diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index 376128f68..11a27405c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ New Features
 * **Added check for ensuring allocated memory addressable by devices.**
 
   Some devices can have addressing limitations so a new function,
-  ``rte_eal_check_dma_mask``, has been added for checking allocated memory is
+  ``rte_mem_check_dma_mask``, has been added for checking allocated memory is
   not out of the device range. Because now memory can be dynamically allocated
   after initialization, a dma mask is kept and any new allocated memory will be
   checked out against that dma mask and rejected if out of range. If more than
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
index 45c24ef7e..0a81e063b 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ pci_one_device_iommu_support_va(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 
 	mgaw = ((vtd_cap_reg & VTD_CAP_MGAW_MASK) >> VTD_CAP_MGAW_SHIFT) + 1;
 
-	return rte_eal_check_dma_mask(mgaw) == 0 ? true : false;
+	return rte_mem_check_dma_mask(mgaw) == 0 ? true : false;
 }
 #elif defined(RTE_ARCH_PPC_64)
 static bool
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
index bab1f68eb..54c6da924 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
@@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ nfp_net_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(eth_dev);
 
 	/* NFP can not handle DMA addresses requiring more than 40 bits */
-	if (rte_eal_check_dma_mask(40)) {
+	if (rte_mem_check_dma_mask(40)) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "device %s can not be used:",
 				   pci_dev->device.name);
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "\trestricted dma mask to 40 bits!\n");
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
index 12dcedf5c..e0f08f39a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static uint64_t system_page_sz;
  * Current known limitations are 39 or 40 bits. Setting the starting address
  * at 4GB implies there are 508GB or 1020GB for mapping the available
  * hugepages. This is likely enough for most systems, although a device with
- * addressing limitations should call rte_eal_check_dma_mask for ensuring all
+ * addressing limitations should call rte_mem_check_dma_mask for ensuring all
  * memory is within supported range.
  */
 static uint64_t baseaddr = 0x100000000;
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ check_iova(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl __rte_unused,
 
 /* check memseg iovas are within the required range based on dma mask */
 int __rte_experimental
-rte_eal_check_dma_mask(uint8_t maskbits)
+rte_mem_check_dma_mask(uint8_t maskbits)
 {
 	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
 	uint64_t mask;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h
index ce9370582..ad3f3cfb0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_memory.h
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ unsigned rte_memory_get_nchannel(void);
 unsigned rte_memory_get_nrank(void);
 
 /* check memsegs iovas are within a range based on dma mask */
-int __rte_experimental rte_eal_check_dma_mask(uint8_t maskbits);
+int __rte_experimental rte_mem_check_dma_mask(uint8_t maskbits);
 
 /**
  * Drivers based on uio will not load unless physical
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_heap.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_heap.c
index d1019e3cd..4997c5ef5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_heap.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_heap.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ alloc_pages_on_heap(struct malloc_heap *heap, uint64_t pg_sz, size_t elt_size,
 	}
 
 	if (mcfg->dma_maskbits) {
-		if (rte_eal_check_dma_mask(mcfg->dma_maskbits)) {
+		if (rte_mem_check_dma_mask(mcfg->dma_maskbits)) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
 				"%s(): couldn't allocate memory due to DMA mask\n",
 				__func__);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 04f624246..4eb16ee3b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_devargs_parsef;
 	rte_devargs_remove;
 	rte_devargs_type_count;
-	rte_eal_check_dma_mask;
 	rte_eal_cleanup;
 	rte_fbarray_attach;
 	rte_fbarray_destroy;
@@ -331,6 +330,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_malloc_heap_socket_is_external;
 	rte_mem_alloc_validator_register;
 	rte_mem_alloc_validator_unregister;
+	rte_mem_check_dma_mask;
 	rte_mem_event_callback_register;
 	rte_mem_event_callback_unregister;
 	rte_mem_iova2virt;
