diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_common.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_common.h
index a4d9ec9..78ab168 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_common.h
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@
 static inline int
 ixgbe_rxq_vec_setup_default(struct ixgbe_rx_queue *rxq)
 {
-	uintptr_t p;
 	struct rte_mbuf mb_def = { .buf_addr = 0 }; /* zeroed mbuf */
 
 	mb_def.nb_segs = 1;
@@ -254,8 +253,7 @@
 
 	/* prevent compiler reordering: rearm_data covers previous fields */
 	rte_compiler_barrier();
-	p = (uintptr_t)&mb_def.rearm_data;
-	rxq->mbuf_initializer = *(uint64_t *)p;
+	rxq->mbuf_initializer = *rte_mbuf_rearm_data(&mb_def);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_neon.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_neon.c
index 952b032..2e1d903 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_neon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_neon.c
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@
 		 * Flush mbuf with pkt template.
 		 * Data to be rearmed is 6 bytes long.
 		 */
-		vst1_u8((uint8_t *)&mb0->rearm_data, p);
+		vst1_u8((uint8_t *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(mb0), p);
 		paddr = mb0->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
 		dma_addr0 = vsetq_lane_u64(paddr, zero, 0);
 		/* flush desc with pa dma_addr */
 		vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp++->read, dma_addr0);
 
-		vst1_u8((uint8_t *)&mb1->rearm_data, p);
+		vst1_u8((uint8_t *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(mb1), p);
 		paddr = mb1->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
 		dma_addr1 = vsetq_lane_u64(paddr, zero, 0);
 		vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp++->read, dma_addr1);
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@
 		pkt_mb3 = vreinterpretq_u8_u16(tmp);
 
 		/* D.3 copy final 3,4 data to rx_pkts */
-		vst1q_u8((void *)&rx_pkts[pos + 3]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		vst1q_u8(rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos + 3]),
 			 pkt_mb4);
-		vst1q_u8((void *)&rx_pkts[pos + 2]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		vst1q_u8(rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos + 2]),
 			 pkt_mb3);
 
 		/* D.2 pkt 1,2 set in_port/nb_seg and remove crc */
@@ -441,9 +441,9 @@
 		rte_prefetch_non_temporal(rxdp + RTE_IXGBE_DESCS_PER_LOOP);
 
 		/* D.3 copy final 1,2 data to rx_pkts */
-		vst1q_u8((uint8_t *)&rx_pkts[pos + 1]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		vst1q_u8((uint8_t *)rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos + 1]),
 			 pkt_mb2);
-		vst1q_u8((uint8_t *)&rx_pkts[pos]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		vst1q_u8((uint8_t *)rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos]),
 			 pkt_mb1);
 
 		desc_to_ptype_v(descs, rxq->pkt_type_mask, &rx_pkts[pos]);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_sse.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_sse.c
index f60808d..d8de64c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_sse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_sse.c
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@
 desc_to_olflags_v_ipsec(__m128i descs[4], struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts)
 {
 	__m128i sterr, rearm, tmp_e, tmp_p;
-	uint32_t *rearm0 = (uint32_t *)rx_pkts[0]->rearm_data + 2;
-	uint32_t *rearm1 = (uint32_t *)rx_pkts[1]->rearm_data + 2;
-	uint32_t *rearm2 = (uint32_t *)rx_pkts[2]->rearm_data + 2;
-	uint32_t *rearm3 = (uint32_t *)rx_pkts[3]->rearm_data + 2;
+	uint32_t *rearm0 = (uint32_t *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[0]) + 2;
+	uint32_t *rearm1 = (uint32_t *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[1]) + 2;
+	uint32_t *rearm2 = (uint32_t *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[2]) + 2;
+	uint32_t *rearm3 = (uint32_t *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[3]) + 2;
 	const __m128i ipsec_sterr_msk =
 			_mm_set1_epi32(IXGBE_RXDADV_IPSEC_STATUS_SECP |
 				       IXGBE_RXDADV_IPSEC_ERROR_AUTH_FAILED);
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@
 			offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rearm_data) + 8);
 	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rearm_data) !=
 			RTE_ALIGN(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rearm_data), 16));
-	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)&rx_pkts[0]->rearm_data, rearm0);
-	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)&rx_pkts[1]->rearm_data, rearm1);
-	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)&rx_pkts[2]->rearm_data, rearm2);
-	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)&rx_pkts[3]->rearm_data, rearm3);
+	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[0]), rearm0);
+	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[1]), rearm1);
+	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[2]), rearm2);
+	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)rte_mbuf_rearm_data(rx_pkts[3]), rearm3);
 }
 
 static inline uint32_t get_packet_type(int index,
@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ static inline uint32_t get_packet_type(int index,
 		staterr = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(sterr_tmp1, sterr_tmp2);
 
 		/* D.3 copy final 3,4 data to rx_pkts */
-		_mm_storeu_si128((void *)&rx_pkts[pos+3]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		_mm_storeu_si128(rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos+3]),
 				pkt_mb4);
-		_mm_storeu_si128((void *)&rx_pkts[pos+2]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		_mm_storeu_si128(rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos+2]),
 				pkt_mb3);
 
 		/* D.2 pkt 1,2 set in_port/nb_seg and remove crc */
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ static inline uint32_t get_packet_type(int index,
 		staterr = _mm_packs_epi32(staterr, zero);
 
 		/* D.3 copy final 1,2 data to rx_pkts */
-		_mm_storeu_si128((void *)&rx_pkts[pos+1]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		_mm_storeu_si128(rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos+1]),
 				pkt_mb2);
-		_mm_storeu_si128((void *)&rx_pkts[pos]->rx_descriptor_fields1,
+		_mm_storeu_si128(rte_mbuf_rx_descriptor_fields1(rx_pkts[pos]),
 				pkt_mb1);
 
 		desc_to_ptype_v(descs, rxq->pkt_type_mask, &rx_pkts[pos]);
