diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_atq.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_atq.c
index 0e9f2db0e..6082d4ff3 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_atq.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_atq.c
@@ -185,10 +185,19 @@ perf_atq_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 {
 	int ret;
 	uint8_t queue;
+	uint8_t nb_queues;
+	uint8_t nb_ports;
+
+	nb_ports = evt_nr_active_lcores(opt->wlcores);
+	nb_ports += opt->prod_type == EVT_PROD_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADPTR ? 0 :
+		evt_nr_active_lcores(opt->plcores);
+
+	nb_queues = opt->prod_type == EVT_PROD_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADPTR ?
+		rte_eth_dev_count() : atq_nb_event_queues(opt);

 	const struct rte_event_dev_config config = {
-			.nb_event_queues = atq_nb_event_queues(opt),
-			.nb_event_ports = perf_nb_event_ports(opt),
+			.nb_event_queues = nb_queues,
+			.nb_event_ports = nb_ports,
 			.nb_events_limit  = 4096,
 			.nb_event_queue_flows = opt->nb_flows,
 			.nb_event_port_dequeue_depth = 128,
@@ -208,7 +217,7 @@ perf_atq_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = opt->nb_flows,
 	};
 	/* queue configurations */
-	for (queue = 0; queue < atq_nb_event_queues(opt); queue++) {
+	for (queue = 0; queue < nb_queues; queue++) {
 		ret = rte_event_queue_setup(opt->dev_id, queue, &q_conf);
 		if (ret) {
 			evt_err("failed to setup queue=%d", queue);
@@ -217,7 +226,7 @@ perf_atq_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 	}

 	ret = perf_event_dev_port_setup(test, opt, 1 /* stride */,
-					atq_nb_event_queues(opt));
+					nb_queues);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;

diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.c
index 9d2865ed5..114210ea6 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.c
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ perf_producer(void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }

+static int
+perf_producer_wrapper(void *arg)
+{
+	struct prod_data *p  = arg;
+	struct test_perf *t = p->t;
+	/* Launch the producer function only in case of synthetic producer. */
+	if (t->opt->prod_type == EVT_PROD_TYPE_SYNT)
+		return perf_producer(arg);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline uint64_t
 processed_pkts(struct test_perf *t)
 {
@@ -142,8 +153,8 @@ perf_launch_lcores(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt,
 		if (!(opt->plcores[lcore_id]))
 			continue;

-		ret = rte_eal_remote_launch(perf_producer, &t->prod[port_idx],
-					 lcore_id);
+		ret = rte_eal_remote_launch(perf_producer_wrapper,
+				&t->prod[port_idx], lcore_id);
 		if (ret) {
 			evt_err("failed to launch perf_producer %d", lcore_id);
 			return ret;
@@ -193,14 +204,17 @@ perf_launch_lcores(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt,
 			fflush(stdout);

 			if (remaining <= 0) {
-				t->done = true;
 				t->result = EVT_TEST_SUCCESS;
-				rte_smp_wmb();
-				break;
+				if (opt->prod_type == EVT_PROD_TYPE_SYNT) {
+					t->done = true;
+					rte_smp_wmb();
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 		}

-		if (new_cycles - dead_lock_cycles > dead_lock_sample) {
+		if (new_cycles - dead_lock_cycles > dead_lock_sample &&
+				opt->prod_type == EVT_PROD_TYPE_SYNT) {
 			remaining = t->outstand_pkts - processed_pkts(t);
 			if (dead_lock_remaining == remaining) {
 				rte_event_dev_dump(opt->dev_id, stdout);
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.h b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.h
index c6fc70cd7..ab2e59988 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.h
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_common.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>

 #include <rte_cycles.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_eventdev.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c
index d843eea17..0caf5757c 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_perf_queue.c
@@ -182,10 +182,20 @@ perf_queue_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 	uint8_t queue;
 	int nb_stages = opt->nb_stages;
 	int ret;
+	int nb_ports;
+	int nb_queues;
+
+	nb_ports = evt_nr_active_lcores(opt->wlcores);
+	nb_ports += opt->prod_type == EVT_PROD_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADPTR ? 0 :
+		evt_nr_active_lcores(opt->plcores);
+
+	nb_queues = opt->prod_type == EVT_PROD_TYPE_ETH_RX_ADPTR ?
+		rte_eth_dev_count() * nb_stages :
+		perf_queue_nb_event_queues(opt);

 	const struct rte_event_dev_config config = {
-			.nb_event_queues = perf_queue_nb_event_queues(opt),
-			.nb_event_ports = perf_nb_event_ports(opt),
+			.nb_event_queues = nb_queues,
+			.nb_event_ports = nb_ports,
 			.nb_events_limit  = 4096,
 			.nb_event_queue_flows = opt->nb_flows,
 			.nb_event_port_dequeue_depth = 128,
@@ -228,7 +238,7 @@ perf_queue_eventdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 	}

 	ret = perf_event_dev_port_setup(test, opt, nb_stages /* stride */,
-					perf_queue_nb_event_queues(opt));
+					nb_queues);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;

