diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 4366015b01..a9e2433988 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   ``rte_vhost_host_notifier_ctrl`` and ``rte_vdpa_relay_vring_used`` vDPA
   driver interface will be marked as internal in DPDK v21.11.
 
-* vhost: rename ``struct vhost_device_ops`` to ``struct rte_vhost_device_ops``
-  in DPDK v21.11.
-
 * vhost: The experimental tags of ``rte_vhost_driver_get_protocol_features``,
   ``rte_vhost_driver_get_queue_num``, ``rte_vhost_crypto_create``,
   ``rte_vhost_crypto_free``, ``rte_vhost_crypto_fetch_requests``,
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 98d50a160b..dea038e3ac 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ ABI Changes
 
 * eventdev: Re-arranged fields in ``rte_event_timer`` to remove holes.
 
+* vhost: rename ``struct vhost_device_ops`` to ``struct rte_vhost_device_ops``.
+
 
 Known Issues
 ------------
diff --git a/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c b/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
index 8bb3b27d01..070f0e6dfd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ vring_state_changed(int vid, uint16_t vring, int enable)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct vhost_device_ops vhost_ops = {
+static struct rte_vhost_device_ops vhost_ops = {
 	.new_device          = new_device,
 	.destroy_device      = destroy_device,
 	.vring_state_changed = vring_state_changed,
diff --git a/examples/vdpa/main.c b/examples/vdpa/main.c
index 097a267b8c..5ab07655ae 100644
--- a/examples/vdpa/main.c
+++ b/examples/vdpa/main.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ destroy_device(int vid)
 	}
 }
 
-static const struct vhost_device_ops vdpa_sample_devops = {
+static const struct rte_vhost_device_ops vdpa_sample_devops = {
 	.new_device = new_device,
 	.destroy_device = destroy_device,
 };
diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index 58e12aa710..8685dfd81b 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ vring_state_changed(int vid, uint16_t queue_id, int enable)
  * These callback allow devices to be added to the data core when configuration
  * has been fully complete.
  */
-static const struct vhost_device_ops virtio_net_device_ops =
+static const struct rte_vhost_device_ops virtio_net_device_ops =
 {
 	.new_device =  new_device,
 	.destroy_device = destroy_device,
diff --git a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
index fe2b4e4803..feadacc62e 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
+++ b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ new_connection(int vid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct vhost_device_ops vhost_blk_device_ops = {
+struct rte_vhost_device_ops vhost_blk_device_ops = {
 	.new_device =  new_device,
 	.destroy_device = destroy_device,
 	.new_connection = new_connection,
diff --git a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.h b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.h
index 540998eb1b..975f0b4065 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.h
+++ b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct vhost_blk_task {
 };
 
 extern struct vhost_blk_ctrlr *g_vhost_ctrlr;
-extern struct vhost_device_ops vhost_blk_device_ops;
+extern struct rte_vhost_device_ops vhost_blk_device_ops;
 
 int vhost_bdev_process_blk_commands(struct vhost_block_dev *bdev,
 				     struct vhost_blk_task *task);
diff --git a/examples/vhost_crypto/main.c b/examples/vhost_crypto/main.c
index dea7dcbd07..7d75623a5e 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_crypto/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost_crypto/main.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ destroy_device(int vid)
 	RTE_LOG(INFO, USER1, "Vhost Crypto Device %i Removed\n", vid);
 }
 
-static const struct vhost_device_ops virtio_crypto_device_ops = {
+static const struct rte_vhost_device_ops virtio_crypto_device_ops = {
 	.new_device =  new_device,
 	.destroy_device = destroy_device,
 };
diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
index 6f0915b98f..af0afbcf60 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ struct rte_vhost_user_extern_ops {
 /**
  * Device and vring operations.
  */
-struct vhost_device_ops {
+struct rte_vhost_device_ops {
 	int (*new_device)(int vid);		/**< Add device. */
 	void (*destroy_device)(int vid);	/**< Remove device. */
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ rte_vhost_get_negotiated_protocol_features(int vid,
 
 /* Register callbacks. */
 int rte_vhost_driver_callback_register(const char *path,
-	struct vhost_device_ops const * const ops);
+	struct rte_vhost_device_ops const * const ops);
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
index c6548608a3..82963c1e6d 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
 
 	struct rte_vdpa_device *vdpa_dev;
 
-	struct vhost_device_ops const *notify_ops;
+	struct rte_vhost_device_ops const *notify_ops;
 };
 
 struct vhost_user_connection {
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_unregister(const char *path)
  */
 int
 rte_vhost_driver_callback_register(const char *path,
-	struct vhost_device_ops const * const ops)
+	struct rte_vhost_device_ops const * const ops)
 {
 	struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket;
 
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_callback_register(const char *path,
 	return vsocket ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
-struct vhost_device_ops const *
+struct rte_vhost_device_ops const *
 vhost_driver_callback_get(const char *path)
 {
 	struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket;
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
index 05ccc35f37..080c67ef99 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
 	uint16_t		mtu;
 	uint8_t			status;
 
-	struct vhost_device_ops const *notify_ops;
+	struct rte_vhost_device_ops const *notify_ops;
 
 	uint32_t		nr_guest_pages;
 	uint32_t		max_guest_pages;
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ void vhost_enable_linearbuf(int vid);
 int vhost_enable_guest_notification(struct virtio_net *dev,
 		struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int enable);
 
-struct vhost_device_ops const *vhost_driver_callback_get(const char *path);
+struct rte_vhost_device_ops const *vhost_driver_callback_get(const char *path);
 
 /*
  * Backend-specific cleanup.
