diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
index 5ef2e7f41e..bb6ab8ec6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -753,11 +753,11 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 		 * handled by rte_intr_rx_ctl().
 		 */
 		eth_dev->intr_handle = &priv->intr_handle;
-		priv->dev = eth_dev;
+		priv->dev_data = eth_dev->data;
 		eth_dev->dev_ops = &mlx4_dev_ops;
 		/* Bring Ethernet device up. */
 		DEBUG("forcing Ethernet interface up");
-		mlx4_dev_set_link_up(priv->dev);
+		mlx4_dev_set_link_up(eth_dev);
 		/* Update link status once if waiting for LSC. */
 		if (eth_dev->data->dev_flags & RTE_ETH_DEV_INTR_LSC)
 			mlx4_link_update(eth_dev, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h
index 7ac49ca672..51566caf7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ LIST_HEAD(mlx4_mr_list, mlx4_mr);
 struct mlx4_priv {
 	LIST_ENTRY(mlx4_priv) mem_event_cb;
 	/**< Called by memory event callback. */
-	struct rte_eth_dev *dev; /**< Ethernet device. */
+	struct rte_eth_dev_data *dev_data;  /* Pointer to device data. */
 	struct ibv_context *ctx; /**< Verbs context. */
 	struct ibv_device_attr device_attr; /**< Device properties. */
 	struct ibv_pd *pd; /**< Protection Domain. */
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ struct mlx4_priv {
 	/**< Configured MAC addresses. Unused entries are zeroed. */
 };
 
+#define PORT_ID(priv) ((priv)->dev_data->port_id)
+#define ETH_DEV(priv) (&rte_eth_devices[PORT_ID(priv)])
+
 /* mlx4_ethdev.c */
 
 int mlx4_get_ifname(const struct mlx4_priv *priv, char (*ifname)[IF_NAMESIZE]);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
index f4df4ab1fb..038dc71d35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ mlx4_flow_prepare(struct mlx4_priv *priv,
 			if (flow->rss)
 				break;
 			queue = action->conf;
-			if (queue->index >= priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues) {
+			if (queue->index >= ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues) {
 				msg = "queue target index beyond number of"
 					" configured Rx queues";
 				goto exit_action_not_supported;
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ mlx4_flow_prepare(struct mlx4_priv *priv,
 			/* Sanity checks. */
 			for (i = 0; i < rss->queue_num; ++i)
 				if (rss->queue[i] >=
-				    priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues)
+				    ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues)
 					break;
 			if (i != rss->queue_num) {
 				msg = "queue index target beyond number of"
@@ -1072,8 +1072,8 @@ mlx4_flow_toggle(struct mlx4_priv *priv,
 		/* Stop at the first nonexistent target queue. */
 		for (i = 0; i != rss->queues; ++i)
 			if (rss->queue_id[i] >=
-			    priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues ||
-			    !priv->dev->data->rx_queues[rss->queue_id[i]]) {
+			    ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues ||
+			    !ETH_DEV(priv)->data->rx_queues[rss->queue_id[i]]) {
 				missing = 1;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static uint16_t
 mlx4_flow_internal_next_vlan(struct mlx4_priv *priv, uint16_t vlan)
 {
 	while (vlan < 4096) {
-		if (priv->dev->data->vlan_filter_conf.ids[vlan / 64] &
+		if (ETH_DEV(priv)->data->vlan_filter_conf.ids[vlan / 64] &
 		    (UINT64_C(1) << (vlan % 64)))
 			return vlan;
 		++vlan;
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ mlx4_flow_internal(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 	 * get RSS by default.
 	 */
 	uint32_t queues =
-		rte_align32pow2(priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues + 1) >> 1;
+		rte_align32pow2(ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues + 1) >> 1;
 	uint16_t queue[queues];
 	struct rte_flow_action_rss action_rss = {
 		.func = RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_DEFAULT,
@@ -1357,9 +1357,9 @@ mlx4_flow_internal(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 	};
 	struct ether_addr *rule_mac = &eth_spec.dst;
 	rte_be16_t *rule_vlan =
-		(priv->dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
+		(ETH_DEV(priv)->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
 		 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_FILTER) &&
-		!priv->dev->data->promiscuous ?
+		!ETH_DEV(priv)->data->promiscuous ?
 		&vlan_spec.tci :
 		NULL;
 	uint16_t vlan = 0;
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ mlx4_flow_internal(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 		if (!flow || !flow->internal) {
 			/* Not found, create a new flow rule. */
 			memcpy(rule_mac, mac, sizeof(*mac));
-			flow = mlx4_flow_create(priv->dev, &attr, pattern,
+			flow = mlx4_flow_create(ETH_DEV(priv), &attr, pattern,
 						actions, error);
 			if (!flow) {
 				err = -rte_errno;
@@ -1455,15 +1455,16 @@ mlx4_flow_internal(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 			goto next_vlan;
 	}
 	/* Take care of promiscuous and all multicast flow rules. */
-	if (priv->dev->data->promiscuous || priv->dev->data->all_multicast) {
+	if (ETH_DEV(priv)->data->promiscuous ||
+	    ETH_DEV(priv)->data->all_multicast) {
 		for (flow = LIST_FIRST(&priv->flows);
 		     flow && flow->internal;
 		     flow = LIST_NEXT(flow, next)) {
-			if (priv->dev->data->promiscuous) {
+			if (ETH_DEV(priv)->data->promiscuous) {
 				if (flow->promisc)
 					break;
 			} else {
-				assert(priv->dev->data->all_multicast);
+				assert(ETH_DEV(priv)->data->all_multicast);
 				if (flow->allmulti)
 					break;
 			}
@@ -1477,16 +1478,16 @@ mlx4_flow_internal(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 		}
 		if (!flow || !flow->internal) {
 			/* Not found, create a new flow rule. */
-			if (priv->dev->data->promiscuous) {
+			if (ETH_DEV(priv)->data->promiscuous) {
 				pattern[1].spec = NULL;
 				pattern[1].mask = NULL;
 			} else {
-				assert(priv->dev->data->all_multicast);
+				assert(ETH_DEV(priv)->data->all_multicast);
 				pattern[1].spec = &eth_allmulti;
 				pattern[1].mask = &eth_allmulti;
 			}
 			pattern[2] = pattern[3];
-			flow = mlx4_flow_create(priv->dev, &attr, pattern,
+			flow = mlx4_flow_create(ETH_DEV(priv), &attr, pattern,
 						actions, error);
 			if (!flow) {
 				err = -rte_errno;
@@ -1503,7 +1504,8 @@ mlx4_flow_internal(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 		struct rte_flow *next = LIST_NEXT(flow, next);
 
 		if (!flow->select)
-			claim_zero(mlx4_flow_destroy(priv->dev, flow, error));
+			claim_zero(mlx4_flow_destroy(ETH_DEV(priv), flow,
+						     error));
 		else
 			flow->select = 0;
 		flow = next;
@@ -1541,7 +1543,8 @@ mlx4_flow_sync(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 		for (flow = LIST_FIRST(&priv->flows);
 		     flow && flow->internal;
 		     flow = LIST_FIRST(&priv->flows))
-			claim_zero(mlx4_flow_destroy(priv->dev, flow, error));
+			claim_zero(mlx4_flow_destroy(ETH_DEV(priv), flow,
+						     error));
 	} else {
 		/* Refresh internal rules. */
 		ret = mlx4_flow_internal(priv, error);
@@ -1574,7 +1577,7 @@ mlx4_flow_clean(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 	struct rte_flow *flow;
 
 	while ((flow = LIST_FIRST(&priv->flows)))
-		mlx4_flow_destroy(priv->dev, flow, NULL);
+		mlx4_flow_destroy(ETH_DEV(priv), flow, NULL);
 	assert(LIST_EMPTY(&priv->rss));
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c
index ec91242196..4f33526755 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int
 mlx4_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned int rxqs_n = priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues;
+	unsigned int rxqs_n = ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues;
 	unsigned int n = RTE_MIN(rxqs_n, (uint32_t)RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID);
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &priv->intr_handle;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ mlx4_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 		return -rte_errno;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
-		struct rxq *rxq = priv->dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+		struct rxq *rxq = ETH_DEV(priv)->data->rx_queues[i];
 
 		/* Skip queues that cannot request interrupts. */
 		if (!rxq || !rxq->channel) {
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ static void
 mlx4_link_status_alarm(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 {
 	const struct rte_intr_conf *const intr_conf =
-		&priv->dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
+		&ETH_DEV(priv)->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
 
 	assert(priv->intr_alarm == 1);
 	priv->intr_alarm = 0;
 	if (intr_conf->lsc && !mlx4_link_status_check(priv))
-		_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(priv->dev,
+		_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(ETH_DEV(priv),
 					      RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC,
 					      NULL);
 }
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ mlx4_link_status_alarm(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 static int
 mlx4_link_status_check(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 {
-	struct rte_eth_link *link = &priv->dev->data->dev_link;
-	int ret = mlx4_link_update(priv->dev, 0);
+	struct rte_eth_link *link = &ETH_DEV(priv)->data->dev_link;
+	int ret = mlx4_link_update(ETH_DEV(priv), 0);
 
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ mlx4_interrupt_handler(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 	uint32_t caught[RTE_DIM(type)] = { 0 };
 	struct ibv_async_event event;
 	const struct rte_intr_conf *const intr_conf =
-		&priv->dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
+		&ETH_DEV(priv)->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	/* Read all message and acknowledge them. */
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ mlx4_interrupt_handler(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(caught); ++i)
 		if (caught[i])
-			_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(priv->dev, type[i],
+			_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(ETH_DEV(priv), type[i],
 						      NULL);
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int
 mlx4_intr_install(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 {
 	const struct rte_intr_conf *const intr_conf =
-		&priv->dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
+		&ETH_DEV(priv)->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
 	int rc;
 
 	mlx4_intr_uninstall(priv);
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ int
 mlx4_rxq_intr_enable(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 {
 	const struct rte_intr_conf *const intr_conf =
-		&priv->dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
+		&ETH_DEV(priv)->data->dev_conf.intr_conf;
 
 	if (intr_conf->rxq && mlx4_rx_intr_vec_enable(priv) < 0)
 		goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c
index 4376ad0b60..e4be46ab2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ mlx4_mr_mem_event_cb(enum rte_mem_event event_type, const void *addr,
 		rte_rwlock_read_lock(&mlx4_mem_event_rwlock);
 		/* Iterate all the existing mlx4 devices. */
 		LIST_FOREACH(priv, &mlx4_mem_event_cb_list, mem_event_cb)
-			mlx4_mr_mem_event_free_cb(priv->dev, addr, len);
+			mlx4_mr_mem_event_free_cb(ETH_DEV(priv), addr, len);
 		rte_rwlock_read_unlock(&mlx4_mem_event_rwlock);
 		break;
 	case RTE_MEM_EVENT_ALLOC:
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ mlx4_rx_addr2mr_bh(struct rxq *rxq, uintptr_t addr)
 
 	DEBUG("Rx queue %u: miss on top-half, mru=%u, head=%u, addr=%p",
 	      rxq->stats.idx, mr_ctrl->mru, mr_ctrl->head, (void *)addr);
-	return mlx4_mr_addr2mr_bh(priv->dev, mr_ctrl, addr);
+	return mlx4_mr_addr2mr_bh(ETH_DEV(priv), mr_ctrl, addr);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ mlx4_tx_addr2mr_bh(struct txq *txq, uintptr_t addr)
 
 	DEBUG("Tx queue %u: miss on top-half, mru=%u, head=%u, addr=%p",
 	      txq->stats.idx, mr_ctrl->mru, mr_ctrl->head, (void *)addr);
-	return mlx4_mr_addr2mr_bh(priv->dev, mr_ctrl, addr);
+	return mlx4_mr_addr2mr_bh(ETH_DEV(priv), mr_ctrl, addr);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ mlx4_tx_update_ext_mp(struct txq *txq, uintptr_t addr, struct rte_mempool *mp)
 	struct mlx4_mr_ctrl *mr_ctrl = &txq->mr_ctrl;
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = txq->priv;
 
-	mlx4_mr_update_ext_mp(priv->dev, mr_ctrl, mp);
+	mlx4_mr_update_ext_mp(ETH_DEV(priv), mr_ctrl, mp);
 	return mlx4_tx_addr2mr_bh(txq, addr);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
index 3782c6baab..50f33eb0c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 
 	struct ibv_wq *ind_tbl[rss->queues];
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = rss->priv;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = ETH_DEV(priv);
 	const char *msg;
 	unsigned int i = 0;
 	int ret;
@@ -189,8 +190,8 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 		uint16_t id = rss->queue_id[i];
 		struct rxq *rxq = NULL;
 
-		if (id < priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues)
-			rxq = priv->dev->data->rx_queues[id];
+		if (id < dev->data->nb_rx_queues)
+			rxq = dev->data->rx_queues[id];
 		if (!rxq) {
 			ret = EINVAL;
 			msg = "RSS target queue is not configured";
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 		rss->ind = NULL;
 	}
 	while (i--)
-		mlx4_rxq_detach(priv->dev->data->rx_queues[rss->queue_id[i]]);
+		mlx4_rxq_detach(dev->data->rx_queues[rss->queue_id[i]]);
 	ERROR("mlx4: %s", msg);
 	--rss->usecnt;
 	rte_errno = ret;
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ void
 mlx4_rss_detach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = rss->priv;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = ETH_DEV(priv);
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	assert(rss->refcnt);
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ mlx4_rss_detach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_rwq_ind_table(rss->ind));
 	rss->ind = NULL;
 	for (i = 0; i != rss->queues; ++i)
-		mlx4_rxq_detach(priv->dev->data->rx_queues[rss->queue_id[i]]);
+		mlx4_rxq_detach(dev->data->rx_queues[rss->queue_id[i]]);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ mlx4_rss_detach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 int
 mlx4_rss_init(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 {
-	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = priv->dev;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = ETH_DEV(priv);
 	uint8_t log2_range = rte_log2_u32(dev->data->nb_rx_queues);
 	uint32_t wq_num_prev = 0;
 	const char *msg;
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ mlx4_rss_init(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 
 	if (priv->rss_init)
 		return 0;
-	if (priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues > priv->hw_rss_max_qps) {
+	if (ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues > priv->hw_rss_max_qps) {
 		ERROR("RSS does not support more than %d queues",
 		      priv->hw_rss_max_qps);
 		rte_errno = EINVAL;
@@ -356,8 +358,8 @@ mlx4_rss_init(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 		rte_errno = ret;
 		return -ret;
 	}
-	for (i = 0; i != priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues; ++i) {
-		struct rxq *rxq = priv->dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+	for (i = 0; i != ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues; ++i) {
+		struct rxq *rxq = ETH_DEV(priv)->data->rx_queues[i];
 		struct ibv_cq *cq;
 		struct ibv_wq *wq;
 		uint32_t wq_num;
@@ -432,7 +434,7 @@ mlx4_rss_init(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 	ERROR("cannot initialize common RSS resources (queue %u): %s: %s",
 	      i, msg, strerror(ret));
 	while (i--) {
-		struct rxq *rxq = priv->dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+		struct rxq *rxq = ETH_DEV(priv)->data->rx_queues[i];
 
 		if (rxq)
 			mlx4_rxq_detach(rxq);
@@ -457,8 +459,8 @@ mlx4_rss_deinit(struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 
 	if (!priv->rss_init)
 		return;
-	for (i = 0; i != priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues; ++i) {
-		struct rxq *rxq = priv->dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+	for (i = 0; i != ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues; ++i) {
+		struct rxq *rxq = ETH_DEV(priv)->data->rx_queues[i];
 
 		if (rxq) {
 			assert(rxq->usecnt == 1);
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ mlx4_rxq_attach(struct rxq *rxq)
 	}
 
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = rxq->priv;
-	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = priv->dev;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = ETH_DEV(priv);
 	const uint32_t elts_n = 1 << rxq->elts_n;
 	const uint32_t sges_n = 1 << rxq->sges_n;
 	struct rte_mbuf *(*elts)[elts_n] = rxq->elts;
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ mlx4_rxq_attach(struct rxq *rxq)
 	}
 	/* Pre-register Rx mempool. */
 	DEBUG("port %u Rx queue %u registering mp %s having %u chunks",
-	      priv->dev->data->port_id, rxq->stats.idx,
+	      ETH_DEV(priv)->data->port_id, rxq->stats.idx,
 	      rxq->mp->name, rxq->mp->nb_mem_chunks);
 	mlx4_mr_update_mp(dev, &rxq->mr_ctrl, rxq->mp);
 	wqes = (volatile struct mlx4_wqe_data_seg (*)[])
@@ -917,11 +919,11 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_release(void *dpdk_rxq)
 	if (rxq == NULL)
 		return;
 	priv = rxq->priv;
-	for (i = 0; i != priv->dev->data->nb_rx_queues; ++i)
-		if (priv->dev->data->rx_queues[i] == rxq) {
+	for (i = 0; i != ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_rx_queues; ++i)
+		if (ETH_DEV(priv)->data->rx_queues[i] == rxq) {
 			DEBUG("%p: removing Rx queue %p from list",
-			      (void *)priv->dev, (void *)rxq);
-			priv->dev->data->rx_queues[i] = NULL;
+			      (void *)ETH_DEV(priv), (void *)rxq);
+			ETH_DEV(priv)->data->rx_queues[i] = NULL;
 			break;
 		}
 	assert(!rxq->cq);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
index 8142775fc4..352700820d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
@@ -357,11 +357,11 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_release(void *dpdk_txq)
 	if (txq == NULL)
 		return;
 	priv = txq->priv;
-	for (i = 0; i != priv->dev->data->nb_tx_queues; ++i)
-		if (priv->dev->data->tx_queues[i] == txq) {
+	for (i = 0; i != ETH_DEV(priv)->data->nb_tx_queues; ++i)
+		if (ETH_DEV(priv)->data->tx_queues[i] == txq) {
 			DEBUG("%p: removing Tx queue %p from list",
-			      (void *)priv->dev, (void *)txq);
-			priv->dev->data->tx_queues[i] = NULL;
+			      (void *)ETH_DEV(priv), (void *)txq);
+			ETH_DEV(priv)->data->tx_queues[i] = NULL;
 			break;
 		}
 	mlx4_txq_free_elts(txq);
