diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h b/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
index 4102076..ee896a2 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
@@ -92,25 +92,4 @@ evt_has_all_types_queue(uint8_t dev_id)
 			true : false;
 }

-static inline uint32_t
-evt_sched_type2queue_cfg(uint8_t sched_type)
-{
-	uint32_t ret;
-
-	switch (sched_type) {
-	case RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC:
-		ret = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY;
-		break;
-	case RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED:
-		ret = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY;
-		break;
-	case RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL:
-		ret = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY;
-		break;
-	default:
-		rte_panic("Invalid sched_type %d\n", sched_type);
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 #endif /*  _EVT_COMMON_*/
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c
index beadd9c..1fa4082 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_order_queue.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ order_queue_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 	/* q0 (ordered queue) configuration */
 	struct rte_event_queue_conf q0_ordered_conf = {
 			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
-			.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY,
+			.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED,
 			.nb_atomic_flows = opt->nb_flows,
 			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = opt->nb_flows,
 	};
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ order_queue_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 	/* q1 (atomic queue) configuration */
 	struct rte_event_queue_conf q1_atomic_conf = {
 			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
-			.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY,
+			.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC,
 			.nb_atomic_flows = opt->nb_flows,
 			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = opt->nb_flows,
 	};
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c
index 658c08a..a7a2b1f 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ perf_queue_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 	};
 	/* queue configurations */
 	for (queue = 0; queue < perf_queue_nb_event_queues(opt); queue++) {
-		q_conf.event_queue_cfg =  evt_sched_type2queue_cfg
-				(opt->sched_type_list[queue % nb_stages]);
+		q_conf.schedule_type =
+			(opt->sched_type_list[queue % nb_stages]);

 		if (opt->q_priority) {
 			uint8_t stage_pos = queue % nb_stages;
diff --git a/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c b/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
index 81286a8..3dbc337 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ dpaa2_eventdev_queue_def_conf(struct rte_eventdev *dev, uint8_t queue_id,
 	RTE_SET_USED(queue_conf);

 	queue_conf->nb_atomic_flows = DPAA2_EVENT_QUEUE_ATOMIC_FLOWS;
-	queue_conf->event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY |
-				      RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY;
+	queue_conf->schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC |
+				      RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL;
 	queue_conf->priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
 }

diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
index aed8b72..522cd71 100644
--- a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
@@ -345,28 +345,14 @@ sw_queue_setup(struct rte_eventdev *dev, uint8_t queue_id,
 {
 	int type;

-	/* SINGLE_LINK can be OR-ed with other types, so handle first */
+	type = conf->schedule_type;
+
 	if (RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK & conf->event_queue_cfg) {
 		type = SW_SCHED_TYPE_DIRECT;
-	} else {
-		switch (conf->event_queue_cfg) {
-		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY:
-			type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC;
-			break;
-		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY:
-			type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED;
-			break;
-		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY:
-			type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL;
-			break;
-		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES:
-			SW_LOG_ERR("QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES not supported\n");
-			return -ENOTSUP;
-		default:
-			SW_LOG_ERR("Unknown queue type %d requested\n",
-				   conf->event_queue_cfg);
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
+	} else if (RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES
+			& conf->event_queue_cfg) {
+		SW_LOG_ERR("QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES not supported\n");
+		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}

 	struct sw_evdev *sw = sw_pmd_priv(dev);
@@ -400,7 +386,7 @@ sw_queue_def_conf(struct rte_eventdev *dev, uint8_t queue_id,
 	static const struct rte_event_queue_conf default_conf = {
 		.nb_atomic_flows = 4096,
 		.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1,
-		.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY,
+		.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC,
 		.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
 	};

diff --git a/examples/eventdev_pipeline_sw_pmd/main.c b/examples/eventdev_pipeline_sw_pmd/main.c
index 09b90c3..2e6787b 100644
--- a/examples/eventdev_pipeline_sw_pmd/main.c
+++ b/examples/eventdev_pipeline_sw_pmd/main.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct config_data {
 static struct config_data cdata = {
 	.num_packets = (1L << 25), /* do ~32M packets */
 	.num_fids = 512,
-	.queue_type = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY,
+	.queue_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC,
 	.next_qid = {-1},
 	.qid = {-1},
 	.num_stages = 1,
@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ parse_app_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			cdata.enable_queue_priorities = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'o':
-			cdata.queue_type = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY;
+			cdata.queue_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED;
 			break;
 		case 'p':
-			cdata.queue_type = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY;
+			cdata.queue_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL;
 			break;
 		case 'q':
 			cdata.quiet = 1;
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ setup_eventdev(struct prod_data *prod_data,
 			.new_event_threshold = 4096,
 	};
 	struct rte_event_queue_conf wkr_q_conf = {
-			.event_queue_cfg = cdata.queue_type,
+			.schedule_type = cdata.queue_type,
 			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
 			.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
 			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
@@ -751,11 +751,11 @@ setup_eventdev(struct prod_data *prod_data,
 		}

 		const char *type_str = "Atomic";
-		switch (wkr_q_conf.event_queue_cfg) {
-		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY:
+		switch (wkr_q_conf.schedule_type) {
+		case RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED:
 			type_str = "Ordered";
 			break;
-		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY:
+		case RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL:
 			type_str = "Parallel";
 			break;
 		}
@@ -907,9 +907,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		printf("\tworkers: %u\n", cdata.num_workers);
 		printf("\tpackets: %"PRIi64"\n", cdata.num_packets);
 		printf("\tQueue-prio: %u\n", cdata.enable_queue_priorities);
-		if (cdata.queue_type == RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY)
+		if (cdata.queue_type == RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED)
 			printf("\tqid0 type: ordered\n");
-		if (cdata.queue_type == RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY)
+		if (cdata.queue_type == RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC)
 			printf("\tqid0 type: atomic\n");
 		printf("\tCores available: %u\n", rte_lcore_count());
 		printf("\tCores used: %u\n", cores_needed);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
index 378ccb5..db96552 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
@@ -517,13 +517,11 @@ is_valid_atomic_queue_conf(const struct rte_event_queue_conf *queue_conf)
 {
 	if (queue_conf &&
 		!(queue_conf->event_queue_cfg &
-		  RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK) && (
+		  RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK) &&
 		((queue_conf->event_queue_cfg &
-			RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_TYPE_MASK)
-			== RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES) ||
-		((queue_conf->event_queue_cfg &
-			RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_TYPE_MASK)
-			== RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY)
+			 RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES) ||
+		(queue_conf->schedule_type
+			== RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC)
 		))
 		return 1;
 	else
@@ -535,13 +533,11 @@ is_valid_ordered_queue_conf(const struct rte_event_queue_conf *queue_conf)
 {
 	if (queue_conf &&
 		!(queue_conf->event_queue_cfg &
-		  RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK) && (
-		((queue_conf->event_queue_cfg &
-			RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_TYPE_MASK)
-			== RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES) ||
+		  RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK) &&
 		((queue_conf->event_queue_cfg &
-			RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_TYPE_MASK)
-			== RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY)
+			 RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES) ||
+		(queue_conf->schedule_type
+			== RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED)
 		))
 		return 1;
 	else
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
index 1dbc872..fa16f82 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.h
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ struct rte_mbuf; /* we just use mbuf pointers; no need to include rte_mbuf.h */
 #define RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_QUEUE_ALL_TYPES     (1ULL << 3)
 /**< Event device is capable of enqueuing events of any type to any queue.
  * If this capability is not set, the queue only supports events of the
- *  *RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_* type that it was created with.
+ *  *RTE_SCHED_TYPE_* type that it was created with.
  *
- * @see RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_* values
+ * @see RTE_SCHED_TYPE_* values
  */
 #define RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_BURST_MODE          (1ULL << 4)
 /**< Event device is capable of operating in burst mode for enqueue(forward,
@@ -515,39 +515,13 @@ rte_event_dev_configure(uint8_t dev_id,
 /* Event queue specific APIs */

 /* Event queue configuration bitmap flags */
-#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_TYPE_MASK          (3ULL << 0)
-/**< Mask for event queue schedule type configuration request */
-#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES          (0ULL << 0)
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES          (1ULL << 0)
 /**< Allow ATOMIC,ORDERED,PARALLEL schedule type enqueue
  *
  * @see RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED, RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC, RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL
  * @see rte_event_enqueue_burst()
  */
-#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY        (1ULL << 0)
-/**< Allow only ATOMIC schedule type enqueue
- *
- * The rte_event_enqueue_burst() result is undefined if the queue configured
- * with ATOMIC only and sched_type != RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC
- *
- * @see RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC, rte_event_enqueue_burst()
- */
-#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY       (2ULL << 0)
-/**< Allow only ORDERED schedule type enqueue
- *
- * The rte_event_enqueue_burst() result is undefined if the queue configured
- * with ORDERED only and sched_type != RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED
- *
- * @see RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED, rte_event_enqueue_burst()
- */
-#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY      (3ULL << 0)
-/**< Allow only PARALLEL schedule type enqueue
- *
- * The rte_event_enqueue_burst() result is undefined if the queue configured
- * with PARALLEL only and sched_type != RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL
- *
- * @see RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL, rte_event_enqueue_burst()
- */
-#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK        (1ULL << 2)
+#define RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK        (1ULL << 1)
 /**< This event queue links only to a single event port.
  *
  *  @see rte_event_port_setup(), rte_event_port_link()
@@ -558,8 +532,8 @@ struct rte_event_queue_conf {
 	uint32_t nb_atomic_flows;
 	/**< The maximum number of active flows this queue can track at any
 	 * given time. If the queue is configured for atomic scheduling (by
-	 * applying the RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES or
-	 * RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY flags to event_queue_cfg), then the
+	 * applying the RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES flag to event_queue_cfg
+	 * or RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC flag to schedule_type), then the
 	 * value must be in the range of [1, nb_event_queue_flows], which was
 	 * previously provided in rte_event_dev_configure().
 	 */
@@ -572,12 +546,18 @@ struct rte_event_queue_conf {
 	 * event will be returned from dequeue until one or more entries are
 	 * freed up/released.
 	 * If the queue is configured for ordered scheduling (by applying the
-	 * RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES or RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY
-	 * flags to event_queue_cfg), then the value must be in the range of
-	 * [1, nb_event_queue_flows], which was previously supplied to
-	 * rte_event_dev_configure().
+	 * RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES flag to event_queue_cfg or
+	 * RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED flag to schedule_type), then the value must
+	 * be in the range of [1, nb_event_queue_flows], which was
+	 * previously supplied to rte_event_dev_configure().
+	 */
+	uint32_t event_queue_cfg;
+	/**< Queue cfg flags(EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_) */
+	uint8_t schedule_type;
+	/**< Queue schedule type(RTE_SCHED_TYPE_*).
+	 * Valid when RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES bit is not set in
+	 * event_queue_cfg.
 	 */
-	uint32_t event_queue_cfg; /**< Queue cfg flags(EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_) */
 	uint8_t priority;
 	/**< Priority for this event queue relative to other event queues.
 	 * The requested priority should in the range of
diff --git a/test/test/test_eventdev.c b/test/test/test_eventdev.c
index d6ade78..4118b75 100644
--- a/test/test/test_eventdev.c
+++ b/test/test/test_eventdev.c
@@ -300,15 +300,13 @@ test_eventdev_queue_setup(void)
 	/* Negative cases */
 	ret = rte_event_queue_default_conf_get(TEST_DEV_ID, 0, &qconf);
 	TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to get queue0 info");
-	qconf.event_queue_cfg =	(RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES &
-		 RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_TYPE_MASK);
+	qconf.event_queue_cfg =	RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ALL_TYPES;
 	qconf.nb_atomic_flows = info.max_event_queue_flows + 1;
 	ret = rte_event_queue_setup(TEST_DEV_ID, 0, &qconf);
 	TEST_ASSERT(ret == -EINVAL, "Expected -EINVAL, %d", ret);

 	qconf.nb_atomic_flows = info.max_event_queue_flows;
-	qconf.event_queue_cfg =	(RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY &
-		 RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_TYPE_MASK);
+	qconf.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED;
 	qconf.nb_atomic_order_sequences = info.max_event_queue_flows + 1;
 	ret = rte_event_queue_setup(TEST_DEV_ID, 0, &qconf);
 	TEST_ASSERT(ret == -EINVAL, "Expected -EINVAL, %d", ret);
@@ -423,7 +421,7 @@ test_eventdev_queue_attr_nb_atomic_flows(void)
 		/* Assume PMD doesn't support atomic flows, return early */
 		return -ENOTSUP;

-	qconf.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY;
+	qconf.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC;

 	for (i = 0; i < (int)queue_count; i++) {
 		ret = rte_event_queue_setup(TEST_DEV_ID, i, &qconf);
@@ -466,7 +464,7 @@ test_eventdev_queue_attr_nb_atomic_order_sequences(void)
 		/* Assume PMD doesn't support reordering */
 		return -ENOTSUP;

-	qconf.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY;
+	qconf.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED;

 	for (i = 0; i < (int)queue_count; i++) {
 		ret = rte_event_queue_setup(TEST_DEV_ID, i, &qconf);
@@ -507,7 +505,7 @@ test_eventdev_queue_attr_event_queue_cfg(void)
 	ret = rte_event_queue_default_conf_get(TEST_DEV_ID, 0, &qconf);
 	TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to get queue0 def conf");

-	qconf.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY;
+	qconf.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK;

 	for (i = 0; i < (int)queue_count; i++) {
 		ret = rte_event_queue_setup(TEST_DEV_ID, i, &qconf);
diff --git a/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c b/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c
index 7219886..dea302f 100644
--- a/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c
+++ b/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ create_lb_qids(struct test *t, int num_qids, uint32_t flags)

 	/* Q creation */
 	const struct rte_event_queue_conf conf = {
-			.event_queue_cfg = flags,
+			.schedule_type = flags,
 			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
 			.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
 			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
@@ -242,20 +242,20 @@ create_lb_qids(struct test *t, int num_qids, uint32_t flags)
 static inline int
 create_atomic_qids(struct test *t, int num_qids)
 {
-	return create_lb_qids(t, num_qids, RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY);
+	return create_lb_qids(t, num_qids, RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC);
 }

 static inline int
 create_ordered_qids(struct test *t, int num_qids)
 {
-	return create_lb_qids(t, num_qids, RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY);
+	return create_lb_qids(t, num_qids, RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED);
 }


 static inline int
 create_unordered_qids(struct test *t, int num_qids)
 {
-	return create_lb_qids(t, num_qids, RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY);
+	return create_lb_qids(t, num_qids, RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL);
 }

 static inline int
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ port_reconfig_credits(struct test *t)
 	const uint32_t NUM_ITERS = 32;
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_ITERS; i++) {
 		const struct rte_event_queue_conf conf = {
-			.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY,
+			.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC,
 			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
 			.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
 			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ port_single_lb_reconfig(struct test *t)

 	static const struct rte_event_queue_conf conf_lb_atomic = {
 		.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
-		.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY,
+		.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC,
 		.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
 		.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
 	};
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ ordered_reconfigure(struct test *t)
 	}

 	const struct rte_event_queue_conf conf = {
-			.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY,
+			.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ORDERED,
 			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
 			.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
 			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ qid_priorities(struct test *t)
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 		/* Create QID */
 		const struct rte_event_queue_conf conf = {
-			.event_queue_cfg = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY,
+			.schedule_type = RTE_SCHED_TYPE_ATOMIC,
 			/* increase priority (0 == highest), as we go */
 			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL - i,
 			.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
