diff --git a/app/test/test_graph.c b/app/test/test_graph.c
index c2c855f776..1a2d1e6fab 100644
--- a/app/test/test_graph.c
+++ b/app/test/test_graph.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test_node_list_dump(void)
 #else
 
 #include <rte_graph.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
 #include <rte_mbuf_dyn.h>
 #include <rte_random.h>
diff --git a/app/test/test_graph_perf.c b/app/test/test_graph_perf.c
index 5c4e9c917b..c5b463f700 100644
--- a/app/test/test_graph_perf.c
+++ b/app/test/test_graph_perf.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test_graph_perf_func(void)
 #else
 
 #include <rte_graph.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index 6804d02c3c..c709fd48ad 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ The public API headers are grouped by topics:
     [table_em](@ref rte_swx_table_em.h)
     [table_wm](@ref rte_swx_table_wm.h)
   * [graph](@ref rte_graph.h):
-    [graph_worker](@ref rte_graph_worker_common.h)
+    [graph_worker](@ref rte_graph_worker.h)
   * graph_nodes:
     [eth_node](@ref rte_node_eth_api.h),
     [ip4_node](@ref rte_node_ip4_api.h)
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst
index 3eaa4b7f92..1cfdc86433 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Features of the Graph library are:
 - Low overhead statistics collection infrastructure.
 - Support to export the graph as a Graphviz dot file. See ``rte_graph_export()``.
 - Allow having another graph walk implementation in the future by segregating
-  the fast path(``rte_graph_worker_common.h``) and slow path code.
+  the fast path(``rte_graph_worker.h``) and slow path code.
 
 Advantages of Graph architecture
 --------------------------------
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c
index 48825da0ce..5feeab4f0f 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-graph/main.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <rte_cycles.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 #include <rte_launch.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
diff --git a/lib/graph/graph_pcap.c b/lib/graph/graph_pcap.c
index 8a220370fa..6c43330029 100644
--- a/lib/graph/graph_pcap.c
+++ b/lib/graph/graph_pcap.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
 #include <rte_pcapng.h>
 
-#include "rte_graph_worker_common.h"
+#include "rte_graph_worker.h"
 
 #include "graph_pcap_private.h"
 
diff --git a/lib/graph/graph_private.h b/lib/graph/graph_private.h
index 307e5f70bc..eacdef45f0 100644
--- a/lib/graph/graph_private.h
+++ b/lib/graph/graph_private.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <rte_spinlock.h>
 
 #include "rte_graph.h"
-#include "rte_graph_worker_common.h"
+#include "rte_graph_worker.h"
 
 extern int rte_graph_logtype;
 
diff --git a/lib/graph/meson.build b/lib/graph/meson.build
index 4e2b612ad3..3526d1b5d4 100644
--- a/lib/graph/meson.build
+++ b/lib/graph/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ sources = files(
         'graph_populate.c',
         'graph_pcap.c',
 )
-headers = files('rte_graph.h', 'rte_graph_worker_common.h')
+headers = files('rte_graph.h', 'rte_graph_worker.h')
 
 deps += ['eal', 'pcapng']
diff --git a/lib/graph/rte_graph_model_rtc.h b/lib/graph/rte_graph_model_rtc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10b359772f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/graph/rte_graph_model_rtc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2020 Marvell International Ltd.
+ * Copyright(C) 2023 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include "rte_graph_worker_common.h"
+
+/**
+ * Perform graph walk on the circular buffer and invoke the process function
+ * of the nodes and collect the stats.
+ *
+ * @param graph
+ *   Graph pointer returned from rte_graph_lookup function.
+ *
+ * @see rte_graph_lookup()
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_graph_walk_rtc(struct rte_graph *graph)
+{
+	const rte_graph_off_t *cir_start = graph->cir_start;
+	const rte_node_t mask = graph->cir_mask;
+	uint32_t head = graph->head;
+	struct rte_node *node;
+	uint64_t start;
+	uint16_t rc;
+	void **objs;
+
+	/*
+	 * Walk on the source node(s) ((cir_start - head) -> cir_start) and then
+	 * on the pending streams (cir_start -> (cir_start + mask) -> cir_start)
+	 * in a circular buffer fashion.
+	 *
+	 *	+-----+ <= cir_start - head [number of source nodes]
+	 *	|     |
+	 *	| ... | <= source nodes
+	 *	|     |
+	 *	+-----+ <= cir_start [head = 0] [tail = 0]
+	 *	|     |
+	 *	| ... | <= pending streams
+	 *	|     |
+	 *	+-----+ <= cir_start + mask
+	 */
+	while (likely(head != graph->tail)) {
+		node = (struct rte_node *)RTE_PTR_ADD(graph, cir_start[(int32_t)head++]);
+		RTE_ASSERT(node->fence == RTE_GRAPH_FENCE);
+		objs = node->objs;
+		rte_prefetch0(objs);
+
+		if (rte_graph_has_stats_feature()) {
+			start = rte_rdtsc();
+			rc = node->process(graph, node, objs, node->idx);
+			node->total_cycles += rte_rdtsc() - start;
+			node->total_calls++;
+			node->total_objs += rc;
+		} else {
+			node->process(graph, node, objs, node->idx);
+		}
+			node->idx = 0;
+			head = likely((int32_t)head > 0) ? head & mask : head;
+	}
+	graph->tail = 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker.h b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b58f7bda9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2020 Marvell International Ltd.
+ * Copyright(C) 2023 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_GRAPH_WORKER_H_
+#define _RTE_GRAPH_WORKER_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "rte_graph_model_rtc.h"
+
+/**
+ * Perform graph walk on the circular buffer and invoke the process function
+ * of the nodes and collect the stats.
+ *
+ * @param graph
+ *   Graph pointer returned from rte_graph_lookup function.
+ *
+ * @see rte_graph_lookup()
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_graph_walk(struct rte_graph *graph)
+{
+	rte_graph_walk_rtc(graph);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_GRAPH_WORKER_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
index 5a4b54e490..475ccdc0ee 100644
--- a/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
+++ b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
@@ -128,63 +128,6 @@ __rte_experimental
 void __rte_node_stream_alloc_size(struct rte_graph *graph,
 				  struct rte_node *node, uint16_t req_size);
 
-/**
- * Perform graph walk on the circular buffer and invoke the process function
- * of the nodes and collect the stats.
- *
- * @param graph
- *   Graph pointer returned from rte_graph_lookup function.
- *
- * @see rte_graph_lookup()
- */
-__rte_experimental
-static inline void
-rte_graph_walk(struct rte_graph *graph)
-{
-	const rte_graph_off_t *cir_start = graph->cir_start;
-	const rte_node_t mask = graph->cir_mask;
-	uint32_t head = graph->head;
-	struct rte_node *node;
-	uint64_t start;
-	uint16_t rc;
-	void **objs;
-
-	/*
-	 * Walk on the source node(s) ((cir_start - head) -> cir_start) and then
-	 * on the pending streams (cir_start -> (cir_start + mask) -> cir_start)
-	 * in a circular buffer fashion.
-	 *
-	 *	+-----+ <= cir_start - head [number of source nodes]
-	 *	|     |
-	 *	| ... | <= source nodes
-	 *	|     |
-	 *	+-----+ <= cir_start [head = 0] [tail = 0]
-	 *	|     |
-	 *	| ... | <= pending streams
-	 *	|     |
-	 *	+-----+ <= cir_start + mask
-	 */
-	while (likely(head != graph->tail)) {
-		node = (struct rte_node *)RTE_PTR_ADD(graph, cir_start[(int32_t)head++]);
-		RTE_ASSERT(node->fence == RTE_GRAPH_FENCE);
-		objs = node->objs;
-		rte_prefetch0(objs);
-
-		if (rte_graph_has_stats_feature()) {
-			start = rte_rdtsc();
-			rc = node->process(graph, node, objs, node->idx);
-			node->total_cycles += rte_rdtsc() - start;
-			node->total_calls++;
-			node->total_objs += rc;
-		} else {
-			node->process(graph, node, objs, node->idx);
-		}
-		node->idx = 0;
-		head = likely((int32_t)head > 0) ? head & mask : head;
-	}
-	graph->tail = 0;
-}
-
 /* Fast path helper functions */
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/node/ethdev_rx.c b/lib/node/ethdev_rx.c
index e681f9f6ec..a19237b42f 100644
--- a/lib/node/ethdev_rx.c
+++ b/lib/node/ethdev_rx.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_ether.h>
 #include <rte_graph.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 
 #include "ethdev_rx_priv.h"
 #include "node_private.h"
diff --git a/lib/node/ethdev_tx.c b/lib/node/ethdev_tx.c
index 17231d8b34..7d2d72f823 100644
--- a/lib/node/ethdev_tx.c
+++ b/lib/node/ethdev_tx.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <rte_debug.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_graph.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 
 #include "ethdev_tx_priv.h"
 
diff --git a/lib/node/ip4_lookup.c b/lib/node/ip4_lookup.c
index b84c066fe3..8bce03d7db 100644
--- a/lib/node/ip4_lookup.c
+++ b/lib/node/ip4_lookup.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_ether.h>
 #include <rte_graph.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 #include <rte_ip.h>
 #include <rte_lpm.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/node/ip4_rewrite.c b/lib/node/ip4_rewrite.c
index 72ca4b1370..34a920df5e 100644
--- a/lib/node/ip4_rewrite.c
+++ b/lib/node/ip4_rewrite.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_ether.h>
 #include <rte_graph.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 #include <rte_ip.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_vect.h>
diff --git a/lib/node/pkt_cls.c b/lib/node/pkt_cls.c
index 03f8b03f6c..3e75f2cf78 100644
--- a/lib/node/pkt_cls.c
+++ b/lib/node/pkt_cls.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <rte_graph.h>
-#include <rte_graph_worker_common.h>
+#include <rte_graph_worker.h>
 
 #include "pkt_cls_priv.h"
 #include "node_private.h"
