diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/meson.build b/drivers/common/qat/meson.build
index b84e5b3c6c..95b52b78c3 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/meson.build
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ if libipsecmb.found() and libcrypto_3.found()
     endif
 endif
 
-# The driver should not build if both compression and crypto are disabled
-#FIXME common code depends on compression files so check only compress!
-if not qat_compress # and not qat_crypto
-    build = false
-    reason = '' # rely on reason for compress/crypto above
-    subdir_done()
-endif
-
 deps += ['bus_pci', 'cryptodev', 'net', 'compressdev']
 sources += files(
         'qat_common.c',
diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
index 348a1d574d..197e8bac75 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
@@ -490,20 +490,6 @@ adf_configure_queues(struct qat_qp *qp, enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void
-txq_write_tail(enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen,
-		struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q)
-{
-	struct qat_qp_hw_spec_funcs *ops =
-		qat_qp_hw_spec[qat_dev_gen];
-
-	/*
-	 * Pointer check should be done during
-	 * initialization
-	 */
-	ops->qat_qp_csr_write_tail(qp, q);
-}
-
 static inline void
 qat_qp_csr_write_head(enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen, struct qat_qp *qp,
 			struct qat_queue *q, uint32_t new_head)
@@ -672,179 +658,6 @@ qat_enqueue_op_burst(void *qp, qat_op_build_request_t op_build_request,
 	return nb_ops_sent;
 }
 
-/* Use this for compression only - but keep consistent with above common
- * function as much as possible.
- */
-uint16_t
-qat_enqueue_comp_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
-{
-	register struct qat_queue *queue;
-	struct qat_qp *tmp_qp = (struct qat_qp *)qp;
-	register uint32_t nb_ops_sent = 0;
-	register int nb_desc_to_build;
-	uint16_t nb_ops_possible = nb_ops;
-	register uint8_t *base_addr;
-	register uint32_t tail;
-
-	int descriptors_built, total_descriptors_built = 0;
-	int nb_remaining_descriptors;
-	int overflow = 0;
-
-	if (unlikely(nb_ops == 0))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* read params used a lot in main loop into registers */
-	queue = &(tmp_qp->tx_q);
-	base_addr = (uint8_t *)queue->base_addr;
-	tail = queue->tail;
-
-	/* Find how many can actually fit on the ring */
-	{
-		/* dequeued can only be written by one thread, but it may not
-		 * be this thread. As it's 4-byte aligned it will be read
-		 * atomically here by any Intel CPU.
-		 * enqueued can wrap before dequeued, but cannot
-		 * lap it as var size of enq/deq (uint32_t) > var size of
-		 * max_inflights (uint16_t). In reality inflights is never
-		 * even as big as max uint16_t, as it's <= ADF_MAX_DESC.
-		 * On wrapping, the calculation still returns the correct
-		 * positive value as all three vars are unsigned.
-		 */
-		uint32_t inflights =
-			tmp_qp->enqueued - tmp_qp->dequeued;
-
-		/* Find how many can actually fit on the ring */
-		overflow = (inflights + nb_ops) - tmp_qp->max_inflights;
-		if (overflow > 0) {
-			nb_ops_possible = nb_ops - overflow;
-			if (nb_ops_possible == 0)
-				return 0;
-		}
-
-		/* QAT has plenty of work queued already, so don't waste cycles
-		 * enqueueing, wait til the application has gathered a bigger
-		 * burst or some completed ops have been dequeued
-		 */
-		if (tmp_qp->min_enq_burst_threshold && inflights >
-				QAT_QP_MIN_INFL_THRESHOLD && nb_ops_possible <
-				tmp_qp->min_enq_burst_threshold) {
-			tmp_qp->stats.threshold_hit_count++;
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* At this point nb_ops_possible is assuming a 1:1 mapping
-	 * between ops and descriptors.
-	 * Fewer may be sent if some ops have to be split.
-	 * nb_ops_possible is <= burst size.
-	 * Find out how many spaces are actually available on the qp in case
-	 * more are needed.
-	 */
-	nb_remaining_descriptors = nb_ops_possible
-			 + ((overflow >= 0) ? 0 : overflow * (-1));
-	QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Nb ops requested %d, nb descriptors remaining %d",
-			nb_ops, nb_remaining_descriptors);
-
-	while (nb_ops_sent != nb_ops_possible &&
-				nb_remaining_descriptors > 0) {
-		struct qat_comp_op_cookie *cookie =
-				tmp_qp->op_cookies[tail >> queue->trailz];
-
-		descriptors_built = 0;
-
-		QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "--- data length: %u",
-			   ((struct rte_comp_op *)*ops)->src.length);
-
-		nb_desc_to_build = qat_comp_build_request(*ops,
-				base_addr + tail, cookie, tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen);
-		QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "%d descriptors built, %d remaining, "
-			"%d ops sent, %d descriptors needed",
-			total_descriptors_built, nb_remaining_descriptors,
-			nb_ops_sent, nb_desc_to_build);
-
-		if (unlikely(nb_desc_to_build < 0)) {
-			/* this message cannot be enqueued */
-			tmp_qp->stats.enqueue_err_count++;
-			if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
-				return 0;
-			goto kick_tail;
-		} else if (unlikely(nb_desc_to_build > 1)) {
-			/* this op is too big and must be split - get more
-			 * descriptors and retry
-			 */
-
-			QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Build %d descriptors for this op",
-					nb_desc_to_build);
-
-			nb_remaining_descriptors -= nb_desc_to_build;
-			if (nb_remaining_descriptors >= 0) {
-				/* There are enough remaining descriptors
-				 * so retry
-				 */
-				int ret2 = qat_comp_build_multiple_requests(
-						*ops, tmp_qp, tail,
-						nb_desc_to_build);
-
-				if (unlikely(ret2 < 1)) {
-					QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG,
-							"Failed to build (%d) descriptors, status %d",
-							nb_desc_to_build, ret2);
-
-					qat_comp_free_split_op_memzones(cookie,
-							nb_desc_to_build - 1);
-
-					tmp_qp->stats.enqueue_err_count++;
-
-					/* This message cannot be enqueued */
-					if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
-						return 0;
-					goto kick_tail;
-				} else {
-					descriptors_built = ret2;
-					total_descriptors_built +=
-							descriptors_built;
-					nb_remaining_descriptors -=
-							descriptors_built;
-					QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG,
-							"Multiple descriptors (%d) built ok",
-							descriptors_built);
-				}
-			} else {
-				QAT_DP_LOG(ERR, "For the current op, number of requested descriptors (%d) "
-						"exceeds number of available descriptors (%d)",
-						nb_desc_to_build,
-						nb_remaining_descriptors +
-							nb_desc_to_build);
-
-				qat_comp_free_split_op_memzones(cookie,
-						nb_desc_to_build - 1);
-
-				/* Not enough extra descriptors */
-				if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
-					return 0;
-				goto kick_tail;
-			}
-		} else {
-			descriptors_built = 1;
-			total_descriptors_built++;
-			nb_remaining_descriptors--;
-			QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Single descriptor built ok");
-		}
-
-		tail = adf_modulo(tail + (queue->msg_size * descriptors_built),
-				  queue->modulo_mask);
-		ops++;
-		nb_ops_sent++;
-	}
-
-kick_tail:
-	queue->tail = tail;
-	tmp_qp->enqueued += total_descriptors_built;
-	tmp_qp->stats.enqueued_count += nb_ops_sent;
-	txq_write_tail(tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen, tmp_qp, queue);
-	return nb_ops_sent;
-}
-
 uint16_t
 qat_dequeue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops,
 		qat_op_dequeue_t qat_dequeue_process_response, uint16_t nb_ops)
diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h
index d19fc387e4..ae18fb942e 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ uint16_t
 qat_enqueue_op_burst(void *qp, qat_op_build_request_t op_build_request,
 		void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops);
 
-uint16_t
-qat_enqueue_comp_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops);
-
 uint16_t
 qat_dequeue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops,
 		qat_op_dequeue_t qat_dequeue_process_response, uint16_t nb_ops);
@@ -206,6 +203,21 @@ struct qat_qp_hw_spec_funcs {
 	qat_qp_get_hw_data_t		qat_qp_get_hw_data;
 };
 
-extern struct qat_qp_hw_spec_funcs *qat_qp_hw_spec[];
+extern struct qat_qp_hw_spec_funcs*
+	qat_qp_hw_spec[];
+
+static inline void
+txq_write_tail(enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen,
+		struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q)
+{
+	struct qat_qp_hw_spec_funcs *ops =
+		qat_qp_hw_spec[qat_dev_gen];
+
+	/*
+	 * Pointer check should be done during
+	 * initialization
+	 */
+	ops->qat_qp_csr_write_tail(qp, q);
+}
 
 #endif /* _QAT_QP_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c
index fe4a4999c6..c1032e0e47 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c
+++ b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c
@@ -1144,3 +1144,185 @@ qat_comp_stream_free(struct rte_compressdev *dev, void *stream)
 	}
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Enqueue packets for processing on queue pair of a device
+ *
+ * @param qp
+ *   qat queue pair
+ * @param ops
+ *   Compressdev operation
+ * @param nb_ops
+ *   nuber of operations
+ * @return
+ *  - nb_ops_sent if successful
+ */
+uint16_t
+qat_enqueue_comp_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
+{
+	register struct qat_queue *queue;
+	struct qat_qp *tmp_qp = (struct qat_qp *)qp;
+	register uint32_t nb_ops_sent = 0;
+	register int nb_desc_to_build;
+	uint16_t nb_ops_possible = nb_ops;
+	register uint8_t *base_addr;
+	register uint32_t tail;
+
+	int descriptors_built, total_descriptors_built = 0;
+	int nb_remaining_descriptors;
+	int overflow = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(nb_ops == 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* read params used a lot in main loop into registers */
+	queue = &(tmp_qp->tx_q);
+	base_addr = (uint8_t *)queue->base_addr;
+	tail = queue->tail;
+
+	/* Find how many can actually fit on the ring */
+	{
+		/* dequeued can only be written by one thread, but it may not
+		 * be this thread. As it's 4-byte aligned it will be read
+		 * atomically here by any Intel CPU.
+		 * enqueued can wrap before dequeued, but cannot
+		 * lap it as var size of enq/deq (uint32_t) > var size of
+		 * max_inflights (uint16_t). In reality inflights is never
+		 * even as big as max uint16_t, as it's <= ADF_MAX_DESC.
+		 * On wrapping, the calculation still returns the correct
+		 * positive value as all three vars are unsigned.
+		 */
+		uint32_t inflights =
+			tmp_qp->enqueued - tmp_qp->dequeued;
+
+		/* Find how many can actually fit on the ring */
+		overflow = (inflights + nb_ops) - tmp_qp->max_inflights;
+		if (overflow > 0) {
+			nb_ops_possible = nb_ops - overflow;
+			if (nb_ops_possible == 0)
+				return 0;
+		}
+
+		/* QAT has plenty of work queued already, so don't waste cycles
+		 * enqueueing, wait til the application has gathered a bigger
+		 * burst or some completed ops have been dequeued
+		 */
+		if (tmp_qp->min_enq_burst_threshold && inflights >
+				QAT_QP_MIN_INFL_THRESHOLD && nb_ops_possible <
+				tmp_qp->min_enq_burst_threshold) {
+			tmp_qp->stats.threshold_hit_count++;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* At this point nb_ops_possible is assuming a 1:1 mapping
+	 * between ops and descriptors.
+	 * Fewer may be sent if some ops have to be split.
+	 * nb_ops_possible is <= burst size.
+	 * Find out how many spaces are actually available on the qp in case
+	 * more are needed.
+	 */
+	nb_remaining_descriptors = nb_ops_possible
+			 + ((overflow >= 0) ? 0 : overflow * (-1));
+	QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Nb ops requested %d, nb descriptors remaining %d",
+			nb_ops, nb_remaining_descriptors);
+
+	while (nb_ops_sent != nb_ops_possible &&
+				nb_remaining_descriptors > 0) {
+		struct qat_comp_op_cookie *cookie =
+				tmp_qp->op_cookies[tail >> queue->trailz];
+
+		descriptors_built = 0;
+
+		QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "--- data length: %u",
+			   ((struct rte_comp_op *)*ops)->src.length);
+
+		nb_desc_to_build = qat_comp_build_request(*ops,
+				base_addr + tail, cookie, tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen);
+		QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "%d descriptors built, %d remaining, "
+			"%d ops sent, %d descriptors needed",
+			total_descriptors_built, nb_remaining_descriptors,
+			nb_ops_sent, nb_desc_to_build);
+
+		if (unlikely(nb_desc_to_build < 0)) {
+			/* this message cannot be enqueued */
+			tmp_qp->stats.enqueue_err_count++;
+			if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
+				return 0;
+			goto kick_tail;
+		} else if (unlikely(nb_desc_to_build > 1)) {
+			/* this op is too big and must be split - get more
+			 * descriptors and retry
+			 */
+
+			QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Build %d descriptors for this op",
+					nb_desc_to_build);
+
+			nb_remaining_descriptors -= nb_desc_to_build;
+			if (nb_remaining_descriptors >= 0) {
+				/* There are enough remaining descriptors
+				 * so retry
+				 */
+				int ret2 = qat_comp_build_multiple_requests(
+						*ops, tmp_qp, tail,
+						nb_desc_to_build);
+
+				if (unlikely(ret2 < 1)) {
+					QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG,
+							"Failed to build (%d) descriptors, status %d",
+							nb_desc_to_build, ret2);
+
+					qat_comp_free_split_op_memzones(cookie,
+							nb_desc_to_build - 1);
+
+					tmp_qp->stats.enqueue_err_count++;
+
+					/* This message cannot be enqueued */
+					if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
+						return 0;
+					goto kick_tail;
+				} else {
+					descriptors_built = ret2;
+					total_descriptors_built +=
+							descriptors_built;
+					nb_remaining_descriptors -=
+							descriptors_built;
+					QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG,
+							"Multiple descriptors (%d) built ok",
+							descriptors_built);
+				}
+			} else {
+				QAT_DP_LOG(ERR, "For the current op, number of requested descriptors (%d) "
+						"exceeds number of available descriptors (%d)",
+						nb_desc_to_build,
+						nb_remaining_descriptors +
+							nb_desc_to_build);
+
+				qat_comp_free_split_op_memzones(cookie,
+						nb_desc_to_build - 1);
+
+				/* Not enough extra descriptors */
+				if (nb_ops_sent == 0)
+					return 0;
+				goto kick_tail;
+			}
+		} else {
+			descriptors_built = 1;
+			total_descriptors_built++;
+			nb_remaining_descriptors--;
+			QAT_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Single descriptor built ok");
+		}
+
+		tail = adf_modulo(tail + (queue->msg_size * descriptors_built),
+				  queue->modulo_mask);
+		ops++;
+		nb_ops_sent++;
+	}
+
+kick_tail:
+	queue->tail = tail;
+	tmp_qp->enqueued += total_descriptors_built;
+	tmp_qp->stats.enqueued_count += nb_ops_sent;
+	txq_write_tail(tmp_qp->qat_dev_gen, tmp_qp, queue);
+	return nb_ops_sent;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.h b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.h
index da7b9a6eec..dc220cd6e3 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.h
+++ b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.h
@@ -141,5 +141,8 @@ qat_comp_stream_create(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
 int
 qat_comp_stream_free(struct rte_compressdev *dev, void *stream);
 
+uint16_t
+qat_enqueue_comp_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops);
+
 #endif
 #endif
