diff --git a/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c b/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c
index 6b16a20bb..bb8b3dcfb 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ ifpga_scan_one(struct rte_rawdev *rawdev,
 	afu_dev->id.port      = afu_pr_conf.afu_id.port;
 
 	if (rawdev->dev_ops && rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get)
-		rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get(rawdev, afu_dev);
+		rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get(rawdev, afu_dev, sizeof(*afu_dev));
 
 	if (rawdev->dev_ops &&
 		rawdev->dev_ops->dev_start &&
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
index cc25c662b..47cfa3877 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@ ifpga_fill_afu_dev(struct opae_accelerator *acc,
 
 static void
 ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
-				     rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info)
+		      rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
+		      size_t dev_info_size)
 {
 	struct opae_adapter *adapter;
 	struct opae_accelerator *acc;
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 
 	IFPGA_RAWDEV_PMD_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	if (!dev_info) {
+	if (!dev_info || dev_info_size != sizeof(*afu_dev)) {
 		IFPGA_RAWDEV_PMD_ERR("Invalid request");
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
index f876ffc3f..8dd856c55 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
@@ -113,12 +113,13 @@ ioat_dev_stop(struct rte_rawdev *dev)
 }
 
 static void
-ioat_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info)
+ioat_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
+		size_t dev_info_size)
 {
 	struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config *cfg = dev_info;
 	struct rte_ioat_rawdev *ioat = dev->dev_private;
 
-	if (cfg != NULL)
+	if (cfg != NULL && dev_info_size == sizeof(*cfg))
 		cfg->ring_size = ioat->ring_size;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
index d99f1bd6b..90f5974cd 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ ioat_rawdev_test(uint16_t dev_id)
 		return TEST_SKIPPED;
 	}
 
-	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &info, sizeof(p));
 	if (p.ring_size != expected_ring_size[dev_id]) {
 		printf("Error, initial ring size is not as expected (Actual: %d, Expected: %d)\n",
 				(int)p.ring_size, expected_ring_size[dev_id]);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ ioat_rawdev_test(uint16_t dev_id)
 		printf("Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &info, sizeof(p));
 	if (p.ring_size != IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE) {
 		printf("Error, ring size is not %d (%d)\n",
 				IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE, (int)p.ring_size);
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
index e40412bb7..4676c6f8f 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
@@ -801,11 +801,17 @@ ntb_dequeue_bufs(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 }
 
 static void
-ntb_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info)
+ntb_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
+		size_t dev_info_size)
 {
 	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
 	struct ntb_dev_info *info = dev_info;
 
+	if (dev_info_size != sizeof(*info)){
+		NTB_LOG(ERR, "Invalid size parameter to %s", __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	info->mw_cnt = hw->mw_cnt;
 	info->mw_size = hw->mw_size;
 
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
index 72ece887a..dc05f3ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ static struct queue_buffers queue_buf[SKELETON_MAX_QUEUES] = {};
 static void clear_queue_bufs(int queue_id);
 
 static void skeleton_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
-				     rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info)
+				     rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
+				     size_t dev_info_size)
 {
 	struct skeleton_rawdev *skeldev;
 	struct skeleton_rawdev_conf *skeldev_conf;
 
 	SKELETON_PMD_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	if (!dev_info) {
+	if (!dev_info || dev_info_size != sizeof(*skeldev_conf)) {
 		SKELETON_PMD_ERR("Invalid request");
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
index 9ecfdee81..9b8390dfb 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ test_rawdev_info_get(void)
 	struct rte_rawdev_info rdev_info = {0};
 	struct skeleton_rawdev_conf skel_conf = {0};
 
-	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, NULL);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, NULL, 0);
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ret == -EINVAL, "Expected -EINVAL, %d", ret);
 
 	rdev_info.dev_private = &skel_conf;
 
-	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, &rdev_info);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, &rdev_info, sizeof(skel_conf));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to get raw dev info");
 
 	return TEST_SUCCESS;
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ test_rawdev_configure(void)
 
 	rdev_info.dev_private = &rdev_conf_get;
 	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id,
-				  (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+				  (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+				  sizeof(rdev_conf_get));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret,
 				"Failed to obtain rawdev configuration (%d)",
 				ret);
@@ -170,7 +171,8 @@ test_rawdev_queue_default_conf_get(void)
 	/* Get the current configuration */
 	rdev_info.dev_private = &rdev_conf_get;
 	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id,
-				  (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+				  (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+				  sizeof(rdev_conf_get));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to obtain rawdev configuration (%d)",
 				ret);
 
@@ -218,7 +220,8 @@ test_rawdev_queue_setup(void)
 	/* Get the current configuration */
 	rdev_info.dev_private = &rdev_conf_get;
 	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id,
-				  (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+				  (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+				  sizeof(rdev_conf_get));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret,
 				"Failed to obtain rawdev configuration (%d)",
 				ret);
@@ -327,7 +330,8 @@ test_rawdev_start_stop(void)
 	dummy_firmware = NULL;
 
 	rte_rawdev_start(test_dev_id);
-	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+			sizeof(rdev_conf_get));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret,
 				"Failed to obtain rawdev configuration (%d)",
 				ret);
@@ -336,7 +340,8 @@ test_rawdev_start_stop(void)
 			      rdev_conf_get.device_state);
 
 	rte_rawdev_stop(test_dev_id);
-	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_info_get(test_dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+			sizeof(rdev_conf_get));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret,
 				"Failed to obtain rawdev configuration (%d)",
 				ret);
diff --git a/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c b/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
index b66ee73bc..5c631da1b 100644
--- a/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
+++ b/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ assign_rawdevs(void)
 			do {
 				if (rdev_id == rte_rawdev_count())
 					goto end;
-				rte_rawdev_info_get(rdev_id++, &rdev_info);
+				rte_rawdev_info_get(rdev_id++, &rdev_info, 0);
 			} while (rdev_info.driver_name == NULL ||
 					strcmp(rdev_info.driver_name,
 						IOAT_PMD_RAWDEV_NAME_STR) != 0);
diff --git a/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c b/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
index eba8ebf9f..11e224451 100644
--- a/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
+++ b/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	rte_rawdev_set_attr(dev_id, NTB_QUEUE_NUM_NAME, num_queues);
 	printf("Set queue number as %u.\n", num_queues);
 	ntb_rawdev_info.dev_private = (rte_rawdev_obj_t)(&ntb_info);
-	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &ntb_rawdev_info);
+	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &ntb_rawdev_info, sizeof(ntb_info));
 
 	nb_mbuf = nb_desc * num_queues * 2 * 2 + rte_lcore_count() *
 		  MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE;
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
index 8f84d0b22..a57689035 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ rte_rawdev_socket_id(uint16_t dev_id)
 }
 
 int
-rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info)
+rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info,
+		size_t dev_private_size)
 {
 	struct rte_rawdev *rawdev;
 
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info)
 
 	if (dev_info->dev_private != NULL) {
 		RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get, -ENOTSUP);
-		(*rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get)(rawdev, dev_info->dev_private);
+		(*rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get)(rawdev, dev_info->dev_private,
+				dev_private_size);
 	}
 
 	dev_info->driver_name = rawdev->driver_name;
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
index 32f6b8bb0..cf6acfd26 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
@@ -82,13 +82,20 @@ struct rte_rawdev_info;
  *   will be returned. This can be used to safely query the type of a rawdev
  *   instance without needing to know the size of the private data to return.
  *
+ * @param dev_private_size
+ *   The length of the memory space pointed to by dev_private in dev_info.
+ *   This should be set to the size of the expected private structure to be
+ *   returned, and may be checked by drivers to ensure the expected struct
+ *   type is provided.
+ *
  * @return
  *   - 0: Success, driver updates the contextual information of the raw device
  *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver info get function.
  *
  */
 int
-rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info);
+rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info,
+		size_t dev_private_size);
 
 /**
  * Configure a raw device.
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
index 4395a2182..0e72a9205 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
@@ -138,12 +138,15 @@ rte_rawdev_pmd_is_valid_dev(uint8_t dev_id)
  *   Raw device pointer
  * @param dev_info
  *   Raw device information structure
+ * @param dev_private_size
+ *   The size of the structure pointed to by dev_info->dev_private
  *
  * @return
  *   Returns 0 on success
  */
 typedef void (*rawdev_info_get_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
-				  rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info);
+				  rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
+				  size_t dev_private_size);
 
 /**
  * Configure a device.
