diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/main.c b/examples/l3fwd/main.c
index 918f2cb..74a6185 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/main.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *qcon
 
 	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct ether_hdr *);
 
-	if (m->ol_flags & PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR) {
+	if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(m->packet_type)) {
 		/* Handle IPv4 headers.*/
 		ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char *) +
 				sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *qcon
 
 		send_single_packet(m, dst_port);
 
-	} else {
+	} else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(m->packet_type)) {
 		/* Handle IPv6 headers.*/
 		struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr;
 
@@ -1039,11 +1039,11 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *qcon
  * to BAD_PORT value.
  */
 static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void
-rfc1812_process(struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr, uint16_t *dp, uint32_t flags)
+rfc1812_process(struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr, uint16_t *dp, uint16_t ptype)
 {
 	uint8_t ihl;
 
-	if ((flags & PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR) != 0) {
+	if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(ptype)) {
 
 		ihl = ipv4_hdr->version_ihl - IPV4_MIN_VER_IHL;
 
@@ -1074,11 +1074,11 @@ get_dst_port(const struct lcore_conf *qconf, struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 	struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr;
 	struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
 
-	if (pkt->ol_flags & PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR) {
+	if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
 		if (rte_lpm_lookup(qconf->ipv4_lookup_struct, dst_ipv4,
 				&next_hop) != 0)
 			next_hop = portid;
-	} else if (pkt->ol_flags & PKT_RX_IPV6_HDR) {
+	} else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
 		eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, struct ether_hdr *);
 		ipv6_hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
 		if (rte_lpm6_lookup(qconf->ipv6_lookup_struct,
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ process_packet(struct lcore_conf *qconf, struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 	ve = val_eth[dp];
 
 	dst_port[0] = dp;
-	rfc1812_process(ipv4_hdr, dst_port, pkt->ol_flags);
+	rfc1812_process(ipv4_hdr, dst_port, pkt->packet_type);
 
 	te =  _mm_blend_epi16(te, ve, MASK_ETH);
 	_mm_store_si128((__m128i *)eth_hdr, te);
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ process_packet(struct lcore_conf *qconf, struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
  * Read ol_flags and destination IPV4 addresses from 4 mbufs.
  */
 static inline void
-processx4_step1(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], __m128i *dip, uint32_t *flag)
+processx4_step1(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], __m128i *dip, int *ipv4_flag)
 {
 	struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
 	struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
@@ -1131,22 +1131,22 @@ processx4_step1(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], __m128i *dip, uint32_t *flag)
 	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[0], struct ether_hdr *);
 	ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
 	x0 = ipv4_hdr->dst_addr;
-	flag[0] = pkt[0]->ol_flags & PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR;
 
 	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[1], struct ether_hdr *);
 	ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
 	x1 = ipv4_hdr->dst_addr;
-	flag[0] &= pkt[1]->ol_flags;
 
 	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[2], struct ether_hdr *);
 	ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
 	x2 = ipv4_hdr->dst_addr;
-	flag[0] &= pkt[2]->ol_flags;
 
 	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[3], struct ether_hdr *);
 	ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
 	x3 = ipv4_hdr->dst_addr;
-	flag[0] &= pkt[3]->ol_flags;
+	*ipv4_flag = RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt[0]->packet_type) &&
+			RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt[1]->packet_type) &&
+			RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt[2]->packet_type) &&
+			RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt[3]->packet_type);
 
 	dip[0] = _mm_set_epi32(x3, x2, x1, x0);
 }
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ processx4_step1(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], __m128i *dip, uint32_t *flag)
  * If lookup fails, use incoming port (portid) as destination port.
  */
 static inline void
-processx4_step2(const struct lcore_conf *qconf, __m128i dip, uint32_t flag,
+processx4_step2(const struct lcore_conf *qconf, __m128i dip, int ipv4_flag,
 	uint8_t portid, struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], uint16_t dprt[FWDSTEP])
 {
 	rte_xmm_t dst;
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ processx4_step2(const struct lcore_conf *qconf, __m128i dip, uint32_t flag,
 	dip = _mm_shuffle_epi8(dip, bswap_mask);
 
 	/* if all 4 packets are IPV4. */
-	if (likely(flag != 0)) {
+	if (likely(ipv4_flag)) {
 		rte_lpm_lookupx4(qconf->ipv4_lookup_struct, dip, dprt, portid);
 	} else {
 		dst.m = dip;
@@ -1218,13 +1218,13 @@ processx4_step3(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], uint16_t dst_port[FWDSTEP])
 	_mm_store_si128(p[3], te[3]);
 
 	rfc1812_process((struct ipv4_hdr *)((struct ether_hdr *)p[0] + 1),
-		&dst_port[0], pkt[0]->ol_flags);
+		&dst_port[0], pkt[0]->packet_type);
 	rfc1812_process((struct ipv4_hdr *)((struct ether_hdr *)p[1] + 1),
-		&dst_port[1], pkt[1]->ol_flags);
+		&dst_port[1], pkt[1]->packet_type);
 	rfc1812_process((struct ipv4_hdr *)((struct ether_hdr *)p[2] + 1),
-		&dst_port[2], pkt[2]->ol_flags);
+		&dst_port[2], pkt[2]->packet_type);
 	rfc1812_process((struct ipv4_hdr *)((struct ether_hdr *)p[3] + 1),
-		&dst_port[3], pkt[3]->ol_flags);
+		&dst_port[3], pkt[3]->packet_type);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ main_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *dummy)
 	uint16_t *lp;
 	uint16_t dst_port[MAX_PKT_BURST];
 	__m128i dip[MAX_PKT_BURST / FWDSTEP];
-	uint32_t flag[MAX_PKT_BURST / FWDSTEP];
+	int ipv4_flag[MAX_PKT_BURST / FWDSTEP];
 	uint16_t pnum[MAX_PKT_BURST + 1];
 #endif
 
@@ -1481,14 +1481,24 @@ main_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *dummy)
 				 */
 				int32_t n = RTE_ALIGN_FLOOR(nb_rx, 4);
 				for (j = 0; j < n ; j+=4) {
-					uint32_t ol_flag = pkts_burst[j]->ol_flags
-							& pkts_burst[j+1]->ol_flags
-							& pkts_burst[j+2]->ol_flags
-							& pkts_burst[j+3]->ol_flags;
-					if (ol_flag & PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR ) {
+					if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j]->packet_type) &&
+					RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j+1]->packet_type) &&
+					RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j+2]->packet_type) &&
+					RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j+3]->packet_type)) {
 						simple_ipv4_fwd_4pkts(&pkts_burst[j],
 									portid, qconf);
-					} else if (ol_flag & PKT_RX_IPV6_HDR) {
+					} else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j]->packet_type) &&
+					RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j+1]->packet_type) &&
+					RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j+2]->packet_type) &&
+					RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(
+					pkts_burst[j+3]->packet_type)) {
 						simple_ipv6_fwd_4pkts(&pkts_burst[j],
 									portid, qconf);
 					} else {
@@ -1513,13 +1523,13 @@ main_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *dummy)
 			for (j = 0; j != k; j += FWDSTEP) {
 				processx4_step1(&pkts_burst[j],
 					&dip[j / FWDSTEP],
-					&flag[j / FWDSTEP]);
+					&ipv4_flag[j / FWDSTEP]);
 			}
 
 			k = RTE_ALIGN_FLOOR(nb_rx, FWDSTEP);
 			for (j = 0; j != k; j += FWDSTEP) {
 				processx4_step2(qconf, dip[j / FWDSTEP],
-					flag[j / FWDSTEP], portid,
+					ipv4_flag[j / FWDSTEP], portid,
 					&pkts_burst[j], &dst_port[j]);
 			}
 
