diff --git a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
index c181094d5..7c15e204c 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
@@ -249,11 +249,15 @@ ntb_dev_intr_handler(void *param)
 static void
 ntb_queue_conf_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 		   uint16_t queue_id,
-		   rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+		   rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+		   size_t conf_size)
 {
 	struct ntb_queue_conf *q_conf = queue_conf;
 	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
 
+	if (conf_size != sizeof(*q_conf))
+		return;
+
 	q_conf->tx_free_thresh = hw->tx_queues[queue_id]->tx_free_thresh;
 	q_conf->nb_desc = hw->rx_queues[queue_id]->nb_rx_desc;
 	q_conf->rx_mp = hw->rx_queues[queue_id]->mpool;
@@ -294,12 +298,16 @@ ntb_rxq_release(struct ntb_rx_queue *rxq)
 static int
 ntb_rxq_setup(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 	      uint16_t qp_id,
-	      rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+	      rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+	      size_t conf_size)
 {
 	struct ntb_queue_conf *rxq_conf = queue_conf;
 	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
 	struct ntb_rx_queue *rxq;
 
+	if (conf_size != sizeof(*rxq_conf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Allocate the rx queue data structure */
 	rxq = rte_zmalloc_socket("ntb rx queue",
 				 sizeof(struct ntb_rx_queue),
@@ -375,13 +383,17 @@ ntb_txq_release(struct ntb_tx_queue *txq)
 static int
 ntb_txq_setup(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 	      uint16_t qp_id,
-	      rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+	      rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+	      size_t conf_size)
 {
 	struct ntb_queue_conf *txq_conf = queue_conf;
 	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
 	struct ntb_tx_queue *txq;
 	uint16_t i, prev;
 
+	if (conf_size != sizeof(*txq_conf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Allocate the TX queue data structure. */
 	txq = rte_zmalloc_socket("ntb tx queue",
 				  sizeof(struct ntb_tx_queue),
@@ -439,7 +451,8 @@ ntb_txq_setup(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 static int
 ntb_queue_setup(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 		uint16_t queue_id,
-		rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+		rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+		size_t conf_size)
 {
 	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
 	int ret;
@@ -447,11 +460,11 @@ ntb_queue_setup(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 	if (queue_id >= hw->queue_pairs)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = ntb_txq_setup(dev, queue_id, queue_conf);
+	ret = ntb_txq_setup(dev, queue_id, queue_conf, conf_size);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = ntb_rxq_setup(dev, queue_id, queue_conf);
+	ret = ntb_rxq_setup(dev, queue_id, queue_conf, conf_size);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
index 531d0450c..f109e4d2c 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
@@ -222,14 +222,15 @@ static int skeleton_rawdev_reset(struct rte_rawdev *dev)
 
 static void skeleton_rawdev_queue_def_conf(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 					   uint16_t queue_id,
-					   rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+					   rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+					   size_t conf_size)
 {
 	struct skeleton_rawdev *skeldev;
 	struct skeleton_rawdev_queue *skelq;
 
 	SKELETON_PMD_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	if (!dev || !queue_conf)
+	if (!dev || !queue_conf || conf_size != sizeof(struct skeleton_rawdev_queue))
 		return;
 
 	skeldev = skeleton_rawdev_get_priv(dev);
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@ clear_queue_bufs(int queue_id)
 
 static int skeleton_rawdev_queue_setup(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 				       uint16_t queue_id,
-				       rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+				       rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+				       size_t conf_size)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct skeleton_rawdev *skeldev;
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ static int skeleton_rawdev_queue_setup(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 
 	SKELETON_PMD_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	if (!dev || !queue_conf)
+	if (!dev || !queue_conf || conf_size != sizeof(struct skeleton_rawdev_queue))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	skeldev = skeleton_rawdev_get_priv(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
index 7dc7c7684..bb4b6efe4 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ test_rawdev_queue_default_conf_get(void)
 	 * depth = DEF_DEPTH
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < rdev_conf_get.num_queues; i++) {
-		rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(test_dev_id, i, &q);
+		rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(test_dev_id, i, &q, sizeof(q));
 		RTE_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(q.depth, SKELETON_QUEUE_DEF_DEPTH,
 				      "Invalid default depth of queue (%d)",
 				      q.depth);
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ test_rawdev_queue_setup(void)
 	/* Modify the queue depth for Queue 0 and attach it */
 	qset.depth = 15;
 	qset.state = SKELETON_QUEUE_ATTACH;
-	ret = rte_rawdev_queue_setup(test_dev_id, 0, &qset);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_queue_setup(test_dev_id, 0, &qset, sizeof(qset));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to setup queue (%d)", ret);
 
 	/* Now, fetching the queue 0 should show depth as 15 */
-	ret = rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(test_dev_id, 0, &qget);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(test_dev_id, 0, &qget, sizeof(qget));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to get queue config (%d)", ret);
 
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(qset.depth, qget.depth,
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ test_rawdev_queue_release(void)
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to release queue 0; (%d)", ret);
 
 	/* Now, fetching the queue 0 should show depth as default */
-	ret = rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(test_dev_id, 0, &qget);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(test_dev_id, 0, &qget, sizeof(qget));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to get queue config (%d)", ret);
 
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(qget.depth, SKELETON_QUEUE_DEF_DEPTH,
diff --git a/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c b/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
index 656f73659..5a8439b8d 100644
--- a/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
+++ b/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ntb_q_conf.rx_mp = mbuf_pool;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_queues; i++) {
 		/* Setup rawdev queue */
-		ret = rte_rawdev_queue_setup(dev_id, i, &ntb_q_conf);
+		ret = rte_rawdev_queue_setup(dev_id, i, &ntb_q_conf,
+				sizeof(ntb_q_conf));
 		if (ret < 0)
 			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
 				"Failed to setup ntb queue %u.\n", i);
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
index 6c4d783cc..8965f2ce3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf,
 int
 rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(uint16_t dev_id,
 			  uint16_t queue_id,
-			  rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+			  rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+			  size_t queue_conf_size)
 {
 	struct rte_rawdev *dev;
 
@@ -145,14 +146,15 @@ rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(uint16_t dev_id,
 	dev = &rte_rawdevs[dev_id];
 
 	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->queue_def_conf, -ENOTSUP);
-	(*dev->dev_ops->queue_def_conf)(dev, queue_id, queue_conf);
+	(*dev->dev_ops->queue_def_conf)(dev, queue_id, queue_conf, queue_conf_size);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int
 rte_rawdev_queue_setup(uint16_t dev_id,
 		       uint16_t queue_id,
-		       rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf)
+		       rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+		       size_t queue_conf_size)
 {
 	struct rte_rawdev *dev;
 
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ rte_rawdev_queue_setup(uint16_t dev_id,
 	dev = &rte_rawdevs[dev_id];
 
 	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->queue_setup, -ENOTSUP);
-	return (*dev->dev_ops->queue_setup)(dev, queue_id, queue_conf);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->queue_setup)(dev, queue_id, queue_conf, queue_conf_size);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
index 73e3bd5ae..bbd63913a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf,
  *   previously supplied to rte_rawdev_configure().
  * @param[out] queue_conf
  *   The pointer to the default raw queue configuration data.
+ * @param queue_conf_size
+ *   The size of the structure pointed to by queue_conf
  * @return
  *   - 0: Success, driver updates the default raw queue configuration data.
  *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver info get function.
@@ -156,7 +158,8 @@ rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf,
 int
 rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(uint16_t dev_id,
 			  uint16_t queue_id,
-			  rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf);
+			  rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+			  size_t queue_conf_size);
 
 /**
  * Allocate and set up a raw queue for a raw device.
@@ -169,6 +172,8 @@ rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(uint16_t dev_id,
  * @param queue_conf
  *   The pointer to the configuration data to be used for the raw queue.
  *   NULL value is allowed, in which case default configuration	used.
+ * @param queue_conf_size
+ *   The size of the structure pointed to by queue_conf
  *
  * @see rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get()
  *
@@ -179,7 +184,8 @@ rte_rawdev_queue_conf_get(uint16_t dev_id,
 int
 rte_rawdev_queue_setup(uint16_t dev_id,
 		       uint16_t queue_id,
-		       rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf);
+		       rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+		       size_t queue_conf_size);
 
 /**
  * Release and deallocate a raw queue from a raw device.
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
index 050f8b029..34eb667f6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ typedef int (*rawdev_reset_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev);
  */
 typedef void (*rawdev_queue_conf_get_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 					uint16_t queue_id,
-					rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf);
+					rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+					size_t queue_conf_size);
 
 /**
  * Setup an raw queue.
@@ -235,7 +236,8 @@ typedef void (*rawdev_queue_conf_get_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
  */
 typedef int (*rawdev_queue_setup_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 				    uint16_t queue_id,
-				    rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf);
+				    rte_rawdev_obj_t queue_conf,
+				    size_t queue_conf_size);
 
 /**
  * Release resources allocated by given raw queue.
