diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c
index 8c8d270f8..87fec60d1 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ int qman_init_fq(struct qman_fq *fq, u32 flags, struct qm_mcc_initfq *opts)
 			memset(&mcc->initfq.fqd.context_a, 0,
 			       sizeof(mcc->initfq.fqd.context_a));
 		} else {
-			phys_fq = rte_mem_virt2phy(fq);
+			phys_fq = rte_mem_virt2iova(fq);
 			qm_fqd_stashing_set64(&mcc->initfq.fqd, phys_fq);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.h
index 7c645f478..2c0f694cd 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.h
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ struct qm_portal {
 #define EQCR_CARRYCLEAR(p) \
 	(void *)((unsigned long)(p) & (~(unsigned long)(QM_EQCR_SIZE << 6)))
 
-extern dma_addr_t rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *addr);
+extern dma_addr_t rte_mem_virt2iova(const void *addr);
 
 /* Bit-wise logic to convert a ring pointer to a ring index */
 static inline u8 EQCR_PTR2IDX(struct qm_eqcr_entry *e)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index b6c1daec7..9dc3901e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -2852,8 +2852,8 @@ bnxt_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 			RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
 				"Memzone physical address same as virtual.\n");
 			RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
-				"Using rte_mem_virt2phy()\n");
-			mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2phy(mz->addr);
+				"Using rte_mem_virt2iova()\n");
+			mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2iova(mz->addr);
 			if (mz_phys_addr == 0) {
 				RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 				"unable to map address to physical memory\n");
@@ -2887,8 +2887,8 @@ bnxt_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 			RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
 				"Memzone physical address same as virtual.\n");
 			RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
-				"Using rte_mem_virt2phy()\n");
-			mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2phy(mz->addr);
+				"Using rte_mem_virt2iova()\n");
+			mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2iova(mz->addr);
 			if (mz_phys_addr == 0) {
 				RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 				"unable to map address to physical memory\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index 6e0e40f82..1fdc51cba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_cfa_l2_set_rx_mask(struct bnxt *bp,
 		if (!(mask & HWRM_CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_INPUT_MASK_VLAN_NONVLAN))
 			mask |= HWRM_CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_INPUT_MASK_VLANONLY;
 		req.vlan_tag_tbl_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(
-			 rte_mem_virt2phy(vlan_table));
+			 rte_mem_virt2iova(vlan_table));
 		req.num_vlan_tags = rte_cpu_to_le_32((uint32_t)vlan_count);
 	}
 	req.mask = rte_cpu_to_le_32(mask);
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_cfa_vlan_antispoof_cfg(struct bnxt *bp, uint16_t fid,
 	req.fid = rte_cpu_to_le_16(fid);
 
 	req.vlan_tag_mask_tbl_addr =
-		rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mem_virt2phy(vlan_table));
+		rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mem_virt2iova(vlan_table));
 	req.num_vlan_entries = rte_cpu_to_le_32((uint32_t)vlan_count);
 
 	rc = bnxt_hwrm_send_message(bp, &req, sizeof(req));
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_ver_get(struct bnxt *bp)
 		}
 		rte_mem_lock_page(bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr);
 		bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_dma_addr =
-			rte_mem_virt2phy(bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr);
+			rte_mem_virt2iova(bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr);
 		if (bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_dma_addr == 0) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"Unable to map response buffer to physical memory.\n");
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_ver_get(struct bnxt *bp)
 		}
 		rte_mem_lock_page(bp->hwrm_short_cmd_req_addr);
 		bp->hwrm_short_cmd_req_dma_addr =
-			rte_mem_virt2phy(bp->hwrm_short_cmd_req_addr);
+			rte_mem_virt2iova(bp->hwrm_short_cmd_req_addr);
 		if (bp->hwrm_short_cmd_req_dma_addr == 0) {
 			rte_free(bp->hwrm_short_cmd_req_addr);
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ int bnxt_alloc_hwrm_resources(struct bnxt *bp)
 	if (bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_dma_addr =
-		rte_mem_virt2phy(bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr);
+		rte_mem_virt2iova(bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr);
 	if (bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_dma_addr == 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"unable to map response address to physical memory\n");
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_func_buf_rgtr(struct bnxt *bp)
 			 page_getenum(bp->pf.active_vfs * HWRM_MAX_REQ_LEN));
 	req.req_buf_len = rte_cpu_to_le_16(HWRM_MAX_REQ_LEN);
 	req.req_buf_page_addr[0] =
-		rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mem_virt2phy(bp->pf.vf_req_buf));
+		rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mem_virt2iova(bp->pf.vf_req_buf));
 	if (req.req_buf_page_addr[0] == 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"unable to map buffer address to physical memory\n");
@@ -3044,7 +3044,7 @@ int bnxt_get_nvram_directory(struct bnxt *bp, uint32_t len, uint8_t *data)
 	rte_mem_lock_page(buf);
 	if (buf == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	dma_handle = rte_mem_virt2phy(buf);
+	dma_handle = rte_mem_virt2iova(buf);
 	if (dma_handle == 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"unable to map response address to physical memory\n");
@@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_get_nvram_item(struct bnxt *bp, uint32_t index,
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	dma_handle = rte_mem_virt2phy(buf);
+	dma_handle = rte_mem_virt2iova(buf);
 	if (dma_handle == 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"unable to map response address to physical memory\n");
@@ -3141,7 +3141,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_flash_nvram(struct bnxt *bp, uint16_t dir_type,
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	dma_handle = rte_mem_virt2phy(buf);
+	dma_handle = rte_mem_virt2iova(buf);
 	if (dma_handle == 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"unable to map response address to physical memory\n");
@@ -3196,7 +3196,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_func_vf_vnic_query(struct bnxt *bp, uint16_t vf,
 
 	req.vf_id = rte_cpu_to_le_16(bp->pf.first_vf_id + vf);
 	req.max_vnic_id_cnt = rte_cpu_to_le_32(bp->pf.total_vnics);
-	req.vnic_id_tbl_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mem_virt2phy(vnic_ids));
+	req.vnic_id_tbl_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mem_virt2iova(vnic_ids));
 
 	if (req.vnic_id_tbl_addr == 0) {
 		HWRM_UNLOCK();
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ring.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ring.c
index 583c82569..efec2048e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ring.c
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ int bnxt_alloc_rings(struct bnxt *bp, uint16_t qidx,
 		RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
 			"Memzone physical address same as virtual.\n");
 		RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
-			"Using rte_mem_virt2phy()\n");
+			"Using rte_mem_virt2iova()\n");
 		for (sz = 0; sz < total_alloc_len; sz += getpagesize())
 			rte_mem_lock_page(((char *)mz->addr) + sz);
-		mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2phy(mz->addr);
+		mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2iova(mz->addr);
 		if (mz_phys_addr == 0) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"unable to map ring address to physical memory\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c
index 6f7c05bdf..cbcf9920a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ int bnxt_alloc_vnic_attributes(struct bnxt *bp)
 		RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
 			"Memzone physical address same as virtual.\n");
 		RTE_LOG(WARNING, PMD,
-			"Using rte_mem_virt2phy()\n");
-		mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2phy(mz->addr);
+			"Using rte_mem_virt2iova()\n");
+		mz_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2iova(mz->addr);
 		if (mz_phys_addr == 0) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"unable to map vnic address to physical memory\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c
index 2bbb893c2..773dfd30a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ lio_dev_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 				m = m->next;
 			}
 
-			phyaddr = rte_mem_virt2phy(g->sg);
+			phyaddr = rte_mem_virt2iova(g->sg);
 			if (phyaddr == RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR) {
 				PMD_TX_LOG(lio_dev, ERR, "bad phys addr\n");
 				goto xmit_failed;
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
index 80632117e..e5f287634 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ rte_crypto_op_init(struct rte_mempool *mempool,
 
 	__rte_crypto_op_reset(op, type);
 
-	op->phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2phy(_op_data);
+	op->phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2iova(_op_data);
 	op->mempool = mempool;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memory.c
index 66fab768f..0e021fff1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memory.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virtaddr)
 	(void)virtaddr;
 	return RTE_BAD_IOVA;
 }
+rte_iova_t
+rte_mem_virt2iova(const void *virtaddr)
+{
+	return rte_mem_virt2phy(virtaddr);
+}
 
 int
 rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h
index 78f48503e..c13300cc7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ int rte_mem_lock_page(const void *virt);
  */
 phys_addr_t rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virt);
 
+/**
+ * Get IO virtual address of any mapped virtual address in the current process.
+ *
+ * @param virt
+ *   The virtual address.
+ * @return
+ *   The IO address or RTE_BAD_IOVA on error.
+ */
+rte_iova_t rte_mem_virt2iova(const void *virt);
+
 /**
  * Get the layout of the available physical memory.
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
index 284758ac4..a54b822ab 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virtaddr)
 	int page_size;
 	off_t offset;
 
-	if (rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA)
-		return (uintptr_t)virtaddr;
-
 	/* Cannot parse /proc/self/pagemap, no need to log errors everywhere */
 	if (!phys_addrs_available)
 		return RTE_BAD_IOVA;
@@ -180,6 +177,14 @@ rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virtaddr)
 	return physaddr;
 }
 
+rte_iova_t
+rte_mem_virt2iova(const void *virtaddr)
+{
+	if (rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA)
+		return (uintptr_t)virtaddr;
+	return rte_mem_virt2phy(virtaddr);
+}
+
 /*
  * For each hugepage in hugepg_tbl, fill the physaddr value. We find
  * it by browsing the /proc/self/pagemap special file.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 7c9bdc2ae..a600881f0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ DPDK_17.11 {
 	rte_eal_vfio_intr_mode;
 	rte_lcore_has_role;
 	rte_memcpy_ptr;
+	rte_mem_virt2iova;
 	vfio_enable;
 	vfio_is_enabled;
 	vfio_noiommu_is_enabled;
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
index 6357fd48e..f62054e23 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ rte_mempool_populate_virt(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *addr,
 	for (off = 0; off + pg_sz <= len &&
 		     mp->populated_size < mp->size; off += phys_len) {
 
-		paddr = rte_mem_virt2phy(addr + off);
+		paddr = rte_mem_virt2iova(addr + off);
 
 		if (paddr == RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR && rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ rte_mempool_populate_virt(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *addr,
 		for (phys_len = pg_sz; off + phys_len < len; phys_len += pg_sz) {
 			phys_addr_t paddr_tmp;
 
-			paddr_tmp = rte_mem_virt2phy(addr + off + phys_len);
+			paddr_tmp = rte_mem_virt2iova(addr + off + phys_len);
 
 			if (paddr_tmp != paddr + phys_len)
 				break;
diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
index 1f6cba4b9..97a5c3f1c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ add_guest_pages(struct virtio_net *dev, struct rte_vhost_mem_region *reg,
 	uint64_t host_phys_addr;
 	uint64_t size;
 
-	host_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2phy((void *)(uintptr_t)host_user_addr);
+	host_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2iova((void *)(uintptr_t)host_user_addr);
 	size = page_size - (guest_phys_addr & (page_size - 1));
 	size = RTE_MIN(size, reg_size);
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ add_guest_pages(struct virtio_net *dev, struct rte_vhost_mem_region *reg,
 
 	while (reg_size > 0) {
 		size = RTE_MIN(reg_size, page_size);
-		host_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2phy((void *)(uintptr_t)
+		host_phys_addr = rte_mem_virt2iova((void *)(uintptr_t)
 						  host_user_addr);
 		add_one_guest_page(dev, guest_phys_addr, host_phys_addr, size);
 
diff --git a/test/test/test_mempool.c b/test/test/test_mempool.c
index dee73d658..fa8bad39f 100644
--- a/test/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/test/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ test_mempool_basic(struct rte_mempool *mp, int use_external_cache)
 			MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE(mp, mp->cache_size))
 		GOTO_ERR(ret, out);
 
-#ifndef RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP /* rte_mem_virt2phy() not supported on bsd */
+#ifndef RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP /* rte_mem_virt2iova() not supported on bsd */
 	printf("get physical address of an object\n");
-	if (rte_mempool_virt2phy(mp, obj) != rte_mem_virt2phy(obj))
+	if (rte_mempool_virt2phy(mp, obj) != rte_mem_virt2iova(obj))
 		GOTO_ERR(ret, out);
 #endif
 
