diff --git a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
index b482cd1..2edad71 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback {
  * memory. This split allows the function pointer and driver data to be per-
  * process, while the actual configuration data for the device is shared.
  */
-struct rte_eth_dev {
+struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_eth_dev {
 	eth_rx_burst_t rx_pkt_burst; /**< Pointer to PMD receive function */
 	eth_tx_burst_t tx_pkt_burst; /**< Pointer to PMD transmit function */
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct rte_eth_dev {
 
 	enum rte_eth_dev_state state; /**< Flag indicating the port state */
 	void *security_ctx; /**< Context for security ops */
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
+};
 
 struct rte_eth_dev_sriov;
 struct rte_eth_dev_owner;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct rte_eth_dev {
  * device. This structure is safe to place in shared memory to be common
  * among different processes in a multi-process configuration.
  */
-struct rte_eth_dev_data {
+struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_eth_dev_data {
 	char name[RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN]; /**< Unique identifier name */
 
 	void **rx_queues; /**< Array of pointers to Rx queues */
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_data {
 	uint16_t backer_port_id;
 
 	pthread_mutex_t flow_ops_mutex; /**< rte_flow ops mutex */
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
+};
 
 /**
  * @internal
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
index 21e3a21..b7eca2f 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -333,12 +333,12 @@ struct rte_eth_stats {
  * A structure used to retrieve link-level information of an Ethernet port.
  */
 __extension__
-struct rte_eth_link {
+struct __rte_aligned(8) rte_eth_link {
 	uint32_t link_speed;        /**< RTE_ETH_SPEED_NUM_ */
 	uint16_t link_duplex  : 1;  /**< RTE_ETH_LINK_[HALF/FULL]_DUPLEX */
 	uint16_t link_autoneg : 1;  /**< RTE_ETH_LINK_[AUTONEG/FIXED] */
 	uint16_t link_status  : 1;  /**< RTE_ETH_LINK_[DOWN/UP] */
-} __rte_aligned(8);      /**< aligned for atomic64 read/write */
+};      /**< aligned for atomic64 read/write */
 
 /**@{@name Link negotiation
  * Constants used in link management.
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_info {
  * Ethernet device Rx queue information structure.
  * Used to retrieve information about configured queue.
  */
-struct rte_eth_rxq_info {
+struct __rte_cache_min_aligned rte_eth_rxq_info {
 	struct rte_mempool *mp;     /**< mempool used by that queue. */
 	struct rte_eth_rxconf conf; /**< queue config parameters. */
 	uint8_t scattered_rx;       /**< scattered packets Rx supported. */
@@ -1849,17 +1849,17 @@ struct rte_eth_rxq_info {
 	 * Value 0 means that the threshold monitoring is disabled.
 	 */
 	uint8_t avail_thresh;
-} __rte_cache_min_aligned;
+};
 
 /**
  * Ethernet device Tx queue information structure.
  * Used to retrieve information about configured queue.
  */
-struct rte_eth_txq_info {
+struct __rte_cache_min_aligned rte_eth_txq_info {
 	struct rte_eth_txconf conf; /**< queue config parameters. */
 	uint16_t nb_desc;           /**< configured number of TXDs. */
 	uint8_t queue_state;        /**< one of RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_*. */
-} __rte_cache_min_aligned;
+};
 
 /**
  * @warning
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ struct rte_eth_txq_info {
  * Used to retrieve Rx queue information when Tx queue reusing mbufs and moving
  * them into Rx mbuf ring.
  */
-struct rte_eth_recycle_rxq_info {
+struct __rte_cache_min_aligned rte_eth_recycle_rxq_info {
 	struct rte_mbuf **mbuf_ring; /**< mbuf ring of Rx queue. */
 	struct rte_mempool *mp;     /**< mempool of Rx queue. */
 	uint16_t *refill_head;      /**< head of Rx queue refilling mbufs. */
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ struct rte_eth_recycle_rxq_info {
 	 * Value 0 means that PMD drivers have no requirement for this.
 	 */
 	uint16_t refill_requirement;
-} __rte_cache_min_aligned;
+};
 
 /* Generic Burst mode flag definition, values can be ORed. */
 
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h
index 4bfaf79..fdfc68f 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct rte_ethdev_qdata {
  * On 64-bit systems contents of this structure occupy exactly two 64B lines.
  * On 32-bit systems contents of this structure fits into one 64B line.
  */
-struct rte_eth_fp_ops {
+struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_eth_fp_ops {
 
 	/**@{*/
 	/**
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct rte_eth_fp_ops {
 	uintptr_t reserved2[2];
 	/**@}*/
 
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
+};
 
 extern struct rte_eth_fp_ops rte_eth_fp_ops[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 
