diff --git a/drivers/event/dpaa/dpaa_eventdev.c b/drivers/event/dpaa/dpaa_eventdev.c
index f615da3813..46a9b88c73 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dpaa/dpaa_eventdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/dpaa/dpaa_eventdev.c
@@ -994,14 +994,14 @@ dpaa_event_check_flags(const char *params)
 }
 
 static int
-dpaa_event_dev_create(const char *name, const char *params)
+dpaa_event_dev_create(const char *name, const char *params, struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct rte_eventdev *eventdev;
 	struct dpaa_eventdev *priv;
 
 	eventdev = rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(name,
 					   sizeof(struct dpaa_eventdev),
-					   rte_socket_id());
+					   rte_socket_id(), vdev);
 	if (eventdev == NULL) {
 		DPAA_EVENTDEV_ERR("Failed to create eventdev vdev %s", name);
 		goto fail;
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ dpaa_event_dev_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 
 	params = rte_vdev_device_args(vdev);
 
-	return dpaa_event_dev_create(name, params);
+	return dpaa_event_dev_create(name, params, vdev);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c b/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
index ffc5550f85..dd4e64395f 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/dpaa2/dpaa2_eventdev.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ dpaa2_eventdev_setup_dpci(struct dpaa2_dpci_dev *dpci_dev,
 }
 
 static int
-dpaa2_eventdev_create(const char *name)
+dpaa2_eventdev_create(const char *name, struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct rte_eventdev *eventdev;
 	struct dpaa2_eventdev *priv;
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ dpaa2_eventdev_create(const char *name)
 
 	eventdev = rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(name,
 					   sizeof(struct dpaa2_eventdev),
-					   rte_socket_id());
+					   rte_socket_id(), vdev);
 	if (eventdev == NULL) {
 		DPAA2_EVENTDEV_ERR("Failed to create Event device %s", name);
 		goto fail;
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ dpaa2_eventdev_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 
 	name = rte_vdev_device_name(vdev);
 	DPAA2_EVENTDEV_INFO("Initializing %s", name);
-	return dpaa2_eventdev_create(name);
+	return dpaa2_eventdev_create(name, vdev);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/event/dsw/dsw_evdev.c b/drivers/event/dsw/dsw_evdev.c
index 785c12f61f..1209e73a9d 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dsw/dsw_evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/dsw/dsw_evdev.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ dsw_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 	name = rte_vdev_device_name(vdev);
 
 	dev = rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(name, sizeof(struct dsw_evdev),
-				      rte_socket_id());
+				      rte_socket_id(), vdev);
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
diff --git a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
index 0eb9358981..a16f24e088 100644
--- a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ ssovf_vdev_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 	}
 
 	eventdev = rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(name, sizeof(struct ssovf_evdev),
-				rte_socket_id());
+				rte_socket_id(), vdev);
 	if (eventdev == NULL) {
 		ssovf_log_err("Failed to create eventdev vdev %s", name);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/event/opdl/opdl_evdev.c b/drivers/event/opdl/opdl_evdev.c
index dd25749654..0cccaf7e97 100644
--- a/drivers/event/opdl/opdl_evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/opdl/opdl_evdev.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ opdl_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 		}
 	}
 	dev = rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(name,
-			sizeof(struct opdl_evdev), socket_id);
+			sizeof(struct opdl_evdev), socket_id, vdev);
 
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "eventdev vdev init() failed");
diff --git a/drivers/event/skeleton/skeleton_eventdev.c b/drivers/event/skeleton/skeleton_eventdev.c
index dc9b131641..7db1efaf14 100644
--- a/drivers/event/skeleton/skeleton_eventdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/skeleton/skeleton_eventdev.c
@@ -428,12 +428,12 @@ RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(event_skeleton_pci, pci_id_skeleton_map);
 /* VDEV based event device */
 
 static int
-skeleton_eventdev_create(const char *name, int socket_id)
+skeleton_eventdev_create(const char *name, int socket_id, struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct rte_eventdev *eventdev;
 
 	eventdev = rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(name,
-			sizeof(struct skeleton_eventdev), socket_id);
+			sizeof(struct skeleton_eventdev), socket_id, vdev);
 	if (eventdev == NULL) {
 		PMD_DRV_ERR("Failed to create eventdev vdev %s", name);
 		goto fail;
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ skeleton_eventdev_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 	name = rte_vdev_device_name(vdev);
 	RTE_LOG(INFO, PMD, "Initializing %s on NUMA node %d\n", name,
 			rte_socket_id());
-	return skeleton_eventdev_create(name, rte_socket_id());
+	return skeleton_eventdev_create(name, rte_socket_id(), vdev);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
index 6d1816b76d..55e7735cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ sw_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 			min_burst_size, deq_burst_size, refill_once);
 
 	dev = rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(name,
-			sizeof(struct sw_evdev), socket_id);
+			sizeof(struct sw_evdev), socket_id, vdev);
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		SW_LOG_ERR("eventdev vdev init() failed");
 		return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/lib/eventdev/eventdev_pmd_vdev.h b/lib/eventdev/eventdev_pmd_vdev.h
index 5fa9d699ac..bb433ba955 100644
--- a/lib/eventdev/eventdev_pmd_vdev.h
+++ b/lib/eventdev/eventdev_pmd_vdev.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extern "C" {
 __rte_internal
 static inline struct rte_eventdev *
 rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(const char *name, size_t dev_private_size,
-		int socket_id)
+		int socket_id, struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 {
 
 	struct rte_eventdev *eventdev;
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ rte_event_pmd_vdev_init(const char *name, size_t dev_private_size,
 			rte_panic("Cannot allocate memzone for private device"
 					" data");
 	}
+	eventdev->dev = &vdev->device;
 
 	return eventdev;
 }
