diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
index 6de8ad3fe3..d2cb6d59bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
@@ -1048,27 +1048,31 @@ iavf_rxd_to_vlan_tci(struct rte_mbuf *mb, volatile union iavf_rx_desc *rxdp)
 
 static inline void
 iavf_flex_rxd_to_vlan_tci(struct rte_mbuf *mb,
-			  volatile union iavf_rx_flex_desc *rxdp,
-			  uint8_t rx_flags)
+			  volatile union iavf_rx_flex_desc *rxdp)
 {
-	uint16_t vlan_tci = 0;
-
-	if (rx_flags & IAVF_RX_FLAGS_VLAN_TAG_LOC_L2TAG1 &&
-	    rte_le_to_cpu_64(rxdp->wb.status_error0) &
-	    (1 << IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS0_L2TAG1P_S))
-		vlan_tci = rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.l2tag1);
+	if (rte_le_to_cpu_64(rxdp->wb.status_error0) &
+		(1 << IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS0_L2TAG1P_S)) {
+		mb->ol_flags |= PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED;
+		mb->vlan_tci =
+			rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.l2tag1);
+	} else {
+		mb->vlan_tci = 0;
+	}
 
 #ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_IAVF_16BYTE_RX_DESC
-	if (rx_flags & IAVF_RX_FLAGS_VLAN_TAG_LOC_L2TAG2_2 &&
-	    rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.status_error1) &
-	    (1 << IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS1_L2TAG2P_S))
-		vlan_tci = rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.l2tag2_2nd);
-#endif
-
-	if (vlan_tci) {
-		mb->ol_flags |= PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED;
-		mb->vlan_tci = vlan_tci;
+	if (rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.status_error1) &
+	    (1 << IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS1_L2TAG2P_S)) {
+		mb->ol_flags |= PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED | PKT_RX_QINQ |
+				PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED | PKT_RX_VLAN;
+		mb->vlan_tci_outer = mb->vlan_tci;
+		mb->vlan_tci = rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.l2tag2_2nd);
+		PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "Descriptor l2tag2_1: %u, l2tag2_2: %u",
+			   rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.l2tag2_1st),
+			   rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp->wb.l2tag2_2nd));
+	} else {
+		mb->vlan_tci_outer = 0;
 	}
+#endif
 }
 
 /* Translate the rx descriptor status and error fields to pkt flags */
@@ -1388,7 +1392,7 @@ iavf_recv_pkts_flex_rxd(void *rx_queue,
 		rxm->ol_flags = 0;
 		rxm->packet_type = ptype_tbl[IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M &
 			rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxd.wb.ptype_flex_flags0)];
-		iavf_flex_rxd_to_vlan_tci(rxm, &rxd, rxq->rx_flags);
+		iavf_flex_rxd_to_vlan_tci(rxm, &rxd);
 		rxq->rxd_to_pkt_fields(rxq, rxm, &rxd);
 		pkt_flags = iavf_flex_rxd_error_to_pkt_flags(rx_stat_err0);
 		rxm->ol_flags |= pkt_flags;
@@ -1530,7 +1534,7 @@ iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_flex_rxd(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 		first_seg->ol_flags = 0;
 		first_seg->packet_type = ptype_tbl[IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M &
 			rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxd.wb.ptype_flex_flags0)];
-		iavf_flex_rxd_to_vlan_tci(first_seg, &rxd, rxq->rx_flags);
+		iavf_flex_rxd_to_vlan_tci(first_seg, &rxd);
 		rxq->rxd_to_pkt_fields(rxq, first_seg, &rxd);
 		pkt_flags = iavf_flex_rxd_error_to_pkt_flags(rx_stat_err0);
 
@@ -1768,7 +1772,7 @@ iavf_rx_scan_hw_ring_flex_rxd(struct iavf_rx_queue *rxq)
 
 			mb->packet_type = ptype_tbl[IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M &
 				rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp[j].wb.ptype_flex_flags0)];
-			iavf_flex_rxd_to_vlan_tci(mb, &rxdp[j], rxq->rx_flags);
+			iavf_flex_rxd_to_vlan_tci(mb, &rxdp[j]);
 			rxq->rxd_to_pkt_fields(rxq, mb, &rxdp[j]);
 			stat_err0 = rte_le_to_cpu_16(rxdp[j].wb.status_error0);
 			pkt_flags = iavf_flex_rxd_error_to_pkt_flags(stat_err0);
@@ -2038,7 +2042,7 @@ iavf_xmit_cleanup(struct iavf_tx_queue *txq)
 		desc_to_clean_to = (uint16_t)(desc_to_clean_to - nb_tx_desc);
 
 	desc_to_clean_to = sw_ring[desc_to_clean_to].last_id;
-	if ((txd[desc_to_clean_to].cmd_type_offset_bsz &
+	if ((txd[desc_to_clean_to].qw1 &
 			rte_cpu_to_le_64(IAVF_TXD_QW1_DTYPE_MASK)) !=
 			rte_cpu_to_le_64(IAVF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DESC_DONE)) {
 		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "TX descriptor %4u is not done "
@@ -2054,7 +2058,7 @@ iavf_xmit_cleanup(struct iavf_tx_queue *txq)
 		nb_tx_to_clean = (uint16_t)(desc_to_clean_to -
 					last_desc_cleaned);
 
-	txd[desc_to_clean_to].cmd_type_offset_bsz = 0;
+	txd[desc_to_clean_to].qw1 = 0;
 
 	txq->last_desc_cleaned = desc_to_clean_to;
 	txq->nb_free = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_free + nb_tx_to_clean);
@@ -2062,190 +2066,296 @@ iavf_xmit_cleanup(struct iavf_tx_queue *txq)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Check if the context descriptor is needed for TX offloading */
+
+
+static inline void
+iavf_fill_ctx_desc_cmd_field(volatile uint64_t *field, struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+	uint64_t cmd = 0;
+
+	/* TSO enabled */
+	if (m->ol_flags & (PKT_TX_TCP_SEG | PKT_TX_UDP_SEG))
+		cmd = IAVF_TX_CTX_DESC_TSO << IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_CMD_SHIFT;
+
+	/* Time Sync - Currently not supported */
+
+	/* Outer L2 TAG 2 Insertion - Currently not supported */
+	/* Inner L2 TAG 2 Insertion - Currently not supported */
+
+	*field |= cmd;
+}
+
+static inline void
+iavf_fill_ctx_desc_tunnelling_field(volatile uint64_t *qw0,
+		const struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+	uint64_t eip_typ = IAVF_TX_CTX_DESC_EIPT_NONE;
+	uint64_t eip_len = 0;
+	uint64_t eip_noinc = 0;
+	/* Default - IP_ID is increment in each segment of LSO */
+
+	switch (m->ol_flags & (PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 | PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV6 |
+			PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM)) {
+	case PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4:
+		eip_typ = IAVF_TX_CTX_DESC_EIPT_IPV4_NO_CHECKSUM_OFFLOAD;
+		eip_len = m->outer_l3_len >> 2;
+	break;
+	case PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 | PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM:
+		eip_typ = IAVF_TX_CTX_DESC_EIPT_IPV4_CHECKSUM_OFFLOAD;
+		eip_len = m->outer_l3_len >> 2;
+	break;
+	case PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV6:
+		eip_typ = IAVF_TX_CTX_DESC_EIPT_IPV6;
+		eip_len = m->outer_l3_len >> 2;
+	break;
+	}
+
+	*qw0 = eip_typ << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW0_TUN_PARAMS_EIPT_SHIFT |
+		eip_len << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW0_TUN_PARAMS_EIPLEN_SHIFT |
+		eip_noinc << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW0_TUN_PARAMS_EIP_NOINC_SHIFT;
+}
+
 static inline uint16_t
-iavf_calc_context_desc(uint64_t flags, uint8_t vlan_flag)
+iavf_fill_ctx_desc_segmentation_field(volatile uint64_t *field,
+	struct rte_mbuf *m)
 {
-	if (flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
-		return 1;
-	if (flags & PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT &&
-	    vlan_flag & IAVF_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_TAG_LOC_L2TAG2)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
+	uint64_t segmentation_field = 0;
+	uint64_t total_length = 0;
+
+	total_length = m->pkt_len - (m->l2_len + m->l3_len + m->l4_len);
+
+	if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TUNNEL_MASK)
+		total_length -= m->outer_l3_len;
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IAVF_DEBUG_TX
+	if (!m->l4_len || !m->tso_segsz)
+		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "L4 length %d, LSO Segment size %d",
+			 m->l4_len, m->tso_segsz);
+	if (m->tso_segsz < 88)
+		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "LSO Segment size %d is less than minimum %d",
+			m->tso_segsz, 88);
+#endif
+	segmentation_field =
+		(((uint64_t)total_length << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_TSO_LEN_SHIFT) &
+				IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_TSO_LEN_MASK) |
+		(((uint64_t)m->tso_segsz << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_MSS_SHIFT) &
+				IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_MSS_MASK);
+
+	*field |= segmentation_field;
+
+	return total_length;
+}
+
+static inline void
+iavf_fill_context_desc(volatile struct iavf_tx_context_desc *desc,
+	struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t *tlen)
+{
+	/* fill descriptor type field */
+	desc->qw1 = IAVF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_CONTEXT;
+
+	/* fill command field */
+	iavf_fill_ctx_desc_cmd_field(&desc->qw1, m);
+
+	/* fill segmentation field */
+	if (m->ol_flags & (PKT_TX_TCP_SEG | PKT_TX_UDP_SEG)) {
+		*tlen = iavf_fill_ctx_desc_segmentation_field(&desc->qw1,
+				m);
+	}
+
+	/* fill tunnelling field */
+	if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TUNNEL_MASK)
+		iavf_fill_ctx_desc_tunnelling_field(&desc->qw0, m);
+	else
+		desc->qw0 = 0;
+
+	desc->qw0 = rte_cpu_to_le_64(desc->qw0);
+	desc->qw1 = rte_cpu_to_le_64(desc->qw1);
 }
 
+
 static inline void
-iavf_txd_enable_checksum(uint64_t ol_flags,
-			uint32_t *td_cmd,
-			uint32_t *td_offset,
-			union iavf_tx_offload tx_offload)
+iavf_build_data_desc_cmd_offset_fields(volatile uint64_t *qw1,
+		struct rte_mbuf *m)
 {
+	uint64_t command = 0;
+	uint64_t offset = 0;
+	uint64_t l2tag1 = 0;
+
+	*qw1 = IAVF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DATA;
+
+	command = (uint64_t)IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_ICRC;
+
+	/* Descriptor based VLAN insertion */
+	if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT) {
+		command |= (uint64_t)IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IL2TAG1;
+		l2tag1 |= m->vlan_tci;
+	}
+
 	/* Set MACLEN */
-	*td_offset |= (tx_offload.l2_len >> 1) <<
-		      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_MACLEN_SHIFT;
-
-	/* Enable L3 checksum offloads */
-	if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM) {
-		*td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IIPT_IPV4_CSUM;
-		*td_offset |= (tx_offload.l3_len >> 2) <<
-			      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_IPLEN_SHIFT;
-	} else if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV4) {
-		*td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IIPT_IPV4;
-		*td_offset |= (tx_offload.l3_len >> 2) <<
-			      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_IPLEN_SHIFT;
-	} else if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV6) {
-		*td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IIPT_IPV6;
-		*td_offset |= (tx_offload.l3_len >> 2) <<
-			      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_IPLEN_SHIFT;
-	}
-
-	if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG) {
-		*td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_TCP;
-		*td_offset |= (tx_offload.l4_len >> 2) <<
+	offset |= (m->l2_len >> 1) << IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_MACLEN_SHIFT;
+
+	/* Enable L3 checksum offloading inner */
+	if (m->ol_flags & (PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM | PKT_TX_IPV4)) {
+		command |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IIPT_IPV4_CSUM;
+		offset |= (m->l3_len >> 2) << IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_IPLEN_SHIFT;
+	} else if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV4) {
+		command |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IIPT_IPV4;
+		offset |= (m->l3_len >> 2) << IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_IPLEN_SHIFT;
+	} else if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV6) {
+		command |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IIPT_IPV6;
+		offset |= (m->l3_len >> 2) << IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_IPLEN_SHIFT;
+	}
+
+	if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG) {
+		command |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_TCP;
+		offset |= (m->l4_len >> 2) <<
 			      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_L4_FC_LEN_SHIFT;
-		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Enable L4 checksum offloads */
-	switch (ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK) {
+	switch (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK) {
 	case PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM:
-		*td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_TCP;
-		*td_offset |= (sizeof(struct rte_tcp_hdr) >> 2) <<
-			      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_L4_FC_LEN_SHIFT;
+		command |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_TCP;
+		offset |= (sizeof(struct rte_tcp_hdr) >> 2) <<
+				IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_L4_FC_LEN_SHIFT;
 		break;
 	case PKT_TX_SCTP_CKSUM:
-		*td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_SCTP;
-		*td_offset |= (sizeof(struct rte_sctp_hdr) >> 2) <<
-			      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_L4_FC_LEN_SHIFT;
+		command |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_SCTP;
+		offset |= (sizeof(struct rte_sctp_hdr) >> 2) <<
+				IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_L4_FC_LEN_SHIFT;
 		break;
 	case PKT_TX_UDP_CKSUM:
-		*td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_UDP;
-		*td_offset |= (sizeof(struct rte_udp_hdr) >> 2) <<
-			      IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_L4_FC_LEN_SHIFT;
-		break;
-	default:
+		command |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_L4T_EOFT_UDP;
+		offset |= (sizeof(struct rte_udp_hdr) >> 2) <<
+				IAVF_TX_DESC_LENGTH_L4_FC_LEN_SHIFT;
 		break;
 	}
+
+	*qw1 = rte_cpu_to_le_64((((uint64_t)command <<
+		IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_CMD_SHIFT) & IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_CMD_MASK) |
+		(((uint64_t)offset << IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_OFFSET_SHIFT) &
+		IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_OFFSET_MASK) |
+		((uint64_t)l2tag1 << IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_L2TAG1_SHIFT));
 }
 
-/* set TSO context descriptor
- * support IP -> L4 and IP -> IP -> L4
- */
-static inline uint64_t
-iavf_set_tso_ctx(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf, union iavf_tx_offload tx_offload)
+static inline void
+iavf_fill_data_desc_buffer_sz_field(volatile uint64_t *field,  uint16_t value)
 {
-	uint64_t ctx_desc = 0;
-	uint32_t cd_cmd, hdr_len, cd_tso_len;
-
-	if (!tx_offload.l4_len) {
-		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "L4 length set to 0");
-		return ctx_desc;
+	*field |= (((uint64_t)value << IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_SHIFT) &
+			IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_MASK);
 	}
 
-	hdr_len = tx_offload.l2_len +
-		  tx_offload.l3_len +
-		  tx_offload.l4_len;
+static inline void
+iavf_fill_data_desc(volatile struct iavf_tx_desc *desc,
+	struct rte_mbuf *m, uint64_t desc_template,
+	uint16_t tlen, uint16_t ipseclen)
+{
+	uint32_t hdrlen = m->l2_len;
+	uint32_t bufsz = 0;
+
+	/* fill data descriptor qw1 from template */
+	desc->qw1 = desc_template;
+
+	/* set data buffer address */
+	desc->qw0 = rte_mbuf_data_iova(m);
+
+	/* calculate data buffer size less set header lengths */
+	if (m->ol_flags & (PKT_TX_TCP_SEG | PKT_TX_UDP_SEG)) {
+		if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TUNNEL_MASK)
+			hdrlen += m->outer_l3_len;
 
-	cd_cmd = IAVF_TX_CTX_DESC_TSO;
-	cd_tso_len = mbuf->pkt_len - hdr_len;
-	ctx_desc |= ((uint64_t)cd_cmd << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_CMD_SHIFT) |
-		     ((uint64_t)cd_tso_len << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_TSO_LEN_SHIFT) |
-		     ((uint64_t)mbuf->tso_segsz << IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_MSS_SHIFT);
+		if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK)
+			hdrlen += m->l3_len + m->l4_len;
+		else
+			hdrlen += m->l3_len;
+
+		if (m->ol_flags & PKT_TX_SEC_OFFLOAD)
+			hdrlen += ipseclen;
 
-	return ctx_desc;
+		bufsz = hdrlen + tlen;
+	} else {
+		bufsz = m->data_len;
 }
 
-/* Construct the tx flags */
-static inline uint64_t
-iavf_build_ctob(uint32_t td_cmd, uint32_t td_offset, unsigned int size,
-	       uint32_t td_tag)
-{
-	return rte_cpu_to_le_64(IAVF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DATA |
-				((uint64_t)td_cmd  << IAVF_TXD_QW1_CMD_SHIFT) |
-				((uint64_t)td_offset <<
-				 IAVF_TXD_QW1_OFFSET_SHIFT) |
-				((uint64_t)size  <<
-				 IAVF_TXD_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_SHIFT) |
-				((uint64_t)td_tag  <<
-				 IAVF_TXD_QW1_L2TAG1_SHIFT));
+	/* set data buffer size */
+	desc->qw1 |= (((uint64_t)bufsz << IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_SHIFT) &
+			IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_TX_BUF_SZ_MASK);
+
+	desc->qw0 = rte_cpu_to_le_64(desc->qw0);
+	desc->qw1 = rte_cpu_to_le_64(desc->qw1);
 }
 
+
 /* TX function */
 uint16_t
 iavf_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 {
-	volatile struct iavf_tx_desc *txd;
-	volatile struct iavf_tx_desc *txr;
-	struct iavf_tx_queue *txq;
-	struct iavf_tx_entry *sw_ring;
+	struct iavf_tx_queue *txq = tx_queue;
+	volatile struct iavf_tx_desc *txr = txq->tx_ring;
+	struct iavf_tx_entry *txe_ring = txq->sw_ring;
 	struct iavf_tx_entry *txe, *txn;
-	struct rte_mbuf *tx_pkt;
-	struct rte_mbuf *m_seg;
-	uint16_t tx_id;
-	uint16_t nb_tx;
-	uint32_t td_cmd;
-	uint32_t td_offset;
-	uint32_t td_tag;
-	uint64_t ol_flags;
-	uint16_t nb_used;
-	uint16_t nb_ctx;
-	uint16_t tx_last;
-	uint16_t slen;
-	uint64_t buf_dma_addr;
-	uint16_t cd_l2tag2 = 0;
-	union iavf_tx_offload tx_offload = {0};
-
-	txq = tx_queue;
-	sw_ring = txq->sw_ring;
-	txr = txq->tx_ring;
-	tx_id = txq->tx_tail;
-	txe = &sw_ring[tx_id];
+	struct rte_mbuf *mb, *mb_seg;
+	uint16_t desc_idx, desc_idx_last;
+	uint16_t idx;
+
 
 	/* Check if the descriptor ring needs to be cleaned. */
 	if (txq->nb_free < txq->free_thresh)
-		(void)iavf_xmit_cleanup(txq);
+		iavf_xmit_cleanup(txq);
+
+	desc_idx = txq->tx_tail;
+	txe = &txe_ring[desc_idx];
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IAVF_DEBUG_TX_DESC_RING
+		iavf_dump_tx_entry_ring(txq);
+		iavf_dump_tx_desc_ring(txq);
+#endif
+
 
-	for (nb_tx = 0; nb_tx < nb_pkts; nb_tx++) {
-		td_cmd = 0;
-		td_tag = 0;
-		td_offset = 0;
+	for (idx = 0; idx < nb_pkts; idx++) {
+		volatile struct iavf_tx_desc *ddesc;
+		uint16_t nb_desc_ctx;
+		uint16_t nb_desc_data, nb_desc_required;
+		uint16_t tlen = 0, ipseclen = 0;
+		uint64_t ddesc_template = 0;
+		uint64_t ddesc_cmd = 0;
+
+		mb = tx_pkts[idx];
 
-		tx_pkt = *tx_pkts++;
 		RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(txe->mbuf);
 
-		ol_flags = tx_pkt->ol_flags;
-		tx_offload.l2_len = tx_pkt->l2_len;
-		tx_offload.l3_len = tx_pkt->l3_len;
-		tx_offload.l4_len = tx_pkt->l4_len;
-		tx_offload.tso_segsz = tx_pkt->tso_segsz;
-		/* Calculate the number of context descriptors needed. */
-		nb_ctx = iavf_calc_context_desc(ol_flags, txq->vlan_flag);
+		nb_desc_data = mb->nb_segs;
+		nb_desc_ctx = !!(mb->ol_flags &
+			(PKT_TX_TCP_SEG | PKT_TX_UDP_SEG | PKT_TX_TUNNEL_MASK));
 
-		/* The number of descriptors that must be allocated for
+		/**
+		 * The number of descriptors that must be allocated for
 		 * a packet equals to the number of the segments of that
-		 * packet plus 1 context descriptor if needed.
+		 * packet plus the context and ipsec descriptors if needed.
 		 */
-		nb_used = (uint16_t)(tx_pkt->nb_segs + nb_ctx);
-		tx_last = (uint16_t)(tx_id + nb_used - 1);
+		nb_desc_required = nb_desc_data + nb_desc_ctx;
+
+		desc_idx_last = (uint16_t)(desc_idx + nb_desc_required - 1);
 
-		/* Circular ring */
-		if (tx_last >= txq->nb_tx_desc)
-			tx_last = (uint16_t)(tx_last - txq->nb_tx_desc);
+		/* wrap descriptor ring */
+		if (desc_idx_last >= txq->nb_tx_desc)
+			desc_idx_last =
+				(uint16_t)(desc_idx_last - txq->nb_tx_desc);
 
-		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "port_id=%u queue_id=%u"
-			   " tx_first=%u tx_last=%u",
-			   txq->port_id, txq->queue_id, tx_id, tx_last);
+		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG,
+			"port_id=%u queue_id=%u tx_first=%u tx_last=%u",
+			txq->port_id, txq->queue_id, desc_idx, desc_idx_last);
 
-		if (nb_used > txq->nb_free) {
+		if (nb_desc_required > txq->nb_free) {
 			if (iavf_xmit_cleanup(txq)) {
-				if (nb_tx == 0)
+				if (idx == 0)
 					return 0;
 				goto end_of_tx;
 			}
-			if (unlikely(nb_used > txq->rs_thresh)) {
-				while (nb_used > txq->nb_free) {
+			if (unlikely(nb_desc_required > txq->rs_thresh)) {
+				while (nb_desc_required > txq->nb_free) {
 					if (iavf_xmit_cleanup(txq)) {
-						if (nb_tx == 0)
+						if (idx == 0)
 							return 0;
 						goto end_of_tx;
 					}
@@ -2253,122 +2363,94 @@ iavf_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* Descriptor based VLAN insertion */
-		if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT &&
-		    txq->vlan_flag & IAVF_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_TAG_LOC_L2TAG1) {
-			td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_IL2TAG1;
-			td_tag = tx_pkt->vlan_tci;
-		}
-
-		/* According to datasheet, the bit2 is reserved and must be
-		 * set to 1.
-		 */
-		td_cmd |= 0x04;
-
-		/* Enable checksum offloading */
-		if (ol_flags & IAVF_TX_CKSUM_OFFLOAD_MASK)
-			iavf_txd_enable_checksum(ol_flags, &td_cmd,
-						&td_offset, tx_offload);
+		iavf_build_data_desc_cmd_offset_fields(&ddesc_template, mb);
 
-		if (nb_ctx) {
 			/* Setup TX context descriptor if required */
-			uint64_t cd_type_cmd_tso_mss =
-				IAVF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_CONTEXT;
-			volatile struct iavf_tx_context_desc *ctx_txd =
+		if (nb_desc_ctx) {
+			volatile struct iavf_tx_context_desc *ctx_desc =
 				(volatile struct iavf_tx_context_desc *)
-							&txr[tx_id];
+					&txr[desc_idx];
 
 			/* clear QW0 or the previous writeback value
 			 * may impact next write
 			 */
-			*(volatile uint64_t *)ctx_txd = 0;
+			*(volatile uint64_t *)ctx_desc = 0;
 
-			txn = &sw_ring[txe->next_id];
+			txn = &txe_ring[txe->next_id];
 			RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(txn->mbuf);
+
 			if (txe->mbuf) {
 				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(txe->mbuf);
 				txe->mbuf = NULL;
 			}
 
-			/* TSO enabled */
-			if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
-				cd_type_cmd_tso_mss |=
-					iavf_set_tso_ctx(tx_pkt, tx_offload);
+			iavf_fill_context_desc(ctx_desc, mb, &tlen);
+			IAVF_DUMP_TX_DESC(txq, ctx_desc, desc_idx);
 
-			if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT &&
-			   txq->vlan_flag & IAVF_TX_FLAGS_VLAN_TAG_LOC_L2TAG2) {
-				cd_type_cmd_tso_mss |= IAVF_TX_CTX_DESC_IL2TAG2
-					<< IAVF_TXD_CTX_QW1_CMD_SHIFT;
-				cd_l2tag2 = tx_pkt->vlan_tci;
+			txe->last_id = desc_idx_last;
+			desc_idx = txe->next_id;
+			txe = txn;
 			}
 
-			ctx_txd->type_cmd_tso_mss =
-				rte_cpu_to_le_64(cd_type_cmd_tso_mss);
-			ctx_txd->l2tag2 = rte_cpu_to_le_16(cd_l2tag2);
 
-			IAVF_DUMP_TX_DESC(txq, &txr[tx_id], tx_id);
-			txe->last_id = tx_last;
-			tx_id = txe->next_id;
-			txe = txn;
-		}
 
-		m_seg = tx_pkt;
+		mb_seg = mb;
+
 		do {
-			txd = &txr[tx_id];
-			txn = &sw_ring[txe->next_id];
+			ddesc = (volatile struct iavf_tx_desc *)
+					&txr[desc_idx];
+
+			txn = &txe_ring[txe->next_id];
+			RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(txn->mbuf);
 
 			if (txe->mbuf)
 				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(txe->mbuf);
-			txe->mbuf = m_seg;
-
-			/* Setup TX Descriptor */
-			slen = m_seg->data_len;
-			buf_dma_addr = rte_mbuf_data_iova(m_seg);
-			txd->buffer_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(buf_dma_addr);
-			txd->cmd_type_offset_bsz = iavf_build_ctob(td_cmd,
-								  td_offset,
-								  slen,
-								  td_tag);
-
-			IAVF_DUMP_TX_DESC(txq, txd, tx_id);
-			txe->last_id = tx_last;
-			tx_id = txe->next_id;
+
+			txe->mbuf = mb_seg;
+			iavf_fill_data_desc(ddesc, mb_seg,
+					ddesc_template, tlen, ipseclen);
+
+			IAVF_DUMP_TX_DESC(txq, ddesc, desc_idx);
+
+			txe->last_id = desc_idx_last;
+			desc_idx = txe->next_id;
 			txe = txn;
-			m_seg = m_seg->next;
-		} while (m_seg);
+			mb_seg = mb_seg->next;
+		} while (mb_seg);
 
 		/* The last packet data descriptor needs End Of Packet (EOP) */
-		td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_EOP;
-		txq->nb_used = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_used + nb_used);
-		txq->nb_free = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_free - nb_used);
+		ddesc_cmd = IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_EOP;
+
+		txq->nb_used = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_used + nb_desc_required);
+		txq->nb_free = (uint16_t)(txq->nb_free - nb_desc_required);
 
 		if (txq->nb_used >= txq->rs_thresh) {
 			PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Setting RS bit on TXD id="
 				   "%4u (port=%d queue=%d)",
-				   tx_last, txq->port_id, txq->queue_id);
+				   desc_idx_last, txq->port_id, txq->queue_id);
 
-			td_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_RS;
+			ddesc_cmd |= IAVF_TX_DESC_CMD_RS;
 
 			/* Update txq RS bit counters */
 			txq->nb_used = 0;
 		}
 
-		txd->cmd_type_offset_bsz |=
-			rte_cpu_to_le_64(((uint64_t)td_cmd) <<
-					 IAVF_TXD_QW1_CMD_SHIFT);
-		IAVF_DUMP_TX_DESC(txq, txd, tx_id);
+		ddesc->qw1 |= rte_cpu_to_le_64(ddesc_cmd <<
+				IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_CMD_SHIFT);
+
+		IAVF_DUMP_TX_DESC(txq, ddesc, desc_idx - 1);
 	}
 
 end_of_tx:
 	rte_wmb();
 
 	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "port_id=%u queue_id=%u tx_tail=%u nb_tx=%u",
-		   txq->port_id, txq->queue_id, tx_id, nb_tx);
+		   txq->port_id, txq->queue_id, desc_idx, idx);
 
-	IAVF_PCI_REG_WC_WRITE_RELAXED(txq->qtx_tail, tx_id);
-	txq->tx_tail = tx_id;
+	IAVF_PCI_REG_WRITE_RELAXED(txq->qtx_tail, desc_idx);
+	txq->tx_tail = desc_idx;
 
-	return nb_tx;
+	return idx;
 }
 
 /* Check if the packet with vlan user priority is transmitted in the
@@ -2869,7 +2951,7 @@ iavf_dev_tx_desc_status(void *tx_queue, uint16_t offset)
 			desc -= txq->nb_tx_desc;
 	}
 
-	status = &txq->tx_ring[desc].cmd_type_offset_bsz;
+	status = &txq->tx_ring[desc].qw1;
 	mask = rte_le_to_cpu_64(IAVF_TXD_QW1_DTYPE_MASK);
 	expect = rte_cpu_to_le_64(
 		 IAVF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DESC_DONE << IAVF_TXD_QW1_DTYPE_SHIFT);
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h
index e210b913d6..1bc47614ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h
@@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ void iavf_dump_tx_descriptor(const struct iavf_tx_queue *txq,
 	const volatile struct iavf_tx_desc *tx_desc = desc;
 	enum iavf_tx_desc_dtype_value type;
 
-	type = (enum iavf_tx_desc_dtype_value)rte_le_to_cpu_64(
-		tx_desc->cmd_type_offset_bsz &
-		rte_cpu_to_le_64(IAVF_TXD_QW1_DTYPE_MASK));
+
+	type = (enum iavf_tx_desc_dtype_value)rte_le_to_cpu_64(tx_desc->qw1 &
+			rte_cpu_to_le_64(IAVF_TXD_DATA_QW1_DTYPE_MASK));
 	switch (type) {
 	case IAVF_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DATA:
 		name = "Tx_data_desc";
@@ -571,8 +571,7 @@ void iavf_dump_tx_descriptor(const struct iavf_tx_queue *txq,
 	}
 
 	printf("Queue %d %s %d: QW0: 0x%016"PRIx64" QW1: 0x%016"PRIx64"\n",
-	       txq->queue_id, name, tx_id, tx_desc->buffer_addr,
-	       tx_desc->cmd_type_offset_bsz);
+		txq->queue_id, name, tx_id, tx_desc->qw0, tx_desc->qw1);
 }
 
 #define FDIR_PROC_ENABLE_PER_QUEUE(ad, on) do { \
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_sse.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_sse.c
index ee1e905525..288c5ca1f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_sse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_sse.c
@@ -363,10 +363,12 @@ static inline void
 flex_desc_to_ptype_v(__m128i descs[4], struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 		     const uint32_t *type_table)
 {
-	const __m128i ptype_mask = _mm_set_epi16(0, IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M,
-						 0, IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M,
-						 0, IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M,
-						 0, IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M);
+	const __m128i ptype_mask = _mm_set_epi16(
+					IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M, 0x0,
+					IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M, 0x0,
+					IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M, 0x0,
+					IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M, 0x0);
+
 	__m128i ptype_01 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(descs[0], descs[1]);
 	__m128i ptype_23 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(descs[2], descs[3]);
 	__m128i ptype_all = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(ptype_01, ptype_23);
