diff --git a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c
index a6b20960f2..5ffd9146b6 100644
--- a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c
+++ b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c
@@ -886,11 +886,44 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	return fctret;
 }
 
+static int
+bus_match_all(const struct rte_bus *bus, const void *data)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(bus);
+	RTE_SET_USED(data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+remove_all_device(void)
+{
+	struct rte_bus *start = NULL, *next;
+	struct rte_dev_iterator dev_iter = {0};
+	struct rte_device *dev = NULL;
+	struct rte_device *tdev = NULL;
+	char devstr[128];
+
+	RTE_DEV_FOREACH_SAFE(dev, "bus=vdev", &dev_iter, tdev) {
+		(void)rte_dev_remove(dev);
+	}
+	while ((next = rte_bus_find(start, bus_match_all, NULL)) != NULL) {
+		start = next;
+		/* Skip buses that don't have iterate method */
+		if (!next->dev_iterate || !next->name)
+			continue;
+		snprintf(devstr, sizeof(devstr), "bus=%s", next->name);
+		RTE_DEV_FOREACH_SAFE(dev, devstr, &dev_iter, tdev) {
+			(void)rte_dev_remove(dev);
+		}
+	};
+}
+
 int
 rte_eal_cleanup(void)
 {
 	struct internal_config *internal_conf =
 		eal_get_internal_configuration();
+	remove_all_device();
 	rte_service_finalize();
 	rte_mp_channel_cleanup();
 	/* after this point, any DPDK pointers will become dangling */
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_dev.h
index e6ff1218f9..382d548ea3 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ int
 rte_dev_dma_unmap(struct rte_device *dev, void *addr, uint64_t iova,
 		  size_t len);
 
+#define RTE_DEV_FOREACH_SAFE(dev, devstr, it, tdev) \
+	for (rte_dev_iterator_init(it, devstr), \
+		(dev) = rte_dev_iterator_next(it); \
+		(dev) && ((tdev) = rte_dev_iterator_next(it), 1); \
+		(dev) = (tdev))
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/eal/linux/eal.c b/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
index 1ef263434a..30b295916e 100644
--- a/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
+++ b/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
@@ -1248,6 +1248,38 @@ mark_freeable(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, const struct rte_memseg *ms,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+bus_match_all(const struct rte_bus *bus, const void *data)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(bus);
+	RTE_SET_USED(data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+remove_all_device(void)
+{
+	struct rte_bus *start = NULL, *next;
+	struct rte_dev_iterator dev_iter = {0};
+	struct rte_device *dev = NULL;
+	struct rte_device *tdev = NULL;
+	char devstr[128];
+
+	RTE_DEV_FOREACH_SAFE(dev, "bus=vdev", &dev_iter, tdev) {
+		(void)rte_dev_remove(dev);
+	}
+	while ((next = rte_bus_find(start, bus_match_all, NULL)) != NULL) {
+		start = next;
+		/* Skip buses that don't have iterate method */
+		if (!next->dev_iterate || !next->name)
+			continue;
+		snprintf(devstr, sizeof(devstr), "bus=%s", next->name);
+		RTE_DEV_FOREACH_SAFE(dev, devstr, &dev_iter, tdev) {
+			(void)rte_dev_remove(dev);
+		}
+	};
+}
+
 int
 rte_eal_cleanup(void)
 {
@@ -1257,6 +1289,7 @@ rte_eal_cleanup(void)
 	struct internal_config *internal_conf =
 		eal_get_internal_configuration();
 
+	remove_all_device();
 	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY &&
 			internal_conf->hugepage_file.unlink_existing)
 		rte_memseg_walk(mark_freeable, NULL);
diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/eal.c b/lib/eal/windows/eal.c
index 122de2a319..3d7d411293 100644
--- a/lib/eal/windows/eal.c
+++ b/lib/eal/windows/eal.c
@@ -254,12 +254,45 @@ __rte_trace_point_register(rte_trace_point_t *trace, const char *name,
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
 
+static int
+bus_match_all(const struct rte_bus *bus, const void *data)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(bus);
+	RTE_SET_USED(data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+remove_all_device(void)
+{
+	struct rte_bus *start = NULL, *next;
+	struct rte_dev_iterator dev_iter = {0};
+	struct rte_device *dev = NULL;
+	struct rte_device *tdev = NULL;
+	char devstr[128];
+
+	RTE_DEV_FOREACH_SAFE(dev, "bus=vdev", &dev_iter, tdev) {
+		(void)rte_dev_remove(dev);
+	}
+	while ((next = rte_bus_find(start, bus_match_all, NULL)) != NULL) {
+		start = next;
+		/* Skip buses that don't have iterate method */
+		if (!next->dev_iterate || !next->name)
+			continue;
+		snprintf(devstr, sizeof(devstr), "bus=%s", next->name);
+		RTE_DEV_FOREACH_SAFE(dev, devstr, &dev_iter, tdev) {
+			(void)rte_dev_remove(dev);
+		}
+	};
+}
+
 int
 rte_eal_cleanup(void)
 {
 	struct internal_config *internal_conf =
 		eal_get_internal_configuration();
 
+	remove_all_device();
 	eal_intr_thread_cancel();
 	eal_mem_virt2iova_cleanup();
 	/* after this point, any DPDK pointers will become dangling */
