diff --git a/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c b/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c
index 311e5d1a96..e7fbf71f6d 100644
--- a/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c
+++ b/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ init_op_data_objs(struct rte_bbdev_op_data *bufs,
 					seg->length);
 				memcpy(data, seg->addr, seg->length);
 				m_head->buf_addr = data;
-				m_head->buf_iova = rte_malloc_virt2iova(data);
+				rte_mbuf_iova_set(m_head, rte_malloc_virt2iova(data));
 				m_head->data_off = 0;
 				m_head->data_len = seg->length;
 			} else {
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_common.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_common.c
index 00aadc9a47..27646cd619 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_common.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_common.c
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ fill_single_seg_mbuf(struct rte_mbuf *m, struct rte_mempool *mp,
 	/* start of buffer is after mbuf structure and priv data */
 	m->priv_size = 0;
 	m->buf_addr = (char *)m + mbuf_hdr_size;
-	m->buf_iova = rte_mempool_virt2iova(obj) +
-		mbuf_offset + mbuf_hdr_size;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(m, rte_mempool_virt2iova(obj) + mbuf_offset + mbuf_hdr_size);
 	m->buf_len = segment_sz;
 	m->data_len = data_len;
 	m->pkt_len = data_len;
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ fill_multi_seg_mbuf(struct rte_mbuf *m, struct rte_mempool *mp,
 		/* start of buffer is after mbuf structure and priv data */
 		m->priv_size = 0;
 		m->buf_addr = (char *)m + mbuf_hdr_size;
-		m->buf_iova = next_seg_phys_addr;
+		rte_mbuf_iova_set(m, next_seg_phys_addr);
 		next_seg_phys_addr += mbuf_hdr_size + segment_sz;
 		m->buf_len = segment_sz;
 		m->data_len = data_len;
diff --git a/app/test/test_bpf.c b/app/test/test_bpf.c
index 97f500809e..f5af5e8a3f 100644
--- a/app/test/test_bpf.c
+++ b/app/test/test_bpf.c
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@ dummy_mbuf_prep(struct rte_mbuf *mb, uint8_t buf[], uint32_t buf_len,
 	uint8_t *db;
 
 	mb->buf_addr = buf;
-	mb->buf_iova = (uintptr_t)buf;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(mb, (uintptr_t)buf);
 	mb->buf_len = buf_len;
 	rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(mb, 1);
 
diff --git a/app/test/test_mbuf.c b/app/test/test_mbuf.c
index be4c3ff970..f94d33f212 100644
--- a/app/test/test_mbuf.c
+++ b/app/test/test_mbuf.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ test_failing_mbuf_sanity_check(struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool)
 	}
 
 	badbuf = *buf;
-	badbuf.buf_iova = 0;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(&badbuf, 0);
 	if (verify_mbuf_check_panics(&badbuf)) {
 		printf("Error with bad-physaddr mbuf test\n");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/app/test/test_pcapng.c b/app/test/test_pcapng.c
index 320dacea34..abbf00f6da 100644
--- a/app/test/test_pcapng.c
+++ b/app/test/test_pcapng.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dummy_mbuf_prep(struct rte_mbuf *mb, uint8_t buf[], uint32_t buf_len,
 	uint8_t *db;
 
 	mb->buf_addr = buf;
-	mb->buf_iova = (uintptr_t)buf;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(mb, (uintptr_t)buf);
 	mb->buf_len = buf_len;
 	rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(mb, 1);
 
diff --git a/lib/kni/rte_kni.c b/lib/kni/rte_kni.c
index 7971c56bb4..3737a91de7 100644
--- a/lib/kni/rte_kni.c
+++ b/lib/kni/rte_kni.c
@@ -357,8 +357,7 @@ static void *
 va2pa(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 {
 	return (void *)((unsigned long)m -
-			((unsigned long)m->buf_addr -
-			 (unsigned long)m->buf_iova));
+			((unsigned long)m->buf_addr - (unsigned long)rte_mbuf_iova_get(m)));
 }
 
 static void *
diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
index a2307cebe6..16f6ed6731 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ rte_pktmbuf_init(struct rte_mempool *mp,
 	/* start of buffer is after mbuf structure and priv data */
 	m->priv_size = priv_size;
 	m->buf_addr = (char *)m + mbuf_size;
-	m->buf_iova = rte_mempool_virt2iova(m) + mbuf_size;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(m, rte_mempool_virt2iova(m) + mbuf_size);
 	m->buf_len = (uint16_t)buf_len;
 
 	/* keep some headroom between start of buffer and data */
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ __rte_pktmbuf_init_extmem(struct rte_mempool *mp,
 	RTE_ASSERT(ctx->off + ext_mem->elt_size <= ext_mem->buf_len);
 
 	m->buf_addr = RTE_PTR_ADD(ext_mem->buf_ptr, ctx->off);
-	m->buf_iova = ext_mem->buf_iova == RTE_BAD_IOVA ?
-		      RTE_BAD_IOVA : (ext_mem->buf_iova + ctx->off);
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(m, ext_mem->buf_iova == RTE_BAD_IOVA ? RTE_BAD_IOVA :
+								 (ext_mem->buf_iova + ctx->off));
 
 	ctx->off += ext_mem->elt_size;
 	if (ctx->off + ext_mem->elt_size > ext_mem->buf_len) {
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ int rte_mbuf_check(const struct rte_mbuf *m, int is_header,
 		*reason = "bad mbuf pool";
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (m->buf_iova == 0) {
+	if (rte_mbuf_iova_get(m) == 0) {
 		*reason = "bad IO addr";
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ rte_pktmbuf_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_mbuf *m, unsigned dump_len)
 
 	__rte_mbuf_sanity_check(m, 1);
 
-	fprintf(f, "dump mbuf at %p, iova=%#"PRIx64", buf_len=%u\n",
-		m, m->buf_iova, m->buf_len);
+	fprintf(f, "dump mbuf at %p, iova=%#" PRIx64 ", buf_len=%u\n", m, rte_mbuf_iova_get(m),
+		m->buf_len);
 	fprintf(f, "  pkt_len=%u, ol_flags=%#"PRIx64", nb_segs=%u, port=%u",
 		m->pkt_len, m->ol_flags, m->nb_segs, m->port);
 
diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index b6e23d98ce..c9f74586c3 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -135,6 +135,34 @@ rte_mbuf_prefetch_part2(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 
 static inline uint16_t rte_pktmbuf_priv_size(struct rte_mempool *mp);
 
+/**
+ * Get the IOVA address of the mbuf data buffer.
+ *
+ * @param m
+ *   The pointer to the mbuf.
+ * @return
+ *   The IOVA address of the mbuf.
+ */
+static inline rte_iova_t
+rte_mbuf_iova_get(const struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+	return m->buf_iova;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the IOVA address of the mbuf data buffer
+ *
+ * @param m
+ *   The pointer to the mbuf.
+ * @param iova
+ *   Value to set as IOVA address of the mbuf.
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_mbuf_iova_set(struct rte_mbuf *m, rte_iova_t iova)
+{
+	m->buf_iova = iova;
+}
+
 /**
  * Return the IO address of the beginning of the mbuf data
  *
@@ -146,7 +174,7 @@ static inline uint16_t rte_pktmbuf_priv_size(struct rte_mempool *mp);
 static inline rte_iova_t
 rte_mbuf_data_iova(const struct rte_mbuf *mb)
 {
-	return mb->buf_iova + mb->data_off;
+	return rte_mbuf_iova_get(mb) + mb->data_off;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -164,7 +192,7 @@ rte_mbuf_data_iova(const struct rte_mbuf *mb)
 static inline rte_iova_t
 rte_mbuf_data_iova_default(const struct rte_mbuf *mb)
 {
-	return mb->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+	return rte_mbuf_iova_get(mb) + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1053,7 +1081,7 @@ rte_pktmbuf_attach_extbuf(struct rte_mbuf *m, void *buf_addr,
 	RTE_ASSERT(shinfo->free_cb != NULL);
 
 	m->buf_addr = buf_addr;
-	m->buf_iova = buf_iova;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(m, buf_iova);
 	m->buf_len = buf_len;
 
 	m->data_len = 0;
@@ -1140,7 +1168,7 @@ static inline void rte_pktmbuf_attach(struct rte_mbuf *mi, struct rte_mbuf *m)
 
 	mi->data_off = m->data_off;
 	mi->data_len = m->data_len;
-	mi->buf_iova = m->buf_iova;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(mi, rte_mbuf_iova_get(m));
 	mi->buf_addr = m->buf_addr;
 	mi->buf_len = m->buf_len;
 
@@ -1242,7 +1270,7 @@ static inline void rte_pktmbuf_detach(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 
 	m->priv_size = priv_size;
 	m->buf_addr = (char *)m + mbuf_size;
-	m->buf_iova = rte_mempool_virt2iova(m) + mbuf_size;
+	rte_mbuf_iova_set(m, rte_mempool_virt2iova(m) + mbuf_size);
 	m->buf_len = (uint16_t)buf_len;
 	rte_pktmbuf_reset_headroom(m);
 	m->data_len = 0;
diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
index e672d59b36..51a12a1fb9 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
@@ -736,8 +736,7 @@ struct rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info {
  * @param o
  *   The offset into the data to calculate address from.
  */
-#define rte_pktmbuf_iova_offset(m, o) \
-	(rte_iova_t)((m)->buf_iova + (m)->data_off + (o))
+#define rte_pktmbuf_iova_offset(m, o) (rte_iova_t)(rte_mbuf_iova_get(m) + (m)->data_off + (o))
 
 /**
  * A macro that returns the IO address that points to the start of the
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/rte_table_action.c b/lib/pipeline/rte_table_action.c
index cb792bbe0d..de5da0b695 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/rte_table_action.c
+++ b/lib/pipeline/rte_table_action.c
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ pkt_work_sym_crypto(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf, struct sym_crypto_data *data,
 
 	op->type = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC;
 	op->sess_type = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_WITH_SESSION;
-	op->phys_addr = mbuf->buf_iova + cfg->op_offset - sizeof(*mbuf);
+	op->phys_addr = rte_mbuf_iova_get(mbuf) + cfg->op_offset - sizeof(*mbuf);
 	op->status = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_NOT_PROCESSED;
 	sym->m_src = mbuf;
 	sym->m_dst = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
index eeeda681cc..ef211ed519 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ restore_mbuf(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 		/* start of buffer is after mbuf structure and priv data */
 
 		m->buf_addr = (char *)m + mbuf_size;
-		m->buf_iova = rte_mempool_virt2iova(m) + mbuf_size;
+		rte_mbuf_iova_set(m, rte_mempool_virt2iova(m) + mbuf_size);
 		m = m->next;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_crypto.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_crypto.c
index 7321da21b7..b448b6685d 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost_crypto.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_crypto.c
@@ -807,11 +807,10 @@ prepare_sym_cipher_op(struct vhost_crypto *vcrypto, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 	switch (vcrypto->option) {
 	case RTE_VHOST_CRYPTO_ZERO_COPY_ENABLE:
 		m_src->data_len = cipher->para.src_data_len;
-		m_src->buf_iova = gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev, desc->addr,
-				cipher->para.src_data_len);
+		rte_mbuf_iova_set(m_src,
+				  gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev, desc->addr, cipher->para.src_data_len));
 		m_src->buf_addr = get_data_ptr(vc_req, desc, VHOST_ACCESS_RO);
-		if (unlikely(m_src->buf_iova == 0 ||
-				m_src->buf_addr == NULL)) {
+		if (unlikely(rte_mbuf_iova_get(m_src) == 0 || m_src->buf_addr == NULL)) {
 			VC_LOG_ERR("zero_copy may fail due to cross page data");
 			ret = VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
 			goto error_exit;
@@ -851,10 +850,10 @@ prepare_sym_cipher_op(struct vhost_crypto *vcrypto, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 
 	switch (vcrypto->option) {
 	case RTE_VHOST_CRYPTO_ZERO_COPY_ENABLE:
-		m_dst->buf_iova = gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev,
-				desc->addr, cipher->para.dst_data_len);
+		rte_mbuf_iova_set(m_dst,
+				  gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev, desc->addr, cipher->para.dst_data_len));
 		m_dst->buf_addr = get_data_ptr(vc_req, desc, VHOST_ACCESS_RW);
-		if (unlikely(m_dst->buf_iova == 0 || m_dst->buf_addr == NULL)) {
+		if (unlikely(rte_mbuf_iova_get(m_dst) == 0 || m_dst->buf_addr == NULL)) {
 			VC_LOG_ERR("zero_copy may fail due to cross page data");
 			ret = VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
 			goto error_exit;
@@ -965,10 +964,10 @@ prepare_sym_chain_op(struct vhost_crypto *vcrypto, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 		m_src->data_len = chain->para.src_data_len;
 		m_dst->data_len = chain->para.dst_data_len;
 
-		m_src->buf_iova = gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev, desc->addr,
-				chain->para.src_data_len);
+		rte_mbuf_iova_set(m_src,
+				  gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev, desc->addr, chain->para.src_data_len));
 		m_src->buf_addr = get_data_ptr(vc_req, desc, VHOST_ACCESS_RO);
-		if (unlikely(m_src->buf_iova == 0 || m_src->buf_addr == NULL)) {
+		if (unlikely(rte_mbuf_iova_get(m_src) == 0 || m_src->buf_addr == NULL)) {
 			VC_LOG_ERR("zero_copy may fail due to cross page data");
 			ret = VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
 			goto error_exit;
@@ -1008,10 +1007,10 @@ prepare_sym_chain_op(struct vhost_crypto *vcrypto, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 
 	switch (vcrypto->option) {
 	case RTE_VHOST_CRYPTO_ZERO_COPY_ENABLE:
-		m_dst->buf_iova = gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev,
-				desc->addr, chain->para.dst_data_len);
+		rte_mbuf_iova_set(m_dst,
+				  gpa_to_hpa(vcrypto->dev, desc->addr, chain->para.dst_data_len));
 		m_dst->buf_addr = get_data_ptr(vc_req, desc, VHOST_ACCESS_RW);
-		if (unlikely(m_dst->buf_iova == 0 || m_dst->buf_addr == NULL)) {
+		if (unlikely(rte_mbuf_iova_get(m_dst) == 0 || m_dst->buf_addr == NULL)) {
 			VC_LOG_ERR("zero_copy may fail due to cross page data");
 			ret = VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
 			goto error_exit;
