diff --git a/app/test/virtual_pmd.c b/app/test/virtual_pmd.c
index 56eeb99..4831113 100644
--- a/app/test/virtual_pmd.c
+++ b/app/test/virtual_pmd.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ virtual_ethdev_create(const char *name, struct ether_addr *mac_addr,
 	if (eth_dev == NULL)
 		goto err;
 
-	pci_dev->numa_node = socket_id;
+	pci_dev->device.numa_node = socket_id;
 	pci_drv->driver.name = virtual_ethdev_driver_name;
 	pci_drv->id_table = id_table;
 
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ virtual_ethdev_create(const char *name, struct ether_addr *mac_addr,
 	eth_dev->dev_ops = &dev_private->dev_ops;
 
 	eth_dev->pci_dev = pci_dev;
-	eth_dev->pci_dev->driver = &eth_drv->pci_drv;
+	eth_dev->pci_dev->device.driver = &eth_drv->pci_drv.driver;
 
 	eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = virtual_ethdev_rx_burst_success;
 	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = virtual_ethdev_tx_burst_success;
diff --git a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
index 11e4014..8d815fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ fm10k_dev_tx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		/* Enable use of FTAG bit in TX descriptor, PFVTCTL
 		 * register is read-only for VF.
 		 */
-		if (fm10k_check_ftag(dev->pci_dev->devargs)) {
+		if (fm10k_check_ftag(dev->pci_dev->device.devargs)) {
 			if (hw->mac.type == fm10k_mac_pf) {
 				FM10K_WRITE_REG(hw, FM10K_PFVTCTL(i),
 						FM10K_PFVTCTL_FTAG_DESC_ENABLE);
@@ -2731,7 +2731,7 @@ fm10k_set_tx_function(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	int use_sse = 1;
 	uint16_t tx_ftag_en = 0;
 
-	if (fm10k_check_ftag(dev->pci_dev->devargs))
+	if (fm10k_check_ftag(dev->pci_dev->device.devargs))
 		tx_ftag_en = 1;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++) {
@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ fm10k_set_rx_function(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	uint16_t i, rx_using_sse;
 	uint16_t rx_ftag_en = 0;
 
-	if (fm10k_check_ftag(dev->pci_dev->devargs))
+	if (fm10k_check_ftag(dev->pci_dev->device.devargs))
 		rx_ftag_en = 1;
 
 	/* In order to allow Vector Rx there are a few configuration
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index 892a221..6d2f027 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -905,8 +905,10 @@ config_floating_veb(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	memset(pf->floating_veb_list, 0, sizeof(pf->floating_veb_list));
 
 	if (hw->aq.fw_maj_ver >= FLOATING_VEB_SUPPORTED_FW_MAJ) {
-		pf->floating_veb = is_floating_veb_supported(pci_dev->devargs);
-		config_vf_floating_veb(pci_dev->devargs, pf->floating_veb,
+		pf->floating_veb =
+			is_floating_veb_supported(pci_dev->device.devargs);
+		config_vf_floating_veb(pci_dev->device.devargs,
+				       pf->floating_veb,
 				       pf->floating_veb_list);
 	} else {
 		pf->floating_veb = false;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index 82c11f3..85d6c1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ mlx5_pci_devinit(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 		priv->mtu = ETHER_MTU;
 		priv->mps = mps; /* Enable MPW by default if supported. */
 		priv->cqe_comp = 1; /* Enable compression by default. */
-		err = mlx5_args(priv, pci_dev->devargs);
+		err = mlx5_args(priv, pci_dev->device.devargs);
 		if (err) {
 			ERROR("failed to process device arguments: %s",
 			      strerror(err));
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.c
index f1a7ca7..9b47165 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -745,8 +745,9 @@ vtpci_init(struct rte_pci_device *dev, struct virtio_hw *hw,
 	PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "trying with legacy virtio pci.");
 	if (legacy_virtio_resource_init(dev, hw, dev_flags) < 0) {
 		if (dev->kdrv == RTE_KDRV_UNKNOWN &&
-		    (!dev->devargs ||
-		     dev->devargs->type != RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI)) {
+		    (!dev->device.devargs ||
+		     dev->device.devargs->type !=
+			RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI)) {
 			PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO,
 				"skip kernel managed virtio device.");
 			return 1;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c
index 1d91c78..8b3ed88 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ pci_scan_one(int dev_pci_fd, struct pci_conf *conf)
 	dev->max_vfs = 0;
 
 	/* FreeBSD has no NUMA support (yet) */
-	dev->numa_node = 0;
+	dev->device.numa_node = 0;
 
 	/* FreeBSD has only one pass through driver */
 	dev->kdrv = RTE_KDRV_NIC_UIO;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c
index 2c89530..96f6db4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c
@@ -185,11 +185,12 @@ rte_eal_pci_probe_one_driver(struct rte_pci_driver *dr, struct rte_pci_device *d
 
 		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "PCI device "PCI_PRI_FMT" on NUMA socket %i\n",
 				loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function,
-				dev->numa_node);
+				dev->device.numa_node);
 
 		/* no initialization when blacklisted, return without error */
-		if (dev->devargs != NULL &&
-			dev->devargs->type == RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI) {
+		if (dev->device.devargs != NULL &&
+			dev->device.devargs->type ==
+				RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI) {
 			RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "  Device is blacklisted, not initializing\n");
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_detach_dev(struct rte_pci_driver *dr,
 
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "PCI device "PCI_PRI_FMT" on NUMA socket %i\n",
 				loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid,
-				loc->function, dev->numa_node);
+				loc->function, dev->device.numa_node);
 
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "  remove driver: %x:%x %s\n", dev->id.vendor_id,
 				dev->id.device_id, dr->driver.name);
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_probe(void)
 		/* set devargs in PCI structure */
 		devargs = pci_devargs_lookup(dev);
 		if (devargs != NULL)
-			dev->devargs = devargs;
+			dev->device.devargs = devargs;
 
 		/* probe all or only whitelisted devices */
 		if (probe_all)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h
index 4d8daf7..56ff6f2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h
@@ -149,14 +149,13 @@ enum rte_kernel_driver {
  */
 struct rte_pci_device {
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_pci_device) next;       /**< Next probed PCI device. */
+	struct rte_device device;               /**< Inherit core device */
 	struct rte_pci_addr addr;               /**< PCI location. */
 	struct rte_pci_id id;                   /**< PCI ID. */
 	struct rte_mem_resource mem_resource[PCI_MAX_RESOURCE];   /**< PCI Memory Resource */
 	struct rte_intr_handle intr_handle;     /**< Interrupt handle */
 	struct rte_pci_driver *driver;          /**< Associated driver */
 	uint16_t max_vfs;                       /**< sriov enable if not zero */
-	int numa_node;                          /**< NUMA node connection */
-	struct rte_devargs *devargs;            /**< Device user arguments */
 	enum rte_kernel_driver kdrv;            /**< Kernel driver passthrough */
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c
index 62da4d4..876ba38 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 		 dirname);
 	if (access(filename, R_OK) != 0) {
 		/* if no NUMA support, set default to 0 */
-		dev->numa_node = 0;
+		dev->device.numa_node = 0;
 	} else {
 		if (eal_parse_sysfs_value(filename, &tmp) < 0) {
 			free(dev);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		dev->numa_node = tmp;
+		dev->device.numa_node = tmp;
 	}
 
 	/* parse resources */
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 
 	/* device is valid, add in list (sorted) */
 	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&pci_device_list)) {
+		rte_eal_device_insert(&dev->device);
 		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pci_device_list, dev, next);
 	} else {
 		struct rte_pci_device *dev2;
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 
 			if (ret < 0) {
 				TAILQ_INSERT_BEFORE(dev2, dev, next);
+				rte_eal_device_insert(&dev->device);
 			} else { /* already registered */
 				dev2->kdrv = dev->kdrv;
 				dev2->max_vfs = dev->max_vfs;
@@ -411,6 +413,7 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 			}
 			return 0;
 		}
+		rte_eal_device_insert(&dev->device);
 		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pci_device_list, dev, next);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index d7179e1..d54ec9e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -3207,7 +3207,7 @@ rte_eth_copy_pci_info(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, struct rte_pci_device *pci_de
 		eth_dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE;
 
 	eth_dev->data->kdrv = pci_dev->kdrv;
-	eth_dev->data->numa_node = pci_dev->numa_node;
+	eth_dev->data->numa_node = pci_dev->device.numa_node;
 	eth_dev->data->drv_name = pci_dev->driver->driver.name;
 }
 
