diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.c
index 4e4c4e445..8526a84b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static const uint8_t default_rss_key[EFX_RSS_KEY_SIZE] = {
 static int
 sfc_rss_attach(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = efx_intr_init(sa->nic, sa->intr.type, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
index 2c6715027..72992d68b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ struct sfc_adapter_shared {
 	unsigned int			txq_count;
 	struct sfc_txq_info		*txq_info;
 
+	struct sfc_rss			rss;
+
 	struct rte_pci_addr		pci_addr;
 	uint16_t			port_id;
 
@@ -283,8 +285,6 @@ struct sfc_adapter {
 	boolean_t			tso;
 
 	uint32_t			rxd_wait_timeout_ns;
-
-	struct sfc_rss			rss;
 };
 
 static inline struct sfc_adapter_shared *
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
index 6572aa1a0..034229f37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ static void
 sfc_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 {
 	const struct sfc_adapter_priv *sap = sfc_adapter_priv_by_eth_dev(dev);
+	struct sfc_adapter_shared *sas = sfc_adapter_shared_by_eth_dev(dev);
 	struct sfc_adapter *sa = dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
 	uint64_t txq_offloads_def = 0;
 
 	sfc_log_init(sa, "entry");
@@ -1419,8 +1420,9 @@ static int
 sfc_dev_rss_hash_conf_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			  struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss_conf)
 {
+	struct sfc_adapter_shared *sas = sfc_adapter_shared_by_eth_dev(dev);
 	struct sfc_adapter *sa = dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
 
 	if (rss->context_type != EFX_RX_SCALE_EXCLUSIVE)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
@@ -1433,7 +1435,7 @@ sfc_dev_rss_hash_conf_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	 * flags which corresponds to the active EFX configuration stored
 	 * locally in 'sfc_adapter' and kept up-to-date
 	 */
-	rss_conf->rss_hf = sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(sa, rss->hash_types);
+	rss_conf->rss_hf = sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(rss, rss->hash_types);
 	rss_conf->rss_key_len = EFX_RSS_KEY_SIZE;
 	if (rss_conf->rss_key != NULL)
 		rte_memcpy(rss_conf->rss_key, rss->key, EFX_RSS_KEY_SIZE);
@@ -1448,7 +1450,7 @@ sfc_dev_rss_hash_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss_conf)
 {
 	struct sfc_adapter *sa = dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	struct sfc_port *port = &sa->port;
 	unsigned int efx_hash_types;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -1524,8 +1526,9 @@ sfc_dev_rss_reta_query(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		       struct rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64 *reta_conf,
 		       uint16_t reta_size)
 {
+	struct sfc_adapter_shared *sas = sfc_adapter_shared_by_eth_dev(dev);
 	struct sfc_adapter *sa = dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
 	struct sfc_port *port = &sa->port;
 	int entry;
 
@@ -1559,7 +1562,7 @@ sfc_dev_rss_reta_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			uint16_t reta_size)
 {
 	struct sfc_adapter *sa = dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	struct sfc_port *port = &sa->port;
 	unsigned int *rss_tbl_new;
 	uint16_t entry;
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c
index ab5f24f51..201c6cd06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,8 @@ sfc_flow_parse_rss(struct sfc_adapter *sa,
 		   const struct rte_flow_action_rss *action_rss,
 		   struct rte_flow *flow)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_adapter_shared * const sas = sfc_sa2shared(sa);
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
 	unsigned int rxq_sw_index;
 	struct sfc_rxq *rxq;
 	unsigned int rxq_hw_index_min;
@@ -1400,7 +1401,8 @@ static int
 sfc_flow_filter_insert(struct sfc_adapter *sa,
 		       struct rte_flow *flow)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_adapter_shared * const sas = sfc_sa2shared(sa);
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
 	struct sfc_flow_rss *flow_rss = &flow->rss_conf;
 	uint32_t efs_rss_context = EFX_RSS_CONTEXT_DEFAULT;
 	unsigned int i;
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
index 8af9d2148..3b4b65f6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ sfc_rx_qflush(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index)
 static int
 sfc_rx_default_rxq_set_filter(struct sfc_adapter *sa, struct sfc_rxq *rxq)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	boolean_t need_rss = (rss->channels > 0) ? B_TRUE : B_FALSE;
 	struct sfc_port *port = &sa->port;
 	int rc;
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ sfc_rx_qinit(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index,
 	     struct rte_mempool *mb_pool)
 {
 	const efx_nic_cfg_t *encp = efx_nic_cfg_get(sa->nic);
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	int rc;
 	unsigned int rxq_entries;
 	unsigned int evq_entries;
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ sfc_rx_hash_types_mask_supp(efx_rx_hash_type_t hash_type,
 int
 sfc_rx_hash_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	const efx_nic_cfg_t *encp = efx_nic_cfg_get(sa->nic);
 	uint32_t alg_mask = encp->enc_rx_scale_hash_alg_mask;
 	efx_rx_hash_alg_t alg;
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ sfc_rx_hash_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 void
 sfc_rx_hash_fini(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 
 	rte_free(rss->hf_map);
 }
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ int
 sfc_rx_hf_rte_to_efx(struct sfc_adapter *sa, uint64_t rte,
 		     efx_rx_hash_type_t *efx)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	efx_rx_hash_type_t hash_types = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 
@@ -1265,9 +1265,8 @@ sfc_rx_hf_rte_to_efx(struct sfc_adapter *sa, uint64_t rte,
 }
 
 uint64_t
-sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(struct sfc_adapter *sa, efx_rx_hash_type_t efx)
+sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(struct sfc_rss *rss, efx_rx_hash_type_t efx)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
 	uint64_t rte = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 
@@ -1285,9 +1284,9 @@ static int
 sfc_rx_process_adv_conf_rss(struct sfc_adapter *sa,
 			    struct rte_eth_rss_conf *conf)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	efx_rx_hash_type_t efx_hash_types = rss->hash_types;
-	uint64_t rss_hf = sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(sa, efx_hash_types);
+	uint64_t rss_hf = sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(rss, efx_hash_types);
 	int rc;
 
 	if (rss->context_type != EFX_RX_SCALE_EXCLUSIVE) {
@@ -1319,7 +1318,7 @@ sfc_rx_process_adv_conf_rss(struct sfc_adapter *sa,
 static int
 sfc_rx_rss_config(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (rss->channels > 0) {
@@ -1418,9 +1417,10 @@ sfc_rx_qinit_info(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index)
 static int
 sfc_rx_check_mode(struct sfc_adapter *sa, struct rte_eth_rxmode *rxmode)
 {
+	struct sfc_adapter_shared * const sas = sfc_sa2shared(sa);
 	uint64_t offloads_supported = sfc_rx_get_dev_offload_caps(sa) |
 				      sfc_rx_get_queue_offload_caps(sa);
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	switch (rxmode->mq_mode) {
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ int
 sfc_rx_configure(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 {
 	struct sfc_adapter_shared * const sas = sfc_sa2shared(sa);
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sas->rss;
 	struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf = &sa->eth_dev->data->dev_conf;
 	const unsigned int nb_rx_queues = sa->eth_dev->data->nb_rx_queues;
 	int rc;
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ sfc_rx_configure(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 void
 sfc_rx_close(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 {
-	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sa->rss;
+	struct sfc_rss *rss = &sfc_sa2shared(sa)->rss;
 
 	sfc_rx_fini_queues(sa, 0);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.h
index 73b70249c..ee1402022 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.h
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ int sfc_rx_hash_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa);
 void sfc_rx_hash_fini(struct sfc_adapter *sa);
 int sfc_rx_hf_rte_to_efx(struct sfc_adapter *sa, uint64_t rte,
 			 efx_rx_hash_type_t *efx);
-uint64_t sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(struct sfc_adapter *sa,
-			      efx_rx_hash_type_t efx);
+uint64_t sfc_rx_hf_efx_to_rte(struct sfc_rss *rss, efx_rx_hash_type_t efx);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
