diff --git a/drivers/common/Makefile b/drivers/common/Makefile
index 5f72da0..0859601 100644
--- a/drivers/common/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/common/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_OCTEONTX_SSOVF)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_OCTEONTX_MEMPOO
 DIRS-y += octeontx
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MVPP2_PMD),y)
+MVEP-y += $(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MVPP2_PMD)
+MVEP-y += $(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_MVSAM_CRYPTO)
+ifneq (,$(findstring y,$(MVEP-y)))
 DIRS-y += mvep
 endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mvsam/Makefile b/drivers/crypto/mvsam/Makefile
index c3dc72c..9850fda 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/mvsam/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/crypto/mvsam/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ LIB = librte_pmd_mvsam_crypto.a
 # build flags
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/common/mvep
 CFLAGS += -I$(LIBMUSDK_PATH)/include
 CFLAGS += -DMVCONF_TYPES_PUBLIC
 CFLAGS += -DMVCONF_DMA_PHYS_ADDR_T_PUBLIC
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_mvsam_version.map
 LDLIBS += -L$(LIBMUSDK_PATH)/lib -lmusdk
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool
 LDLIBS += -lrte_cryptodev
-LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_vdev
+LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_vdev -lrte_common_mvep
 
 # library source files
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_MVSAM_CRYPTO) += rte_mrvl_pmd.c
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mvsam/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/mvsam/meson.build
index 3c8ea3c..f1c8796 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/mvsam/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/mvsam/meson.build
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ endif
 
 sources = files('rte_mrvl_pmd.c', 'rte_mrvl_pmd_ops.c')
 
-deps += ['bus_vdev']
+deps += ['bus_vdev', 'common_mvep']
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mvsam/rte_mrvl_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/mvsam/rte_mrvl_pmd.c
index 977e478..35dd659 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/mvsam/rte_mrvl_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/mvsam/rte_mrvl_pmd.c
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 #include <rte_bus_vdev.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
+#include <rte_kvargs.h>
+#include <rte_mvep_common.h>
 
 #include "rte_mrvl_pmd_private.h"
 
-#define MRVL_MUSDK_DMA_MEMSIZE 41943040
-
 #define MRVL_PMD_MAX_NB_SESS_ARG		("max_nb_sessions")
 #define MRVL_PMD_DEFAULT_MAX_NB_SESSIONS	2048
 
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ cryptodev_mrvl_crypto_create(const char *name,
 	struct rte_cryptodev *dev;
 	struct mrvl_crypto_private *internals;
 	struct sam_init_params	sam_params;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	dev = rte_cryptodev_pmd_create(name, &vdev->device,
 			&init_params->common);
@@ -778,30 +778,26 @@ cryptodev_mrvl_crypto_create(const char *name,
 	internals->max_nb_qpairs = init_params->common.max_nb_queue_pairs;
 	internals->max_nb_sessions = init_params->max_nb_sessions;
 
-	/*
-	 * ret == -EEXIST is correct, it means DMA
-	 * has been already initialized.
-	 */
-	ret = mv_sys_dma_mem_init(MRVL_MUSDK_DMA_MEMSIZE);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (ret != -EEXIST)
-			return ret;
-
-		MRVL_CRYPTO_LOG_INFO(
-			"DMA memory has been already initialized by a different driver.");
-	}
+	ret = rte_mvep_init(MVEP_MOD_T_SAM, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto init_error;
 
 	sam_params.max_num_sessions = internals->max_nb_sessions;
 
 	/* sam_set_debug_flags(3); */
-	return sam_init(&sam_params);
+
+	ret = sam_init(&sam_params);
+	if (ret)
+		goto init_error;
+
+	return 0;
 
 init_error:
 	MRVL_CRYPTO_LOG_ERR(
 		"driver %s: %s failed", init_params->common.name, __func__);
 
 	cryptodev_mrvl_crypto_uninit(vdev);
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Parse integer from integer argument */
@@ -951,6 +947,7 @@ cryptodev_mrvl_crypto_uninit(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 		name, rte_socket_id());
 
 	sam_deinit();
+	rte_mvep_deinit(MVEP_MOD_T_SAM);
 
 	cryptodev = rte_cryptodev_pmd_get_named_dev(name);
 	if (cryptodev == NULL)
diff --git a/mk/rte.app.mk b/mk/rte.app.mk
index 899d51a..4278ebb 100644
--- a/mk/rte.app.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.app.mk
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_OCTEONTX_SSOVF)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_OCTEONTX_MEMPOO
 _LDLIBS-y += -lrte_common_octeontx
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MVPP2_PMD),y)
+MVEP-y += $(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MVPP2_PMD)
+MVEP-y += $(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_MVSAM_CRYPTO)
+ifneq (,$(findstring y,$(MVEP-y)))
 _LDLIBS-y += -lrte_common_mvep -L$(LIBMUSDK_PATH)/lib -lmusdk
 endif
 
