue)
 }
 
 static int
-qat_queue_create(struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev, struct qat_queue *queue,
+qat_queue_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev, struct qat_queue *queue,
 		struct qat_qp_config *qp_conf, uint8_t dir)
 {
 	uint64_t queue_base;
@@ -347,9 +349,9 @@ qat_queue_create(struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev, struct qat_queue *queue,
 	 * Allocate a memzone for the queue - create a unique name.
 	 */
 	snprintf(queue->memz_name, sizeof(queue->memz_name),
-		"%s_%s_%s_%d_%d_%d",
-		pci_dev->driver->driver.name, qp_conf->service_str,
-		"qp_mem", qat_dev->dev_id,
+			"%s_%d_%s_%s_%d_%d",
+		pci_dev->driver->driver.name, qat_dev->qat_dev_id,
+		qp_conf->service_str, "qp_mem",
 		queue->hw_bundle_number, queue->hw_queue_number);
 	qp_mz = queue_dma_zone_reserve(queue->memz_name, queue_size_bytes,
 			qp_conf->socket_id);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.h
index f808e16a5..d482d5732 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_qp.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct qat_qp {
 	enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen;
 	build_request_t build_request;
 	process_response_t process_response;
-	struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev;
+	struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev;
 	/**< qat device this qp is on */
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int
 qat_qp_release(struct qat_qp **qp_addr);
 
 int
-qat_qp_setup(struct qat_pmd_private *qat_dev,
+qat_qp_setup(struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev,
 		struct qat_qp **qp_addr, uint16_t queue_pair_id,
 		struct qat_qp_config *qat_qp_conf);
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
index b74dfa634..e77fbe4c4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ qat_sym_pmd_enqueue_op_burst(void *qp, struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 	return qat_enqueue_op_burst(qp, (void **)ops, nb_ops);
 }
 
-int
+static int
 qat_sym_process_response(void **op, uint8_t *resp,
 		__rte_unused void *op_cookie,
 		__rte_unused enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen)
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ set_cipher_iv_ccm(uint16_t iv_length, uint16_t iv_offset,
 			iv_length);
 }
 
-
-int
+static int
 qat_sym_build_request(void *in_op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 		void *op_cookie, enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen)
 {
@@ -773,9 +772,9 @@ int qat_sym_qp_setup(struct rte_cryptodev *dev, uint16_t qp_id,
 
 	struct qat_qp **qp_addr =
 			(struct qat_qp **)&(dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id]);
-	struct qat_pmd_private *qat_private = dev->data->dev_private;
+	struct qat_sym_dev_private *qat_private = dev->data->dev_private;
 	const struct qat_qp_hw_data *sym_hw_qps =
-			qp_gen_config[qat_private->qat_dev_gen]
+			qp_gen_config[qat_private->qat_dev->qat_dev_gen]
 				      .qp_hw_data[QAT_SERVICE_SYMMETRIC];
 	const struct qat_qp_hw_data *qp_hw_data = sym_hw_qps + qp_id;
 
@@ -798,7 +797,7 @@ int qat_sym_qp_setup(struct rte_cryptodev *dev, uint16_t qp_id,
 	qat_qp_conf.socket_id = socket_id;
 	qat_qp_conf.service_str = "sym";
 
-	ret = qat_qp_setup(qat_private, qp_addr, qp_id, &qat_qp_conf);
+	ret = qat_qp_setup(qat_private->qat_dev, qp_addr, qp_id, &qat_qp_conf);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h
index 37bec3ce3..78b40e378 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.h
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ struct qat_sym_op_cookie {
 	phys_addr_t qat_sgl_dst_phys_addr;
 };
 
-int
-qat_sym_build_request(void *in_op, uint8_t *out_msg,
-		void *op_cookie, enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen);
-
-int
-qat_sym_process_response(void **op, uint8_t *resp,
-		__rte_unused void *op_cookie, enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen);
-
 void qat_sym_stats_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	struct rte_cryptodev_stats *stats);
 void qat_sym_stats_reset(struct rte_cryptodev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_session.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_session.c
index a08e93037..68d7773a2 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_session.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_session.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bpi_cipher_ctx_init(enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cryptodev_algo,
 
 static int
 qat_is_cipher_alg_supported(enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm algo,
-		struct qat_pmd_private *internals)
+		struct qat_sym_dev_private *internals)
 {
 	int i = 0;
 	const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities *capability;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ qat_is_cipher_alg_supported(enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm algo,
 
 static int
 qat_is_auth_alg_supported(enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm algo,
-		struct qat_pmd_private *internals)
+		struct qat_sym_dev_private *internals)
 {
 	int i = 0;
 	const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities *capability;
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ qat_sym_session_configure_cipher(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform,
 		struct qat_sym_session *session)
 {
-	struct qat_pmd_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+	struct qat_sym_dev_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
 	struct rte_crypto_cipher_xform *cipher_xform = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ qat_sym_session_configure_auth(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 				struct qat_sym_session *session)
 {
 	struct rte_crypto_auth_xform *auth_xform = qat_get_auth_xform(xform);
-	struct qat_pmd_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+	struct qat_sym_dev_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
 	uint8_t *key_data = auth_xform->key.data;
 	uint8_t key_length = auth_xform->key.length;
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/rte_qat_cryptodev.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/rte_qat_cryptodev.c
index ad8a56374..6d807177e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/rte_qat_cryptodev.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/rte_qat_cryptodev.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static struct rte_cryptodev_ops crypto_qat_ops = {
 		.dev_start		= qat_dev_start,
 		.dev_stop		= qat_dev_stop,
 		.dev_close		= qat_dev_close,
-		.dev_infos_get		= qat_dev_info_get,
+		.dev_infos_get		= qat_sym_dev_info_get,
 
 		.stats_get		= qat_sym_stats_get,
 		.stats_reset		= qat_sym_stats_reset,
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev)
 	struct rte_cryptodev_pmd_init_params init_params = {
 			.name = "",
 			.socket_id = qat_pci_dev->pci_dev->device.numa_node,
-			.private_data_size = sizeof(struct qat_pmd_private),
+			.private_data_size = sizeof(struct qat_sym_dev_private),
 			.max_nb_sessions = RTE_QAT_PMD_MAX_NB_SESSIONS
 	};
 	char name[RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
 	struct rte_cryptodev *cryptodev;
-	struct qat_pmd_private *internals;
+	struct qat_sym_dev_private *internals;
 
 	snprintf(name, RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN, "%s_%s",
 			qat_pci_dev->name, "sym");
@@ -109,27 +109,25 @@ qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev)
 	internals->qat_dev = qat_pci_dev;
 	qat_pci_dev->sym_dev = internals;
 
-	internals->max_nb_sessions = init_params.max_nb_sessions;
-	internals->pci_dev = RTE_DEV_TO_PCI(cryptodev->device);
-	internals->dev_id = cryptodev->data->dev_id;
-	switch (internals->pci_dev->id.device_id) {
-	case 0x0443:
-		internals->qat_dev_gen = QAT_GEN1;
+	internals->sym_dev_id = cryptodev->data->dev_id;
+	switch (qat_pci_dev->qat_dev_gen) {
+	case QAT_GEN1:
 		internals->qat_dev_capabilities = qat_gen1_sym_capabilities;
 		break;
-	case 0x37c9:
-	case 0x19e3:
-	case 0x6f55:
-		internals->qat_dev_gen = QAT_GEN2;
+	case QAT_GEN2:
 		internals->qat_dev_capabilities = qat_gen2_sym_capabilities;
 		break;
 	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
-				"Invalid dev_id, can't determine capabilities");
+		internals->qat_dev_capabilities = qat_gen2_sym_capabilities;
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
+			"QAT gen %d capabilities unknown, default to GEN2",
+					qat_pci_dev->qat_dev_gen);
 		break;
 	}
 
-		return 0;
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Created QAT SYM device %s as cryptodev instance %d",
+			name, internals->sym_dev_id);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ qat_sym_dev_destroy(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* free crypto device */
-	cryptodev = rte_cryptodev_pmd_get_dev(qat_pci_dev->sym_dev->dev_id);
+	cryptodev = rte_cryptodev_pmd_get_dev(qat_pci_dev->sym_dev->sym_dev_id);
 	rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy(cryptodev);
 	qat_pci_dev->sym_dev = NULL;
 
