diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c
index a1f2c69..4846b68 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c
@@ -106,12 +106,9 @@ cperf_set_ops_cipher(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 		sym_op->m_dst = bufs_out[i];
 
 		/* cipher parameters */
-		sym_op->cipher.iv.data = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i],
-							uint8_t *, iv_offset);
-		sym_op->cipher.iv.phys_addr = rte_crypto_op_ctophys_offset(ops[i],
-							iv_offset);
+		sym_op->cipher.iv.offset = iv_offset;
 		sym_op->cipher.iv.length = test_vector->iv.length;
-		memcpy(sym_op->cipher.iv.data,
+		memcpy(rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i], uint8_t *, iv_offset),
 				test_vector->iv.data,
 				test_vector->iv.length);
 
@@ -211,12 +208,9 @@ cperf_set_ops_cipher_auth(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 		sym_op->m_dst = bufs_out[i];
 
 		/* cipher parameters */
-		sym_op->cipher.iv.data = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i],
-							uint8_t *, iv_offset);
-		sym_op->cipher.iv.phys_addr = rte_crypto_op_ctophys_offset(ops[i],
-							iv_offset);
+		sym_op->cipher.iv.offset = iv_offset;
 		sym_op->cipher.iv.length = test_vector->iv.length;
-		memcpy(sym_op->cipher.iv.data,
+		memcpy(rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i], uint8_t *, iv_offset),
 				test_vector->iv.data,
 				test_vector->iv.length);
 
@@ -293,12 +287,9 @@ cperf_set_ops_aead(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 		sym_op->m_dst = bufs_out[i];
 
 		/* cipher parameters */
-		sym_op->cipher.iv.data = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i],
-							uint8_t *, iv_offset);
-		sym_op->cipher.iv.phys_addr = rte_crypto_op_ctophys_offset(ops[i],
-							iv_offset);
+		sym_op->cipher.iv.offset = iv_offset;
 		sym_op->cipher.iv.length = test_vector->iv.length;
-		memcpy(sym_op->cipher.iv.data,
+		memcpy(rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i], uint8_t *, iv_offset),
 				test_vector->iv.data,
 				test_vector->iv.length);
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c
index 31e48aa..573e071 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c
@@ -191,12 +191,14 @@ aesni_gcm_get_session(struct aesni_gcm_qp *qp, struct rte_crypto_op *op)
  *
  */
 static int
-process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_sym_op *op,
+process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 		struct aesni_gcm_session *session)
 {
 	uint8_t *src, *dst;
-	struct rte_mbuf *m_src = op->m_src;
-	uint32_t offset = op->cipher.data.offset;
+	uint8_t *IV_ptr;
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_op *sym_op = op->sym;
+	struct rte_mbuf *m_src = sym_op->m_src;
+	uint32_t offset = sym_op->cipher.data.offset;
 	uint32_t part_len, total_len, data_len;
 
 	RTE_ASSERT(m_src != NULL);
@@ -209,53 +211,55 @@ process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_sym_op *op,
 	}
 
 	data_len = m_src->data_len - offset;
-	part_len = (data_len < op->cipher.data.length) ? data_len :
-			op->cipher.data.length;
+	part_len = (data_len < sym_op->cipher.data.length) ? data_len :
+			sym_op->cipher.data.length;
 
 	/* Destination buffer is required when segmented source buffer */
-	RTE_ASSERT((part_len == op->cipher.data.length) ||
-			((part_len != op->cipher.data.length) &&
-					(op->m_dst != NULL)));
+	RTE_ASSERT((part_len == sym_op->cipher.data.length) ||
+			((part_len != sym_op->cipher.data.length) &&
+					(sym_op->m_dst != NULL)));
 	/* Segmented destination buffer is not supported */
-	RTE_ASSERT((op->m_dst == NULL) ||
-			((op->m_dst != NULL) &&
-					rte_pktmbuf_is_contiguous(op->m_dst)));
+	RTE_ASSERT((sym_op->m_dst == NULL) ||
+			((sym_op->m_dst != NULL) &&
+					rte_pktmbuf_is_contiguous(sym_op->m_dst)));
 
 
-	dst = op->m_dst ?
-			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(op->m_dst, uint8_t *,
-					op->cipher.data.offset) :
-			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(op->m_src, uint8_t *,
-					op->cipher.data.offset);
+	dst = sym_op->m_dst ?
+			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(sym_op->m_dst, uint8_t *,
+					sym_op->cipher.data.offset) :
+			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(sym_op->m_src, uint8_t *,
+					sym_op->cipher.data.offset);
 
 	src = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m_src, uint8_t *, offset);
 
 	/* sanity checks */
-	if (op->cipher.iv.length != 16 && op->cipher.iv.length != 12 &&
-			op->cipher.iv.length != 0) {
+	if (sym_op->cipher.iv.length != 16 && sym_op->cipher.iv.length != 12 &&
+			sym_op->cipher.iv.length != 0) {
 		GCM_LOG_ERR("iv");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+				sym_op->cipher.iv.offset);
 	/*
 	 * GCM working in 12B IV mode => 16B pre-counter block we need
 	 * to set BE LSB to 1, driver expects that 16B is allocated
 	 */
-	if (op->cipher.iv.length == 12) {
-		uint32_t *iv_padd = (uint32_t *)&op->cipher.iv.data[12];
+	if (sym_op->cipher.iv.length == 12) {
+		uint32_t *iv_padd = (uint32_t *)&(IV_ptr[12]);
 		*iv_padd = rte_bswap32(1);
 	}
 
 	if (session->op == AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_ENCRYPTION) {
 
 		aesni_gcm_enc[session->key].init(&session->gdata,
-				op->cipher.iv.data,
-				op->auth.aad.data,
-				(uint64_t)op->auth.aad.length);
+				IV_ptr,
+				sym_op->auth.aad.data,
+				(uint64_t)sym_op->auth.aad.length);
 
 		aesni_gcm_enc[session->key].update(&session->gdata, dst, src,
 				(uint64_t)part_len);
-		total_len = op->cipher.data.length - part_len;
+		total_len = sym_op->cipher.data.length - part_len;
 
 		while (total_len) {
 			dst += part_len;
@@ -274,11 +278,11 @@ process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_sym_op *op,
 		}
 
 		aesni_gcm_enc[session->key].finalize(&session->gdata,
-				op->auth.digest.data,
+				sym_op->auth.digest.data,
 				(uint64_t)session->digest_length);
 	} else { /* session->op == AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_DECRYPTION */
-		uint8_t *auth_tag = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(op->m_dst ?
-				op->m_dst : op->m_src,
+		uint8_t *auth_tag = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(sym_op->m_dst ?
+				sym_op->m_dst : sym_op->m_src,
 				session->digest_length);
 
 		if (!auth_tag) {
@@ -287,13 +291,13 @@ process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_sym_op *op,
 		}
 
 		aesni_gcm_dec[session->key].init(&session->gdata,
-				op->cipher.iv.data,
-				op->auth.aad.data,
-				(uint64_t)op->auth.aad.length);
+				IV_ptr,
+				sym_op->auth.aad.data,
+				(uint64_t)sym_op->auth.aad.length);
 
 		aesni_gcm_dec[session->key].update(&session->gdata, dst, src,
 				(uint64_t)part_len);
-		total_len = op->cipher.data.length - part_len;
+		total_len = sym_op->cipher.data.length - part_len;
 
 		while (total_len) {
 			dst += part_len;
@@ -405,7 +409,7 @@ aesni_gcm_pmd_dequeue_burst(void *queue_pair,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		retval = process_gcm_crypto_op(ops[i]->sym, sess);
+		retval = process_gcm_crypto_op(ops[i], sess);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			ops[i]->status = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_INVALID_ARGS;
 			qp->qp_stats.dequeue_err_count++;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c
index 21e3bb2..284e111 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c
@@ -470,7 +470,8 @@ set_mb_job_params(JOB_AES_HMAC *job, struct aesni_mb_qp *qp,
 			get_truncated_digest_byte_length(job->hash_alg);
 
 	/* Set IV parameters */
-	job->iv = op->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+	job->iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+			op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 	job->iv_len_in_bytes = op->sym->cipher.iv.length;
 
 	/* Data  Parameter */
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c
index 3ca9007..77d79df 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/armv8/rte_armv8_pmd.c
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ process_armv8_chained_op
 		return;
 	}
 
-	arg.cipher.iv = op->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+	arg.cipher.iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+					op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 	arg.cipher.key = sess->cipher.key.data;
 	/* Acquire combined mode function */
 	crypto_func = sess->crypto_func;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
index 336c281..c192141 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ build_authenc_fd(dpaa2_sec_session *sess,
 	int icv_len = sess->digest_length;
 	uint8_t *old_icv;
 	uint32_t mem_len = (7 * sizeof(struct qbman_fle)) + icv_len;
+	uint8_t *IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+			op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ build_authenc_fd(dpaa2_sec_session *sess,
 			 sess->digest_length);
 
 	/* Configure Input SGE for Encap/Decap */
-	DPAA2_SET_FLE_ADDR(sge, DPAA2_VADDR_TO_IOVA(sym_op->cipher.iv.data));
+	DPAA2_SET_FLE_ADDR(sge, DPAA2_VADDR_TO_IOVA(IV_ptr));
 	sge->length = sym_op->cipher.iv.length;
 	sge++;
 
@@ -307,6 +309,8 @@ build_cipher_fd(dpaa2_sec_session *sess, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 	uint32_t mem_len = (5 * sizeof(struct qbman_fle));
 	struct sec_flow_context *flc;
 	struct ctxt_priv *priv = sess->ctxt;
+	uint8_t *IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+			op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
@@ -369,7 +373,7 @@ build_cipher_fd(dpaa2_sec_session *sess, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 
 	DPAA2_SET_FLE_SG_EXT(fle);
 
-	DPAA2_SET_FLE_ADDR(sge, DPAA2_VADDR_TO_IOVA(sym_op->cipher.iv.data));
+	DPAA2_SET_FLE_ADDR(sge, DPAA2_VADDR_TO_IOVA(IV_ptr));
 	sge->length = sym_op->cipher.iv.length;
 
 	sge++;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c
index 6407a7d..4905641 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ process_kasumi_cipher_op(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 	unsigned i;
 	uint8_t processed_ops = 0;
 	uint8_t *src[num_ops], *dst[num_ops];
+	uint8_t *IV_ptr;
 	uint64_t IV[num_ops];
 	uint32_t num_bytes[num_ops];
 
@@ -197,7 +198,9 @@ process_kasumi_cipher_op(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 				(ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.offset >> 3) :
 			rte_pktmbuf_mtod(ops[i]->sym->m_src, uint8_t *) +
 				(ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.offset >> 3);
-		IV[i] = *((uint64_t *)(ops[i]->sym->cipher.iv.data));
+		IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i], uint8_t *,
+				ops[i]->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
+		IV[i] = *((uint64_t *)(IV_ptr));
 		num_bytes[i] = ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.length >> 3;
 
 		processed_ops++;
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@ process_kasumi_cipher_op_bit(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 		struct kasumi_session *session)
 {
 	uint8_t *src, *dst;
+	uint8_t *IV_ptr;
 	uint64_t IV;
 	uint32_t length_in_bits, offset_in_bits;
 
@@ -234,7 +238,9 @@ process_kasumi_cipher_op_bit(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 		return 0;
 	}
 	dst = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(op->sym->m_dst, uint8_t *);
-	IV = *((uint64_t *)(op->sym->cipher.iv.data));
+	IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+			op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
+	IV = *((uint64_t *)(IV_ptr));
 	length_in_bits = op->sym->cipher.data.length;
 
 	sso_kasumi_f8_1_buffer_bit(&session->pKeySched_cipher, IV,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
index 0333526..c3e3cf2 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
@@ -924,7 +924,8 @@ process_openssl_combined_op
 		return;
 	}
 
-	iv = op->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+	iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+			op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 	ivlen = op->sym->cipher.iv.length;
 	aad = op->sym->auth.aad.data;
 	aadlen = op->sym->auth.aad.length;
@@ -988,7 +989,8 @@ process_openssl_cipher_op
 	dst = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf_dst, uint8_t *,
 			op->sym->cipher.data.offset);
 
-	iv = op->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+	iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+			op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 
 	if (sess->cipher.mode == OPENSSL_CIPHER_LIB)
 		if (sess->cipher.direction == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT)
@@ -1029,7 +1031,8 @@ process_openssl_docsis_bpi_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 	dst = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf_dst, uint8_t *,
 			op->sym->cipher.data.offset);
 
-	iv = op->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+	iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+			op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 
 	block_size = DES_BLOCK_SIZE;
 
@@ -1087,7 +1090,8 @@ process_openssl_docsis_bpi_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 						dst, iv,
 						last_block_len, sess->cipher.bpi_ctx);
 				/* Prepare parameters for CBC mode op */
-				iv = op->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+				iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+						op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 				dst += last_block_len - srclen;
 				srclen -= last_block_len;
 			}
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
index 329f88a..f72d3e3 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
@@ -639,7 +639,8 @@ qat_bpicipher_preprocess(struct qat_session *ctx,
 			iv = last_block - block_len;
 		else
 			/* runt block, i.e. less than one full block */
-			iv = sym_op->cipher.iv.data;
+			iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+					sym_op->cipher.iv.offset);
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT_DEBUG_TX
 		rte_hexdump(stdout, "BPI: src before pre-process:", last_block,
@@ -694,7 +695,8 @@ qat_bpicipher_postprocess(struct qat_session *ctx,
 			iv = dst - block_len;
 		else
 			/* runt block, i.e. less than one full block */
-			iv = sym_op->cipher.iv.data;
+			iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+					sym_op->cipher.iv.offset);
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT_DEBUG_RX
 		rte_hexdump(stdout, "BPI: src before post-process:", last_block,
@@ -895,6 +897,7 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 	uint32_t min_ofs = 0;
 	uint64_t src_buf_start = 0, dst_buf_start = 0;
 	uint8_t do_sgl = 0;
+	uint8_t *IV_ptr;
 
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT_DEBUG_TX
@@ -935,6 +938,8 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 		do_cipher = 1;
 	}
 
+	IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+					op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 	if (do_cipher) {
 
 		if (ctx->qat_cipher_alg ==
@@ -978,14 +983,15 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 			if (op->sym->cipher.iv.length <=
 					sizeof(cipher_param->u.cipher_IV_array)) {
 				rte_memcpy(cipher_param->u.cipher_IV_array,
-						op->sym->cipher.iv.data,
+						IV_ptr,
 						op->sym->cipher.iv.length);
 			} else {
 				ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CIPH_IV_FLD_FLAG_SET(
 						qat_req->comn_hdr.serv_specif_flags,
 						ICP_QAT_FW_CIPH_IV_64BIT_PTR);
 				cipher_param->u.s.cipher_IV_ptr =
-						op->sym->cipher.iv.phys_addr;
+						rte_crypto_op_ctophys_offset(op,
+							op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 			}
 		}
 		min_ofs = cipher_ofs;
@@ -1185,7 +1191,7 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 	rte_hexdump(stdout, "src_data:",
 			rte_pktmbuf_mtod(op->sym->m_src, uint8_t*),
 			rte_pktmbuf_data_len(op->sym->m_src));
-	rte_hexdump(stdout, "iv:", op->sym->cipher.iv.data,
+	rte_hexdump(stdout, "iv:", IV_ptr,
 			op->sym->cipher.iv.length);
 	rte_hexdump(stdout, "digest:", op->sym->auth.digest.data,
 			ctx->digest_length);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c
index 75989da..8ebe302 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ process_snow3g_cipher_op(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 				(ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.offset >> 3) :
 			rte_pktmbuf_mtod(ops[i]->sym->m_src, uint8_t *) +
 				(ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.offset >> 3);
-		IV[i] = ops[i]->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+		IV[i] = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i], uint8_t *,
+				ops[i]->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 		num_bytes[i] = ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.length >> 3;
 
 		processed_ops++;
@@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ process_snow3g_cipher_op_bit(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 		return 0;
 	}
 	dst = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(op->sym->m_dst, uint8_t *);
-	IV = op->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+	IV = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+				op->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 	length_in_bits = op->sym->cipher.data.length;
 
 	sso_snow3g_f8_1_buffer_bit(&session->pKeySched_cipher, IV,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c
index e7a3de8..df58ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ process_zuc_cipher_op(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 				(ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.offset >> 3) :
 			rte_pktmbuf_mtod(ops[i]->sym->m_src, uint8_t *) +
 				(ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.offset >> 3);
-		IV[i] = ops[i]->sym->cipher.iv.data;
+		IV[i] = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(ops[i], uint8_t *,
+				ops[i]->sym->cipher.iv.offset);
 		num_bytes[i] = ops[i]->sym->cipher.data.length >> 3;
 
 		cipher_keys[i] = session->pKey_cipher;
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
index 982a97c..4b921e8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
@@ -435,8 +435,10 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 		} data; /**< Data offsets and length for ciphering */
 
 		struct {
-			uint8_t *data;
-			/**< Initialisation Vector or Counter.
+			uint16_t offset;
+			/**< Starting point for Initialisation Vector or Counter,
+			 * specified as number of bytes from start of crypto
+			 * operation.
 			 *
 			 * - For block ciphers in CBC or F8 mode, or for KASUMI
 			 * in F8 mode, or for SNOW 3G in UEA2 mode, this is the
@@ -462,7 +464,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 			 * For optimum performance, the data pointed to SHOULD
 			 * be 8-byte aligned.
 			 */
-			phys_addr_t phys_addr;
 			uint16_t length;
 			/**< Length of valid IV data.
 			 *
