diff --git a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
index 84237c1..dfbb185 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c
@@ -573,8 +573,8 @@ ieee1588_packet_fwd(struct fwd_stream *fs)
 	 * Check that the received PTP packet is a PTP V2 packet of type
 	 * PTP_SYNC_MESSAGE.
 	 */
-	ptp_hdr = (struct ptpv2_msg *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb, char *) +
-					sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ptp_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mb, struct ptpv2_msg *,
+					  sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 	if (ptp_hdr->version != 0x02) {
 		printf("Port %u Received PTP V2 Ethernet frame with wrong PTP"
 		       " protocol version 0x%x (should be 0x02)\n",
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/rxonly.c b/app/test-pmd/rxonly.c
index ac56090..b8e35ab 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/rxonly.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/rxonly.c
@@ -175,22 +175,25 @@ pkt_burst_receive(struct fwd_stream *fs)
 			 /* Do not support ipv4 option field */
 			if (ol_flags & PKT_RX_TUNNEL_IPV4_HDR) {
 				l3_len = sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr);
-				ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb,
-						unsigned char *) + l2_len);
+				ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mb,
+								   struct ipv4_hdr *,
+								   l2_len);
 				l4_proto = ipv4_hdr->next_proto_id;
 			} else {
 				l3_len = sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr);
-				ipv6_hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb,
-						unsigned char *) + l2_len);
+				ipv6_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mb,
+								   struct ipv6_hdr *,
+								   l2_len);
 				l4_proto = ipv6_hdr->proto;
 			}
 			if (l4_proto == IPPROTO_UDP) {
-				udp_hdr = (struct udp_hdr *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb,
-						unsigned char *) + l2_len + l3_len);
+				udp_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mb,
+								  struct udp_hdr *,
+								  l2_len + l3_len);
 				l4_len = sizeof(struct udp_hdr);
-				vxlan_hdr = (struct vxlan_hdr *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mb,
-						unsigned char *) + l2_len + l3_len
-						 + l4_len);
+				vxlan_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mb,
+								    struct vxlan_hdr *,
+								    l2_len + l3_len + l4_len);
 
 				printf(" - VXLAN packet: packet type =%d, "
 					"Destination UDP port =%d, VNI = %d",
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
index 9e66552..f8027f1 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ copy_buf_to_pkt_segs(void* buf, unsigned len, struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 		seg = seg->next;
 	}
 	copy_len = seg->data_len - offset;
-	seg_buf = (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(seg, char *) + offset);
+	seg_buf = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(seg, char *, offset);
 	while (len > copy_len) {
 		rte_memcpy(seg_buf, buf, (size_t) copy_len);
 		len -= copy_len;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static inline void
 copy_buf_to_pkt(void* buf, unsigned len, struct rte_mbuf *pkt, unsigned offset)
 {
 	if (offset + len <= pkt->data_len) {
-		rte_memcpy((rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, char *) + offset),
+		rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt, char *, offset),
 			buf, (size_t) len);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/app/test/packet_burst_generator.c b/app/test/packet_burst_generator.c
index 06762c6..28d9e25 100644
--- a/app/test/packet_burst_generator.c
+++ b/app/test/packet_burst_generator.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ copy_buf_to_pkt_segs(void *buf, unsigned len, struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 		seg = seg->next;
 	}
 	copy_len = seg->data_len - offset;
-	seg_buf = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(seg, char *) + offset;
+	seg_buf = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(seg, char *, offset);
 	while (len > copy_len) {
 		rte_memcpy(seg_buf, buf, (size_t) copy_len);
 		len -= copy_len;
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ static inline void
 copy_buf_to_pkt(void *buf, unsigned len, struct rte_mbuf *pkt, unsigned offset)
 {
 	if (offset + len <= pkt->data_len) {
-		rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, char *) + offset, buf, (size_t) len);
+		rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt, char *, offset), buf,
+			   (size_t) len);
 		return;
 	}
 	copy_buf_to_pkt_segs(buf, len, pkt, offset);
diff --git a/examples/dpdk_qat/crypto.c b/examples/dpdk_qat/crypto.c
index 00e0eb5..c03ea78 100644
--- a/examples/dpdk_qat/crypto.c
+++ b/examples/dpdk_qat/crypto.c
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ enum crypto_result
 crypto_encrypt(struct rte_mbuf *rte_buff, enum cipher_alg c, enum hash_alg h)
 {
 	CpaCySymDpOpData *opData =
-			(CpaCySymDpOpData *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(rte_buff, char *)
-					+ CRYPTO_OFFSET_TO_OPDATA);
+			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(rte_buff, CpaCySymDpOpData *,
+						CRYPTO_OFFSET_TO_OPDATA);
 	uint32_t lcore_id;
 
 	if (unlikely(c >= NUM_CRYPTO || h >= NUM_HMAC))
@@ -847,8 +847,8 @@ enum crypto_result
 crypto_decrypt(struct rte_mbuf *rte_buff, enum cipher_alg c, enum hash_alg h)
 {
 
-	CpaCySymDpOpData *opData = (void*) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(rte_buff, char *)
-			+ CRYPTO_OFFSET_TO_OPDATA);
+	CpaCySymDpOpData *opData = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(rte_buff, void *,
+							   CRYPTO_OFFSET_TO_OPDATA);
 	uint32_t lcore_id;
 
 	if (unlikely(c >= NUM_CRYPTO || h >= NUM_HMAC))
diff --git a/examples/dpdk_qat/main.c b/examples/dpdk_qat/main.c
index 053be91..7c2f628 100644
--- a/examples/dpdk_qat/main.c
+++ b/examples/dpdk_qat/main.c
@@ -326,8 +326,9 @@ main_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *dummy)
 			continue;
 		/* Send packet to either QAT encrypt, QAT decrypt or NIC TX */
 		if (pkt_from_nic_rx) {
-			struct ipv4_hdr *ip  = (struct ipv4_hdr *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, unsigned char *) +
-					sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+			struct ipv4_hdr *ip  = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt,
+								       struct ipv4_hdr *,
+								       sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 			if (ip->src_addr & rte_cpu_to_be_32(ACTION_ENCRYPT)) {
 				if (CRYPTO_RESULT_FAIL == crypto_encrypt(pkt,
 					(enum cipher_alg)((ip->src_addr >> 16) & 0xFF),
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-acl/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-acl/main.c
index 1a04004..3944843 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-acl/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-acl/main.c
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ send_single_packet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t port);
 #define OFF_IPV42PROTO (offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id))
 #define OFF_IPV62PROTO (offsetof(struct ipv6_hdr, proto))
 #define MBUF_IPV4_2PROTO(m)	\
-	(rte_pktmbuf_mtod((m), uint8_t *) + OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV42PROTO)
+	rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset((m), uint8_t *, OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV42PROTO)
 #define MBUF_IPV6_2PROTO(m)	\
-	(rte_pktmbuf_mtod((m), uint8_t *) + OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV62PROTO)
+	rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset((m), uint8_t *, OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV62PROTO)
 
 #define GET_CB_FIELD(in, fd, base, lim, dlm)	do {            \
 	unsigned long val;                                      \
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ dump_acl4_rule(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t sig)
 {
 	uint32_t offset = sig & ~ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE;
 	unsigned char a, b, c, d;
-	struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)
-					(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char *) +
-					sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m,
+							    struct ipv4_hdr *,
+							    sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 	uint32_t_to_char(rte_bswap32(ipv4_hdr->src_addr), &a, &b, &c, &d);
 	printf("Packet Src:%hhu.%hhu.%hhu.%hhu ", a, b, c, d);
@@ -590,9 +590,9 @@ dump_acl6_rule(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t sig)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 	uint32_t offset = sig & ~ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE;
-	struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr *)
-					(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char *) +
-					sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m,
+							    struct ipv6_hdr *,
+							    sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 	printf("Packet Src");
 	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(ipv6_hdr->src_addr); i += sizeof(uint16_t))
@@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ prepare_one_packet(struct rte_mbuf **pkts_in, struct acl_search_t *acl,
 
 	if (type == PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR) {
 
-		ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt,
-			unsigned char *) + sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+		ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt, struct ipv4_hdr *,
+						   sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 		/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
 		if (is_valid_ipv4_pkt(ipv4_hdr, pkt->pkt_len) >= 0) {
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
index bb0b66f..b0748cf 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
@@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid,
 	if (m->ol_flags & PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR) {
 		/* Handle IPv4 headers.*/
 		ipv4_hdr =
-			(struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char*)
-						+ sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct ipv4_hdr *,
+						sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 #ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
 		/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid,
 		struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr;
 
 		ipv6_hdr =
-			(struct ipv6_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char*)
-						+ sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct ipv6_hdr *,
+						sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 		dst_port = get_ipv6_dst_port(ipv6_hdr, portid,
 					qconf->ipv6_lookup_struct);
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-vf/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-vf/main.c
index f007bc1..32ff4d5 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-vf/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-vf/main.c
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid, lookup_struct_t * l3fwd
 
 	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct ether_hdr *);
 
-	ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char *) +
-				sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct ipv4_hdr *,
+					   sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 #ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
 	/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/main.c b/examples/l3fwd/main.c
index 7871038..2d06d95 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/main.c
@@ -752,14 +752,14 @@ simple_ipv4_fwd_4pkts(struct rte_mbuf* m[4], uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *
 	eth_hdr[3] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[3], struct ether_hdr *);
 
 	/* Handle IPv4 headers.*/
-	ipv4_hdr[0] = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[0], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
-	ipv4_hdr[1] = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[1], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
-	ipv4_hdr[2] = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[2], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
-	ipv4_hdr[3] = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[3], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv4_hdr[0] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[0], struct ipv4_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv4_hdr[1] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[1], struct ipv4_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv4_hdr[2] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[2], struct ipv4_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv4_hdr[3] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[3], struct ipv4_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 #ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
 	/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
@@ -795,14 +795,10 @@ simple_ipv4_fwd_4pkts(struct rte_mbuf* m[4], uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *
 	}
 #endif // End of #ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
 
-	data[0] = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[0], unsigned char *) +
-		sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
-	data[1] = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[1], unsigned char *) +
-		sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
-	data[2] = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[2], unsigned char *) +
-		sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
-	data[3] = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[3], unsigned char *) +
-		sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
+	data[0] = _mm_loadu_si128(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[0], __m128i *, sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
+	data[1] = _mm_loadu_si128(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[1], __m128i *, sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
+	data[2] = _mm_loadu_si128(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[2], __m128i *, sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
+	data[3] = _mm_loadu_si128(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[3], __m128i *, sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv4_hdr, time_to_live)));
 
 	key[0].xmm = _mm_and_si128(data[0], mask0);
 	key[1].xmm = _mm_and_si128(data[1], mask0);
@@ -863,14 +859,9 @@ simple_ipv4_fwd_4pkts(struct rte_mbuf* m[4], uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *
 static inline void get_ipv6_5tuple(struct rte_mbuf* m0, __m128i mask0, __m128i mask1,
 				 union ipv6_5tuple_host * key)
 {
-        __m128i tmpdata0 = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m0, unsigned char *)
-			+ sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv6_hdr, payload_len)));
-        __m128i tmpdata1 = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m0, unsigned char *)
-			+ sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv6_hdr, payload_len)
-			+  sizeof(__m128i)));
-        __m128i tmpdata2 = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m0, unsigned char *)
-			+ sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv6_hdr, payload_len)
-			+ sizeof(__m128i) + sizeof(__m128i)));
+        __m128i tmpdata0 = _mm_loadu_si128(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m0, __m128i *, sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv6_hdr, payload_len)));
+        __m128i tmpdata1 = _mm_loadu_si128(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m0, __m128i *, sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv6_hdr, payload_len) + sizeof(__m128i)));
+        __m128i tmpdata2 = _mm_loadu_si128(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m0, __m128i *, sizeof(struct ether_hdr) + offsetof(struct ipv6_hdr, payload_len) + sizeof(__m128i) + sizeof(__m128i)));
         key->xmm[0] = _mm_and_si128(tmpdata0, mask0);
         key->xmm[1] = tmpdata1;
         key->xmm[2] = _mm_and_si128(tmpdata2, mask1);
@@ -893,14 +884,14 @@ simple_ipv6_fwd_4pkts(struct rte_mbuf* m[4], uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *
 	eth_hdr[3] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[3], struct ether_hdr *);
 
 	/* Handle IPv6 headers.*/
-	ipv6_hdr[0] = (struct ipv6_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[0], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
-	ipv6_hdr[1] = (struct ipv6_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[1], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
-	ipv6_hdr[2] = (struct ipv6_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[2], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
-	ipv6_hdr[3] = (struct ipv6_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[3], unsigned char *) +
-			sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv6_hdr[0] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[0], struct ipv6_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv6_hdr[1] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[1], struct ipv6_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv6_hdr[2] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[2], struct ipv6_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+	ipv6_hdr[3] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m[3], struct ipv6_hdr *,
+					      sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 	get_ipv6_5tuple(m[0], mask1, mask2, &key[0]);
 	get_ipv6_5tuple(m[1], mask1, mask2, &key[1]);
@@ -959,8 +950,8 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *qcon
 
 	if (m->ol_flags & PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR) {
 		/* Handle IPv4 headers.*/
-		ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char *) +
-				sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+		ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct ipv4_hdr *,
+						   sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 #ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
 		/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
@@ -996,8 +987,8 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid, struct lcore_conf *qcon
 		/* Handle IPv6 headers.*/
 		struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr;
 
-		ipv6_hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, unsigned char *) +
-				sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+		ipv6_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct ipv6_hdr *,
+						   sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 
 		dst_port = get_ipv6_dst_port(ipv6_hdr, portid, qconf->ipv6_lookup_struct);
 
@@ -1188,10 +1179,10 @@ processx4_step3(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], uint16_t dst_port[FWDSTEP])
 	__m128i ve[FWDSTEP];
 	__m128i *p[FWDSTEP];
 
-	p[0] = (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[0], __m128i *));
-	p[1] = (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[1], __m128i *));
-	p[2] = (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[2], __m128i *));
-	p[3] = (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[3], __m128i *));
+	p[0] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[0], __m128i *);
+	p[1] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[1], __m128i *);
+	p[2] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[2], __m128i *);
+	p[3] = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt[3], __m128i *);
 
 	ve[0] = val_eth[dst_port[0]];
 	te[0] = _mm_load_si128(p[0]);
diff --git a/examples/load_balancer/runtime.c b/examples/load_balancer/runtime.c
index adec4ba..2b265c2 100644
--- a/examples/load_balancer/runtime.c
+++ b/examples/load_balancer/runtime.c
@@ -535,7 +535,9 @@ app_lcore_worker(
 			}
 
 			pkt = lp->mbuf_in.array[j];
-			ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, unsigned char *) + sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
+			ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt,
+							   struct ipv4_hdr *,
+							   sizeof(struct ether_hdr));
 			ipv4_dst = rte_be_to_cpu_32(ipv4_hdr->dst_addr);
 
 			if (unlikely(rte_lpm_lookup(lp->lpm_table, ipv4_dst, &port) != 0)) {
diff --git a/examples/vhost_xen/main.c b/examples/vhost_xen/main.c
index b672bf3..ad24079 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_xen/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost_xen/main.c
@@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ virtio_tx_route(struct virtio_net* dev, struct rte_mbuf *m, struct rte_mempool *
 	vlan_hdr->h_vlan_TCI = htons(vlan_tag);
 
 	/* Copy the remaining packet contents to the mbuf. */
-	rte_memcpy((void *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, uint8_t *) + VLAN_ETH_HLEN),
-		(const void *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *) + ETH_HLEN),
+	rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf, void *, VLAN_ETH_HLEN),
+		rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, const void *, ETH_HLEN),
 		(m->data_len - ETH_HLEN));
 	tx_q->m_table[len] = mbuf;
 	len++;
diff --git a/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv4_reassembly.c b/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv4_reassembly.c
index 279be6c..14bab91 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv4_reassembly.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv4_reassembly.c
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ ipv4_frag_reassemble(const struct ip_frag_pkt *fp)
 	m->ol_flags |= PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM;
 
 	/* update ipv4 header for the reassmebled packet */
-	ip_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr*)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *) +
-		m->l2_len);
+	ip_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct ipv4_hdr *, m->l2_len);
 
 	ip_hdr->total_length = rte_cpu_to_be_16((uint16_t)(fp->total_size +
 		m->l3_len));
diff --git a/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv6_reassembly.c b/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv6_reassembly.c
index 71cf721..1f1c172 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv6_reassembly.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ip_frag/rte_ipv6_reassembly.c
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ ipv6_frag_reassemble(const struct ip_frag_pkt *fp)
 	m->ol_flags |= PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM;
 
 	/* update ipv6 header for the reassembled datagram */
-	ip_hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr *) (rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *) +
-								  m->l2_len);
+	ip_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct ipv6_hdr *, m->l2_len);
 
 	ip_hdr->payload_len = rte_cpu_to_be_16(payload_len);
 
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ ipv6_frag_reassemble(const struct ip_frag_pkt *fp)
 	frag_hdr = (struct ipv6_extension_fragment *) (ip_hdr + 1);
 	ip_hdr->proto = frag_hdr->next_header;
 
-	ip_frag_memmove(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, char*) + sizeof(*frag_hdr),
+	ip_frag_memmove(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, char *, sizeof(*frag_hdr)),
 			rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, char*), move_len);
 
 	rte_pktmbuf_adj(m, sizeof(*frag_hdr));
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_mlx4/mlx4.c b/lib/librte_pmd_mlx4/mlx4.c
index f915bc1..e6b90ec 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -1103,10 +1103,10 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 			linearize = 1;
 		}
 		/* Set WR fields. */
-		assert(((uintptr_t)rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, char *) -
+		assert((rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, uintptr_t) -
 			(uintptr_t)buf) <= 0xffff);
 		WR_ID(wr->wr_id).offset =
-			((uintptr_t)rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, char *) -
+			(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, uintptr_t) -
 			 (uintptr_t)buf);
 		wr->num_sge = segs;
 		/* Register segments as SGEs. */
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 			assert(sge->length == 0);
 			assert(sge->lkey == 0);
 			/* Update SGE. */
-			sge->addr = (uintptr_t)rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, char *);
+			sge->addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, uintptr_t);
 			if (txq->priv->vf)
 				rte_prefetch0((volatile void *)sge->addr);
 			sge->length = DATA_LEN(buf);
@@ -1591,8 +1591,7 @@ rxq_alloc_elts_sp(struct rxq *rxq, unsigned int elts_n,
 			assert(sizeof(sge->addr) >= sizeof(uintptr_t));
 			if (j == 0) {
 				/* The first SGE keeps its headroom. */
-				sge->addr = (uintptr_t)rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf,
-									char *);
+				sge->addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, uintptr_t);
 				sge->length = (buf->buf_len -
 					       RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
 			} else {
diff --git a/lib/librte_port/rte_port_ras.c b/lib/librte_port/rte_port_ras.c
index b6ab67a..5f60e93 100644
--- a/lib/librte_port/rte_port_ras.c
+++ b/lib/librte_port/rte_port_ras.c
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ static inline void
 process_one(struct rte_port_ring_writer_ipv4_ras *p, struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
 {
 	/* Assume there is no ethernet header */
-	struct ipv4_hdr *pkt_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)
-			(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, unsigned char *));
+	struct ipv4_hdr *pkt_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, struct ipv4_hdr *);
 
 	/* Get "Do not fragment" flag and fragment offset */
 	uint16_t frag_field = rte_be_to_cpu_16(pkt_hdr->fragment_offset);
diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c
index 510ffe8..ef13213 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ copy_from_mbuf_to_vring(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t res_base_idx,
 	while (cpy_len > 0) {
 		/* Copy mbuf data to vring buffer */
 		rte_memcpy((void *)(uintptr_t)(vb_addr + vb_offset),
-			(const void *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, char*) + seg_offset),
+			rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt, const void *, seg_offset),
 			cpy_len);
 
 		PRINT_PACKET(dev,
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
 		cur = m;
 		prev = m;
 		while (cpy_len != 0) {
-			rte_memcpy((void *)(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(cur, char *) + seg_offset),
+			rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(cur, void *, seg_offset),
 				(void *)((uintptr_t)(vb_addr + vb_offset)),
 				cpy_len);
 
