diff --git a/drivers/event/cnxk/cn10k_eventdev.c b/drivers/event/cnxk/cn10k_eventdev.c
index 09eff569052..201972cec9e 100644
--- a/drivers/event/cnxk/cn10k_eventdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/cnxk/cn10k_eventdev.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,107 @@ cn10k_ml_adapter_caps_get(const struct rte_eventdev *event_dev, const struct rte
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+ml_adapter_qp_free(struct cnxk_ml_qp *qp)
+{
+	rte_mempool_free(qp->mla.req_mp);
+	qp->mla.enabled = false;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+ml_adapter_qp_setup(const struct rte_ml_dev *mldev, struct cnxk_ml_qp *qp)
+{
+	char name[RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE];
+	uint32_t cache_size, nb_req;
+	unsigned int req_size;
+
+	snprintf(name, RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE, "cnxk_mla_req_%u_%u", mldev->data->dev_id, qp->id);
+	req_size = sizeof(struct cn10k_ml_req);
+	cache_size = RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE;
+	nb_req = cache_size * rte_lcore_count();
+	qp->mla.req_mp = rte_mempool_create(name, nb_req, req_size, cache_size, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+					    NULL, rte_socket_id(), 0);
+	if (qp->mla.req_mp == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	qp->mla.enabled = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+cn10k_ml_adapter_qp_del(const struct rte_eventdev *event_dev, const struct rte_ml_dev *mldev,
+			int32_t queue_pair_id)
+{
+	struct cnxk_ml_qp *qp;
+
+	CNXK_VALID_DEV_OR_ERR_RET(event_dev->dev, "event_cn10k", EINVAL);
+	CNXK_VALID_DEV_OR_ERR_RET(mldev->device, "ml_cn10k", EINVAL);
+
+	if (queue_pair_id == -1) {
+		uint16_t qp_id;
+
+		for (qp_id = 0; qp_id < mldev->data->nb_queue_pairs; qp_id++) {
+			qp = mldev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id];
+			if (qp->mla.enabled)
+				ml_adapter_qp_free(qp);
+		}
+	} else {
+		qp = mldev->data->queue_pairs[queue_pair_id];
+		if (qp->mla.enabled)
+			ml_adapter_qp_free(qp);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+cn10k_ml_adapter_qp_add(const struct rte_eventdev *event_dev, const struct rte_ml_dev *mldev,
+			int32_t queue_pair_id, const struct rte_event *event)
+{
+	struct cnxk_sso_evdev *sso_evdev = cnxk_sso_pmd_priv(event_dev);
+	uint32_t adptr_xae_cnt = 0;
+	struct cnxk_ml_qp *qp;
+	int ret;
+
+	PLT_SET_USED(event);
+
+	CNXK_VALID_DEV_OR_ERR_RET(event_dev->dev, "event_cn10k", EINVAL);
+	CNXK_VALID_DEV_OR_ERR_RET(mldev->device, "ml_cn10k", EINVAL);
+
+	sso_evdev->is_mla_internal_port = 1;
+	cn10k_sso_fp_fns_set((struct rte_eventdev *)(uintptr_t)event_dev);
+
+	if (queue_pair_id == -1) {
+		uint16_t qp_id;
+
+		for (qp_id = 0; qp_id < mldev->data->nb_queue_pairs; qp_id++) {
+			qp = mldev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id];
+			ret = ml_adapter_qp_setup(mldev, qp);
+			if (ret != 0) {
+				cn10k_ml_adapter_qp_del(event_dev, mldev, -1);
+				return ret;
+			}
+			adptr_xae_cnt += qp->mla.req_mp->size;
+		}
+	} else {
+		qp = mldev->data->queue_pairs[queue_pair_id];
+		ret = ml_adapter_qp_setup(mldev, qp);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		adptr_xae_cnt = qp->mla.req_mp->size;
+	}
+
+	/* Update ML adapter XAE count */
+	sso_evdev->adptr_xae_cnt += adptr_xae_cnt;
+	cnxk_sso_xae_reconfigure((struct rte_eventdev *)(uintptr_t)event_dev);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct eventdev_ops cn10k_sso_dev_ops = {
 	.dev_infos_get = cn10k_sso_info_get,
 	.dev_configure = cn10k_sso_dev_configure,
@@ -1075,6 +1176,8 @@ static struct eventdev_ops cn10k_sso_dev_ops = {
 	.crypto_adapter_vector_limits_get = cn10k_crypto_adapter_vec_limits,
 
 	.ml_adapter_caps_get = cn10k_ml_adapter_caps_get,
+	.ml_adapter_queue_pair_add = cn10k_ml_adapter_qp_add,
+	.ml_adapter_queue_pair_del = cn10k_ml_adapter_qp_del,
 
 	.xstats_get = cnxk_sso_xstats_get,
 	.xstats_reset = cnxk_sso_xstats_reset,
diff --git a/drivers/event/cnxk/cnxk_eventdev.h b/drivers/event/cnxk/cnxk_eventdev.h
index d42d1afa1a1..bc51e952c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/event/cnxk/cnxk_eventdev.h
+++ b/drivers/event/cnxk/cnxk_eventdev.h
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ struct cnxk_sso_evdev {
 	uint32_t gw_mode;
 	uint16_t stash_cnt;
 	struct cnxk_sso_stash *stash_parse_data;
+	/* Crypto adapter */
+	uint8_t is_ca_internal_port;
+	/* ML adapter */
+	uint8_t is_mla_internal_port;
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 /* Event port a.k.a GWS */
diff --git a/drivers/ml/cnxk/cnxk_ml_ops.h b/drivers/ml/cnxk/cnxk_ml_ops.h
index 7b49793a574..81f91df2a80 100644
--- a/drivers/ml/cnxk/cnxk_ml_ops.h
+++ b/drivers/ml/cnxk/cnxk_ml_ops.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef _CNXK_ML_OPS_H_
 #define _CNXK_ML_OPS_H_
 
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
 #include <rte_mldev.h>
 #include <rte_mldev_core.h>
 
@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@ struct cnxk_ml_queue {
 	uint64_t wait_cycles;
 };
 
+struct cnxk_ml_adapter_info {
+	/**< Set if queue pair is added to ML adapter */
+	bool enabled;
+
+	/**< ML in-flight request mempool */
+	struct rte_mempool *req_mp;
+};
+
 /* Queue-pair structure */
 struct cnxk_ml_qp {
 	/* ID */
@@ -69,6 +78,9 @@ struct cnxk_ml_qp {
 
 	/* Statistics per queue-pair */
 	struct rte_ml_dev_stats stats;
+
+	/**< ML adapter related info */
+	struct cnxk_ml_adapter_info mla;
 };
 
 extern struct rte_ml_dev_ops cnxk_ml_ops;
