diff --git a/drivers/net/xenvirt/rte_mempool_gntalloc.c b/drivers/net/xenvirt/rte_mempool_gntalloc.c
index 73e82f808..7f7aecdc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xenvirt/rte_mempool_gntalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xenvirt/rte_mempool_gntalloc.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ _create_mempool(const char *name, unsigned elt_num, unsigned elt_size,
 		   unsigned cache_size, unsigned private_data_size,
 		   rte_mempool_ctor_t *mp_init, void *mp_init_arg,
 		   rte_mempool_obj_cb_t *obj_init, void *obj_init_arg,
-		   int socket_id, unsigned flags)
+		   int socket_id, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct _mempool_gntalloc_info mgi;
 	struct rte_mempool *mp = NULL;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ _create_mempool(const char *name, unsigned elt_num, unsigned elt_size,
 	pg_shift = rte_bsf32(pg_sz);
 
 	rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(elt_size, flags, &objsz);
-	sz = rte_mempool_xmem_size(elt_num, objsz.total_size, pg_shift);
+	sz = rte_mempool_xmem_size(elt_num, objsz.total_size, pg_shift, flags);
 	pg_num = sz >> pg_shift;
 
 	pa_arr = calloc(pg_num, sizeof(pa_arr[0]));
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ _create_mempool(const char *name, unsigned elt_num, unsigned elt_size,
 	 * Check that allocated size is big enough to hold elt_num
 	 * objects and a calcualte how many bytes are actually required.
 	 */
-	usz = rte_mempool_xmem_usage(va, elt_num, objsz.total_size, pa_arr, pg_num, pg_shift);
+	usz = rte_mempool_xmem_usage(va, elt_num, objsz.total_size, pa_arr,
+				     pg_num, pg_shift, flags);
 	if (usz < 0) {
 		mp = NULL;
 		i = pg_num;
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
index 237665c65..005240042 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(uint32_t elt_size, uint32_t flags,
  * Calculate maximum amount of memory required to store given number of objects.
  */
 size_t
-rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz, uint32_t pg_shift)
+rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz, uint32_t pg_shift,
+		      __rte_unused unsigned int flags)
 {
 	size_t obj_per_page, pg_num, pg_sz;
 
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz, uint32_t pg_shift)
 ssize_t
 rte_mempool_xmem_usage(__rte_unused void *vaddr, uint32_t elt_num,
 	size_t total_elt_sz, const phys_addr_t paddr[], uint32_t pg_num,
-	uint32_t pg_shift)
+	uint32_t pg_shift, __rte_unused unsigned int flags)
 {
 	uint32_t elt_cnt = 0;
 	phys_addr_t start, end;
@@ -543,7 +544,8 @@ rte_mempool_populate_default(struct rte_mempool *mp)
 
 	total_elt_sz = mp->header_size + mp->elt_size + mp->trailer_size;
 	for (mz_id = 0, n = mp->size; n > 0; mz_id++, n -= ret) {
-		size = rte_mempool_xmem_size(n, total_elt_sz, pg_shift);
+		size = rte_mempool_xmem_size(n, total_elt_sz, pg_shift,
+						mp->flags);
 
 		ret = snprintf(mz_name, sizeof(mz_name),
 			RTE_MEMPOOL_MZ_FORMAT "_%d", mp->name, mz_id);
@@ -600,7 +602,8 @@ get_anon_size(const struct rte_mempool *mp)
 	pg_sz = getpagesize();
 	pg_shift = rte_bsf32(pg_sz);
 	total_elt_sz = mp->header_size + mp->elt_size + mp->trailer_size;
-	size = rte_mempool_xmem_size(mp->size, total_elt_sz, pg_shift);
+	size = rte_mempool_xmem_size(mp->size, total_elt_sz, pg_shift,
+					mp->flags);
 
 	return size;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
index bf65d62fe..85eb770dc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
@@ -1476,11 +1476,13 @@ uint32_t rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(uint32_t elt_size, uint32_t flags,
  *   by rte_mempool_calc_obj_size().
  * @param pg_shift
  *   LOG2 of the physical pages size. If set to 0, ignore page boundaries.
+ * @param flags
+ *  The mempool flags.
  * @return
  *   Required memory size aligned at page boundary.
  */
 size_t rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz,
-	uint32_t pg_shift);
+	uint32_t pg_shift, unsigned int flags);
 
 /**
  * Get the size of memory required to store mempool elements.
@@ -1503,6 +1505,8 @@ size_t rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz,
  *   Number of elements in the paddr array.
  * @param pg_shift
  *   LOG2 of the physical pages size.
+ * @param flags
+ *  The mempool flags.
  * @return
  *   On success, the number of bytes needed to store given number of
  *   objects, aligned to the given page size. If the provided memory
@@ -1511,7 +1515,7 @@ size_t rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz,
  */
 ssize_t rte_mempool_xmem_usage(void *vaddr, uint32_t elt_num,
 	size_t total_elt_sz, const phys_addr_t paddr[], uint32_t pg_num,
-	uint32_t pg_shift);
+	uint32_t pg_shift, unsigned int flags);
 
 /**
  * Walk list of all memory pools
diff --git a/test/test/test_mempool.c b/test/test/test_mempool.c
index 47dc3ac5f..a225e1209 100644
--- a/test/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/test/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ test_mempool_same_name_twice_creation(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * BAsic test for mempool_xmem functions.
+ * Basic test for mempool_xmem functions.
  */
 static int
 test_mempool_xmem_misc(void)
@@ -485,10 +485,11 @@ test_mempool_xmem_misc(void)
 
 	elt_num = MAX_KEEP;
 	total_size = rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(MEMPOOL_ELT_SIZE, 0, NULL);
-	sz = rte_mempool_xmem_size(elt_num, total_size, MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX);
+	sz = rte_mempool_xmem_size(elt_num, total_size, MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX,
+					0);
 
 	usz = rte_mempool_xmem_usage(NULL, elt_num, total_size, 0, 1,
-		MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX);
+		MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX, 0);
 
 	if (sz != (size_t)usz)  {
 		printf("failure @ %s: rte_mempool_xmem_usage(%u, %u) "
