diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h
index 5e6eecc501..1fdf4305f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ struct i40e_rx_queue {
 
 	uint16_t rxrearm_nb;	/**< number of remaining to be re-armed */
 	uint16_t rxrearm_start;	/**< the idx we start the re-arming from */
+	uint16_t direct_rxrearm_port; /** device TX port ID for direct re-arm mode */
+	uint16_t direct_rxrearm_queue; /** TX queue index for direct re-arm mode */
 	uint64_t mbuf_initializer; /**< value to init mbufs */
 
 	uint16_t port_id; /**< device port ID */
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ struct i40e_rx_queue {
 	uint16_t rx_using_sse; /**<flag indicate the usage of vPMD for rx */
 	uint8_t dcb_tc;         /**< Traffic class of rx queue */
 	uint64_t offloads; /**< Rx offload flags of RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_* */
+	/**<  0 if direct re-arm mode disabled, 1 when enabled */
+	bool direct_rxrearm_enable;
 	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_neon.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_neon.c
index b951ea2dc3..72bac3fb40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_neon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_neon.c
@@ -77,6 +77,147 @@ i40e_rxq_rearm(struct i40e_rx_queue *rxq)
 	I40E_PCI_REG_WRITE_RELAXED(rxq->qrx_tail, rx_id);
 }
 
+static inline void
+i40e_rxq_rearm_direct_single(struct i40e_rx_queue *rxq)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
+	struct i40e_tx_queue *txq;
+	volatile union i40e_rx_desc *rxdp;
+	struct i40e_tx_entry *txep;
+	struct i40e_rx_entry *rxep;
+	uint16_t tx_port_id, tx_queue_id;
+	uint16_t rx_id;
+	struct rte_mbuf *mb0, *mb1, *m;
+	uint64x2_t dma_addr0, dma_addr1;
+	uint64x2_t zero = vdupq_n_u64(0);
+	uint64_t paddr;
+	uint16_t i, n;
+	uint16_t nb_rearm = 0;
+
+	rxdp = rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rxrearm_start;
+	rxep = &rxq->sw_ring[rxq->rxrearm_start];
+
+	tx_port_id = rxq->direct_rxrearm_port;
+	tx_queue_id = rxq->direct_rxrearm_queue;
+	dev = &rte_eth_devices[tx_port_id];
+	txq = dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id];
+
+	/* tx_rs_thresh must be equal to
+	 * RTE_I40E_RXQ_REARM_THRESH in
+	 * direct re-arm mode due to
+	 * tx_next_dd update based on the
+	 * number of free buffers in the
+	 * next time
+	 */
+	n = RTE_I40E_RXQ_REARM_THRESH;
+
+	if (txq->nb_tx_free < txq->tx_free_thresh) {
+		/* check DD bits on threshold descriptor */
+		if ((txq->tx_ring[txq->tx_next_dd].cmd_type_offset_bsz &
+				rte_cpu_to_le_64(I40E_TXD_QW1_DTYPE_MASK)) !=
+				rte_cpu_to_le_64(I40E_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DESC_DONE)) {
+			goto mempool_bulk;
+		}
+
+		/* first buffer to free from S/W ring is at index
+		 * tx_next_dd - (tx_rs_thresh-1)
+		 */
+		txep = &txq->sw_ring[txq->tx_next_dd - (n - 1)];
+
+		if (txq->offloads & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE) {
+			/* directly put mbufs from Tx to Rx,
+			 * and initialize the mbufs in vector,
+			 * process 2 mbufs in one loop
+			 */
+			for (i = 0; i < n; i += 2, rxep += 2, txep += 2) {
+				rxep[0].mbuf = txep[0].mbuf;
+				rxep[1].mbuf = txep[1].mbuf;
+
+				/* Initialize rxdp descs */
+				mb0 = txep[0].mbuf;
+				mb1 = txep[1].mbuf;
+
+				paddr = mb0->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+				dma_addr0 = vdupq_n_u64(paddr);
+				/* flush desc with pa dma_addr */
+				vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp++->read, dma_addr0);
+
+				paddr = mb1->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+				dma_addr1 = vdupq_n_u64(paddr);
+				/* flush desc with pa dma_addr */
+				vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp++->read, dma_addr1);
+			}
+		} else {
+			for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+				m = rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg(txep[i].mbuf);
+				if (m != NULL) {
+					rxep[i].mbuf = m;
+
+					/* Initialize rxdp descs */
+					paddr = m->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+					dma_addr0 = vdupq_n_u64(paddr);
+					/* flush desc with pa dma_addr */
+					vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp++->read, dma_addr0);
+					nb_rearm++;
+				}
+			}
+			n = nb_rearm;
+		}
+
+		/* update counters for Tx */
+		txq->nb_tx_free = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_tx_free + RTE_I40E_RXQ_REARM_THRESH);
+		txq->tx_next_dd = (uint16_t)(txq->tx_next_dd + RTE_I40E_RXQ_REARM_THRESH);
+		if (txq->tx_next_dd >= txq->nb_tx_desc)
+			txq->tx_next_dd = (uint16_t)(RTE_I40E_RXQ_REARM_THRESH - 1);
+	} else {
+mempool_bulk:
+		/* if TX did not free bufs into Rx sw-ring,
+		 * get new bufs from mempool
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(rte_mempool_get_bulk(rxq->mp, (void *)rxep, n) < 0)) {
+			if (rxq->rxrearm_nb + n >= rxq->nb_rx_desc) {
+				for (i = 0; i < RTE_I40E_DESCS_PER_LOOP; i++) {
+					rxep[i].mbuf = &rxq->fake_mbuf;
+					vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp[i].read, zero);
+				}
+			}
+			rte_eth_devices[rxq->port_id].data->rx_mbuf_alloc_failed += n;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		/* Initialize the mbufs in vector, process 2 mbufs in one loop */
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i += 2, rxep += 2) {
+			mb0 = rxep[0].mbuf;
+			mb1 = rxep[1].mbuf;
+
+			paddr = mb0->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+			dma_addr0 = vdupq_n_u64(paddr);
+			/* flush desc with pa dma_addr */
+			vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp++->read, dma_addr0);
+
+			paddr = mb1->buf_iova + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+			dma_addr1 = vdupq_n_u64(paddr);
+			/* flush desc with pa dma_addr */
+			vst1q_u64((uint64_t *)&rxdp++->read, dma_addr1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Update the descriptor initializer index */
+	rxq->rxrearm_start += n;
+	rx_id = rxq->rxrearm_start - 1;
+
+	if (unlikely(rxq->rxrearm_start >= rxq->nb_rx_desc)) {
+		rxq->rxrearm_start = 0;
+		rx_id = rxq->nb_rx_desc - 1;
+	}
+
+	rxq->rxrearm_nb -= n;
+
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	/* Update the tail pointer on the NIC */
+	I40E_PCI_REG_WRITE_RELAXED(rxq->qrx_tail, rx_id);
+}
+
 static inline void
 desc_to_olflags_v(struct i40e_rx_queue *rxq, uint64x2_t descs[4],
 		  struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts)
@@ -244,8 +385,12 @@ _recv_raw_pkts_vec(struct i40e_rx_queue *__rte_restrict rxq,
 	/* See if we need to rearm the RX queue - gives the prefetch a bit
 	 * of time to act
 	 */
-	if (rxq->rxrearm_nb > RTE_I40E_RXQ_REARM_THRESH)
-		i40e_rxq_rearm(rxq);
+	if (rxq->rxrearm_nb > RTE_I40E_RXQ_REARM_THRESH) {
+		if (rxq->direct_rxrearm_enable)
+			i40e_rxq_rearm_direct_single(rxq);
+		else
+			i40e_rxq_rearm(rxq);
+	}
 
 	/* Before we start moving massive data around, check to see if
 	 * there is actually a packet available
