diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c
index e28310b96..40186131f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ ice_alloc_rx_queue_mbufs(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq)
 	uint16_t i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rxq->nb_rx_desc; i++) {
-		volatile union ice_rx_desc *rxd;
+		volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rxd;
 		struct rte_mbuf *mbuf = rte_mbuf_raw_alloc(rxq->mp);
 
 		if (unlikely(!mbuf)) {
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ ice_reset_rx_queue(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq)
 #endif /* RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_RX_ALLOW_BULK_ALLOC */
 		len = rxq->nb_rx_desc;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < len * sizeof(union ice_rx_desc); i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < len * sizeof(union ice_rx_flex_desc); i++)
 		((volatile char *)rxq->rx_ring)[i] = 0;
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_RX_ALLOW_BULK_ALLOC
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ ice_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 #endif
 
 	/* Allocate the maximum number of RX ring hardware descriptor. */
-	ring_size = sizeof(union ice_rx_desc) * len;
+	ring_size = sizeof(union ice_rx_flex_desc) * len;
 	ring_size = RTE_ALIGN(ring_size, ICE_DMA_MEM_ALIGN);
 	rz = rte_eth_dma_zone_reserve(dev, "rx_ring", queue_idx,
 				      ring_size, ICE_RING_BASE_ALIGN,
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ ice_rx_queue_count(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
 	uint16_t desc = 0;
 
 	rxq = dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id];
-	rxdp = (volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *)&rxq->rx_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
+	rxdp = &rxq->rx_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
 	while ((desc < rxq->nb_rx_desc) &&
 	       rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.status_error0) &
 	       (1 << ICE_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS0_DD_S)) {
@@ -1020,8 +1020,7 @@ ice_rx_queue_count(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
 		desc += ICE_RXQ_SCAN_INTERVAL;
 		rxdp += ICE_RXQ_SCAN_INTERVAL;
 		if (rxq->rx_tail + desc >= rxq->nb_rx_desc)
-			rxdp = (volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *)
-				&(rxq->rx_ring[rxq->rx_tail +
+			rxdp = &(rxq->rx_ring[rxq->rx_tail +
 				 desc - rxq->nb_rx_desc]);
 	}
 
@@ -1156,7 +1155,7 @@ ice_rx_scan_hw_ring(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq)
 	uint64_t pkt_flags = 0;
 	uint32_t *ptype_tbl = rxq->vsi->adapter->ptype_tbl;
 
-	rxdp = (volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *)&rxq->rx_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
+	rxdp = &rxq->rx_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
 	rxep = &rxq->sw_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
 
 	stat_err0 = rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.status_error0);
@@ -1241,7 +1240,7 @@ ice_rx_fill_from_stage(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq,
 static inline int
 ice_rx_alloc_bufs(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq)
 {
-	volatile union ice_rx_desc *rxdp;
+	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rxdp;
 	struct ice_rx_entry *rxep;
 	struct rte_mbuf *mb;
 	uint16_t alloc_idx, i;
@@ -1376,7 +1375,7 @@ ice_recv_scattered_pkts(void *rx_queue,
 			uint16_t nb_pkts)
 {
 	struct ice_rx_queue *rxq = rx_queue;
-	volatile union ice_rx_desc *rx_ring = rxq->rx_ring;
+	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rx_ring = rxq->rx_ring;
 	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rxdp;
 	union ice_rx_flex_desc rxd;
 	struct ice_rx_entry *sw_ring = rxq->sw_ring;
@@ -1396,7 +1395,7 @@ ice_recv_scattered_pkts(void *rx_queue,
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
 	while (nb_rx < nb_pkts) {
-		rxdp = (volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *)&rx_ring[rx_id];
+		rxdp = &rx_ring[rx_id];
 		rx_stat_err0 = rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.status_error0);
 
 		/* Check the DD bit first */
@@ -1608,7 +1607,7 @@ ice_rx_descriptor_status(void *rx_queue, uint16_t offset)
 	if (desc >= rxq->nb_rx_desc)
 		desc -= rxq->nb_rx_desc;
 
-	rxdp = (volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *)&rxq->rx_ring[desc];
+	rxdp = &rxq->rx_ring[desc];
 	if (rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.status_error0) &
 	    (1 << ICE_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS0_DD_S))
 		return RTE_ETH_RX_DESC_DONE;
@@ -1695,7 +1694,7 @@ ice_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue,
 	      uint16_t nb_pkts)
 {
 	struct ice_rx_queue *rxq = rx_queue;
-	volatile union ice_rx_desc *rx_ring = rxq->rx_ring;
+	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rx_ring = rxq->rx_ring;
 	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rxdp;
 	union ice_rx_flex_desc rxd;
 	struct ice_rx_entry *sw_ring = rxq->sw_ring;
@@ -1713,7 +1712,7 @@ ice_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue,
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
 	while (nb_rx < nb_pkts) {
-		rxdp = (volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *)&rx_ring[rx_id];
+		rxdp = &rx_ring[rx_id];
 		rx_stat_err0 = rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.status_error0);
 
 		/* Check the DD bit first */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.h
index de16637f3..25b3822df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.h
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@
 #define ICE_CHK_Q_ENA_INTERVAL_US  100
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_16BYTE_RX_DESC
-#define ice_rx_desc ice_16byte_rx_desc
 #define ice_rx_flex_desc ice_16b_rx_flex_desc
 #else
-#define ice_rx_desc ice_32byte_rx_desc
 #define ice_rx_flex_desc ice_32b_rx_flex_desc
 #endif
 
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ struct ice_rx_entry {
 
 struct ice_rx_queue {
 	struct rte_mempool *mp; /* mbuf pool to populate RX ring */
-	volatile union ice_rx_desc *rx_ring;/* RX ring virtual address */
+	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rx_ring;/* RX ring virtual address */
 	rte_iova_t rx_ring_dma; /* RX ring DMA address */
 	struct ice_rx_entry *sw_ring; /* address of RX soft ring */
 	uint16_t nb_rx_desc; /* number of RX descriptors */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx2.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx2.c
index 46776fa12..f32222bb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx2.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ice_rxq_rearm(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq)
 	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rxdp;
 	struct ice_rx_entry *rxep = &rxq->sw_ring[rxq->rxrearm_start];
 
-	rxdp = (union ice_rx_flex_desc *)rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rxrearm_start;
+	rxdp = rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rxrearm_start;
 
 	/* Pull 'n' more MBUFs into the software ring */
 	if (rte_mempool_get_bulk(rxq->mp,
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ _ice_recv_raw_pkts_vec_avx2(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 	const __m256i mbuf_init = _mm256_set_epi64x(0, 0,
 			0, rxq->mbuf_initializer);
 	struct ice_rx_entry *sw_ring = &rxq->sw_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
-	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rxdp =
-		(union ice_rx_flex_desc *)rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rx_tail;
+	volatile union ice_rx_flex_desc *rxdp = rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rx_tail;
 	const int avx_aligned = ((rxq->rx_tail & 1) == 0);
 
 	rte_prefetch0(rxdp);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_sse.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_sse.c
index dafcb081a..2ae9370f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_sse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_sse.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ice_rxq_rearm(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq)
 					  RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
 	__m128i dma_addr0, dma_addr1;
 
-	rxdp = (union ice_rx_flex_desc *)rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rxrearm_start;
+	rxdp = rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rxrearm_start;
 
 	/* Pull 'n' more MBUFs into the software ring */
 	if (rte_mempool_get_bulk(rxq->mp,
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ _ice_recv_raw_pkts_vec(struct ice_rx_queue *rxq, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 	/* Just the act of getting into the function from the application is
 	 * going to cost about 7 cycles
 	 */
-	rxdp = (union ice_rx_flex_desc *)rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rx_tail;
+	rxdp = rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rx_tail;
 
 	rte_prefetch0(rxdp);
 
