diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index e458955..436d4a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,6 @@ struct mlx5_dev_spawn_data {
 	priv->sh = sh;
 	priv->ctx = sh->ctx;
 	priv->ibv_port = spawn->ibv_port;
-	priv->device_attr = sh->device_attr;
 	priv->mtu = ETHER_MTU;
 #ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
 	/* Initialize UAR access locks for 32bit implementations. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index 4213866..d74103f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ struct mlx5_priv {
 	struct mlx5_ibv_shared *sh; /* Shared IB device context. */
 	uint32_t ibv_port; /* IB device port number. */
 	struct ibv_context *ctx; /* Verbs context. */
-	struct ibv_device_attr_ex device_attr; /* Device properties. */
 	struct ether_addr mac[MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES]; /* MAC addresses. */
 	BITFIELD_DECLARE(mac_own, uint64_t, MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES);
 	/* Bit-field of MAC addresses owned by the PMD. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
index 0662594..7003c32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
@@ -515,8 +515,8 @@ struct ethtool_link_settings {
 	 * Since we need one CQ per QP, the limit is the minimum number
 	 * between the two values.
 	 */
-	max = RTE_MIN(priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_cq,
-		      priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp);
+	max = RTE_MIN(priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_cq,
+		      priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp);
 	/* If max >= 65535 then max = 0, max_rx_queues is uint16_t. */
 	if (max >= 65535)
 		max = 65535;
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ struct ethtool_link_settings {
 int mlx5_fw_version_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char *fw_ver, size_t fw_size)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct ibv_device_attr *attr = &priv->device_attr.orig_attr;
+	struct ibv_device_attr *attr = &priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr;
 	size_t size = strnlen(attr->fw_ver, sizeof(attr->fw_ver)) + 1;
 
 	if (fw_size < size)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
index 0496c4e..fd1c3a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
@@ -856,10 +856,10 @@ struct mlx5_rxq_ibv *
 		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u priv->device_attr.max_qp_wr is %d",
-		dev->data->port_id, priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr);
-	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u priv->device_attr.max_sge is %d",
-		dev->data->port_id, priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_sge);
+	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u device_attr.max_qp_wr is %d",
+		dev->data->port_id, priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr);
+	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u device_attr.max_sge is %d",
+		dev->data->port_id, priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_sge);
 	attr.wq.ibv = (struct ibv_wq_init_attr){
 		.wq_context = NULL, /* Could be useful in the future. */
 		.wq_type = IBV_WQT_RQ,
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
index d3a5498..10a3040 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
@@ -407,15 +407,15 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 		.cap = {
 			/* Max number of outstanding WRs. */
 			.max_send_wr =
-				((priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr <
+				((priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr <
 				  desc) ?
-				 priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr :
+				 priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr :
 				 desc),
 			/*
 			 * Max number of scatter/gather elements in a WR,
 			 * must be 1 to prevent libmlx5 from trying to affect
 			 * too much memory. TX gather is not impacted by the
-			 * priv->device_attr.max_sge limit and will still work
+			 * device_attr.max_sge limit and will still work
 			 * properly.
 			 */
 			.max_send_sge = 1,
@@ -780,10 +780,10 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ctrl *
 	tmpl->txq.elts_n = log2above(desc);
 	tmpl->idx = idx;
 	txq_set_params(tmpl);
-	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u priv->device_attr.max_qp_wr is %d",
-		dev->data->port_id, priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr);
-	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u priv->device_attr.max_sge is %d",
-		dev->data->port_id, priv->device_attr.orig_attr.max_sge);
+	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u device_attr.max_qp_wr is %d",
+		dev->data->port_id, priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_qp_wr);
+	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u device_attr.max_sge is %d",
+		dev->data->port_id, priv->sh->device_attr.orig_attr.max_sge);
 	tmpl->txq.elts =
 		(struct rte_mbuf *(*)[1 << tmpl->txq.elts_n])(tmpl + 1);
 	tmpl->txq.stats.idx = idx;
