diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat.rst
index dac52fabf1..c46460ff45 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat.rst
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ The following code shows how the device is configured in
         /* ... */
 
         p.ring_size = IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE;
-        if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+        if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info, sizeof(p)) != 0) {
                 printf("Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
                 return -1;
         }
diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_dma.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_dma.rst
index 1e1dfbe931..4a9794489e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_dma.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_dma.rst
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ The following code shows how the device is configured
    rte_mempool_set_ops_byname(conf.chunk_pool, rte_mbuf_platform_mempool_ops(), NULL);
    rte_mempool_populate_default(conf.chunk_pool);
 
-   rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+   rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info, sizeof(conf));
 
 Performing Data Transfer
 ------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_ep.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_ep.rst
index bbcf530a45..b03fcf789a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_ep.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_ep.rst
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ The following code shows how the device is configured
    struct rte_rawdev_info rdev_info = {.dev_private = &config};
    config.enqdeq_mpool = (void *)rte_mempool_create(...);
 
-   rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+   rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+                        sizeof(config));
 
 Performing Data Transfer
 ------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index 6431efe56b..9543e7e98b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =======================================================
 
-* rawdev: Added a structure size parameter to the function
-  ``rte_rawdev_info_get()``,
+* rawdev: Added a structure size parameter to the functions
+  ``rte_rawdev_info_get()`` and ``rte_rawdev_configure()``,
   allowing limited driver type-checking and ABI compatibility.
 
 * rawdev: Changed the return type of the function ``rte_dev_info_get()``
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst
index b5188220ba..3f7d5c34a6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ is done in ``configure_rawdev_queue()``.
         struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config dev_config = { .ring_size = ring_size };
         struct rte_rawdev_info info = { .dev_private = &dev_config };
 
-        if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+        if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info, sizeof(dev_config)) != 0) {
             rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
                 "Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
         }
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
index 32a2b96c90..a50173264c 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
@@ -684,7 +684,8 @@ ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 
 static int
 ifpga_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev,
-		rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
+		rte_rawdev_obj_t config,
+		size_t config_size __rte_unused)
 {
 	IFPGA_RAWDEV_PMD_FUNC_TRACE();
 
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
index e2fc787263..7f1a154360 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ RTE_LOG_REGISTER(ioat_pmd_logtype, rawdev.ioat, INFO);
 #define COMPLETION_SZ sizeof(__m128i)
 
 static int
-ioat_dev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
+ioat_dev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config,
+		size_t config_size)
 {
 	struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config *params = config;
 	struct rte_ioat_rawdev *ioat = dev->dev_private;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ioat_dev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
 	if (dev->started)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (params == NULL)
+	if (params == NULL || config_size != sizeof(*params))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (params->ring_size > 4096 || params->ring_size < 64 ||
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
index 2b40222eb4..c463a82ad6 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ ioat_rawdev_test(uint16_t dev_id)
 	}
 
 	p.ring_size = IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE;
-	if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+	if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info, sizeof(p)) != 0) {
 		printf("Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
index ced5b6d624..7f6b835a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
@@ -837,13 +837,17 @@ ntb_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 }
 
 static int
-ntb_dev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
+ntb_dev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config,
+		size_t config_size)
 {
 	struct ntb_dev_config *conf = config;
 	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
 	uint32_t xstats_num;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (conf == NULL || config_size != sizeof(*conf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	hw->queue_pairs	= conf->num_queues;
 	hw->queue_size = conf->queue_size;
 	hw->used_mw_num = conf->mz_num;
diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_rawdev.c
index e398abb75b..5b496446ca 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_rawdev.c
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ otx2_dpi_rawdev_reset(struct rte_rawdev *dev)
 }
 
 static int
-otx2_dpi_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
+otx2_dpi_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config,
+		size_t config_size)
 {
 	struct dpi_rawdev_conf_s *conf = config;
 	struct dpi_vf_s *dpivf = NULL;
@@ -302,8 +303,8 @@ otx2_dpi_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
 	uintptr_t pool;
 	uint32_t gaura;
 
-	if (conf == NULL) {
-		otx2_dpi_dbg("NULL configuration");
+	if (conf == NULL || config_size != sizeof(*conf)) {
+		otx2_dpi_dbg("NULL or invalid configuration");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	dpivf = (struct dpi_vf_s *)dev->dev_private;
diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_test.c b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_test.c
index 276658af07..cec6ca91b0 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_test.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_test.c
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ test_otx2_dma_rawdev(uint16_t val)
 	/* Configure rawdev ports */
 	conf.chunk_pool = dpi_create_mempool();
 	rdev_info.dev_private = &conf;
-	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(i, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(i, (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+			sizeof(conf));
 	if (ret) {
 		otx2_dpi_dbg("Unable to configure DPIVF %d", i);
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c
index 0778603d5b..2b78a7941d 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c
@@ -224,13 +224,14 @@ sdp_rawdev_close(struct rte_rawdev *dev)
 }
 
 static int
-sdp_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
+sdp_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config,
+		size_t config_size)
 {
 	struct sdp_rawdev_info *app_info = (struct sdp_rawdev_info *)config;
 	struct sdp_device *sdpvf;
 
-	if (app_info == NULL) {
-		otx2_err("Application config info [NULL]");
+	if (app_info == NULL || config_size != sizeof(*app_info)) {
+		otx2_err("Application config info [NULL] or incorrect size");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_test.c b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_test.c
index 091f1827c7..b876275f7a 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_test.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_test.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ sdp_rawdev_selftest(uint16_t dev_id)
 
 	dev_info.dev_private = &app_info;
 
-	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &dev_info);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &dev_info, sizeof(app_info));
 	if (ret) {
 		otx2_err("Unable to configure SDP_VF %d", dev_id);
 		rte_mempool_free(ioq_mpool);
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
index dce300c358..531d0450c8 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ static int skeleton_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 }
 
 static int skeleton_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev,
-				     rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
+				     rte_rawdev_obj_t config,
+				     size_t config_size)
 {
 	struct skeleton_rawdev *skeldev;
 	struct skeleton_rawdev_conf *skeldev_conf;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ static int skeleton_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 
 	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(dev, -EINVAL);
 
-	if (!config) {
+	if (config == NULL || config_size != sizeof(*skeldev_conf)) {
 		SKELETON_PMD_ERR("Invalid configuration");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
index 9b8390dfb7..7dc7c76847 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ test_rawdev_configure(void)
 	struct skeleton_rawdev_conf rdev_conf_get = {0};
 
 	/* Check invalid configuration */
-	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(test_dev_id, NULL);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(test_dev_id, NULL, 0);
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ret == -EINVAL,
 			"Null configure; Expected -EINVAL, got %d", ret);
 
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ test_rawdev_configure(void)
 
 	rdev_info.dev_private = &rdev_conf_set;
 	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(test_dev_id,
-				   (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info);
+				   (rte_rawdev_obj_t)&rdev_info,
+				   sizeof(rdev_conf_set));
 	RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to configure rawdev (%d)", ret);
 
 	rdev_info.dev_private = &rdev_conf_get;
diff --git a/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c b/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
index 76932d3dd2..43a19843ee 100644
--- a/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
+++ b/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ configure_rawdev_queue(uint32_t dev_id)
 	struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config dev_config = { .ring_size = ring_size };
 	struct rte_rawdev_info info = { .dev_private = &dev_config };
 
-	if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+	if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info, sizeof(dev_config)) != 0) {
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
 			"Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
 	}
diff --git a/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c b/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
index 11e224451c..656f736594 100644
--- a/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
+++ b/examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ntb_conf.num_queues = num_queues;
 	ntb_conf.queue_size = nb_desc;
 	ntb_rawdev_conf.dev_private = (rte_rawdev_obj_t)(&ntb_conf);
-	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &ntb_rawdev_conf);
+	ret = rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &ntb_rawdev_conf, sizeof(ntb_conf));
 	if (ret)
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Can't config ntb dev: err=%d, "
 			"port=%u\n", ret, dev_id);
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
index bde33763ee..6c4d783cc5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info,
 }
 
 int
-rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf)
+rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf,
+		size_t dev_private_size)
 {
 	struct rte_rawdev *dev;
 	int diag;
@@ -123,7 +124,8 @@ rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf)
 	}
 
 	/* Configure the device */
-	diag = (*dev->dev_ops->dev_configure)(dev, dev_conf->dev_private);
+	diag = (*dev->dev_ops->dev_configure)(dev, dev_conf->dev_private,
+			dev_private_size);
 	if (diag != 0)
 		RTE_RDEV_ERR("dev%d dev_configure = %d", dev_id, diag);
 	else
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
index cf6acfd261..1720f1dd6b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h
@@ -116,13 +116,19 @@ rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info,
  *   driver/implementation can use to configure the device. It is also assumed
  *   that once the configuration is done, a `queue_id` type field can be used
  *   to refer to some arbitrary internal representation of a queue.
+ * @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
+ *   used by the driver, and may be checked by drivers to ensure the expected
+ *   struct type is provided.
  *
  * @return
  *   - 0: Success, device configured.
  *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver configuration function.
  */
 int
-rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf);
+rte_rawdev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_conf,
+		size_t dev_private_size);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
index 89e46412a3..050f8b0292 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ typedef int (*rawdev_info_get_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
  *   Returns 0 on success
  */
 typedef int (*rawdev_configure_t)(const struct rte_rawdev *dev,
-				  rte_rawdev_obj_t config);
+				  rte_rawdev_obj_t config,
+				  size_t config_size);
 
 /**
  * Start a configured device.
