diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index 49edb7e..2431a55 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ struct mlx5_dev_spawn_data {
 	if (ret)
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u some Rx queues still remain",
 			dev->data->port_id);
-	ret = mlx5_txq_ibv_verify(dev);
+	ret = mlx5_txq_obj_verify(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u some Verbs Tx queue still remain",
 			dev->data->port_id);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index 4d14e9e..36cced9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ struct mlx5_priv {
 	LIST_HEAD(rxqobj, mlx5_rxq_obj) rxqsobj; /* Verbs/DevX Rx queues. */
 	LIST_HEAD(hrxq, mlx5_hrxq) hrxqs; /* Verbs Hash Rx queues. */
 	LIST_HEAD(txq, mlx5_txq_ctrl) txqsctrl; /* DPDK Tx queues. */
-	LIST_HEAD(txqibv, mlx5_txq_ibv) txqsibv; /* Verbs Tx queues. */
+	LIST_HEAD(txqobj, mlx5_txq_obj) txqsobj; /* Verbs/DevX Tx queues. */
 	/* Indirection tables. */
 	LIST_HEAD(ind_tables, mlx5_ind_table_obj) ind_tbls;
 	/* Pointer to next element. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
index 10d0ca1..f23708c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ enum mlx5_txcmp_code {
 			.qp_state = IBV_QPS_RESET,
 			.port_num = (uint8_t)priv->ibv_port,
 		};
-		struct ibv_qp *qp = txq_ctrl->ibv->qp;
+		struct ibv_qp *qp = txq_ctrl->obj->qp;
 
 		ret = mlx5_glue->modify_qp(qp, &mod, IBV_QP_STATE);
 		if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
index 13fdc38..12f9bfb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
@@ -308,13 +308,31 @@ struct mlx5_txq_data {
 	/* Storage for queued packets, must be the last field. */
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
-/* Verbs Rx queue elements. */
-struct mlx5_txq_ibv {
-	LIST_ENTRY(mlx5_txq_ibv) next; /* Pointer to the next element. */
+enum mlx5_txq_obj_type {
+	MLX5_TXQ_OBJ_TYPE_IBV,		/* mlx5_txq_obj with ibv_wq. */
+	MLX5_TXQ_OBJ_TYPE_DEVX_HAIRPIN,
+	/* mlx5_txq_obj with mlx5_devx_tq and hairpin support. */
+};
+
+enum mlx5_txq_type {
+	MLX5_TXQ_TYPE_STANDARD, /* Standard Tx queue. */
+	MLX5_TXQ_TYPE_HAIRPIN, /* Hairpin Rx queue. */
+};
+
+/* Verbs/DevX Tx queue elements. */
+struct mlx5_txq_obj {
+	LIST_ENTRY(mlx5_txq_obj) next; /* Pointer to the next element. */
 	rte_atomic32_t refcnt; /* Reference counter. */
 	struct mlx5_txq_ctrl *txq_ctrl; /* Pointer to the control queue. */
-	struct ibv_cq *cq; /* Completion Queue. */
-	struct ibv_qp *qp; /* Queue Pair. */
+	enum mlx5_rxq_obj_type type; /* The txq object type. */
+	RTE_STD_C11
+	union {
+		struct {
+			struct ibv_cq *cq; /* Completion Queue. */
+			struct ibv_qp *qp; /* Queue Pair. */
+		};
+		struct mlx5_devx_obj *sq; /* DevX object for Sx queue. */
+	};
 };
 
 /* TX queue control descriptor. */
@@ -322,9 +340,10 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ctrl {
 	LIST_ENTRY(mlx5_txq_ctrl) next; /* Pointer to the next element. */
 	rte_atomic32_t refcnt; /* Reference counter. */
 	unsigned int socket; /* CPU socket ID for allocations. */
+	enum mlx5_txq_type type; /* The txq ctrl type. */
 	unsigned int max_inline_data; /* Max inline data. */
 	unsigned int max_tso_header; /* Max TSO header size. */
-	struct mlx5_txq_ibv *ibv; /* Verbs queue object. */
+	struct mlx5_txq_obj *obj; /* Verbs/DevX queue object. */
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv; /* Back pointer to private data. */
 	off_t uar_mmap_offset; /* UAR mmap offset for non-primary process. */
 	void *bf_reg; /* BlueFlame register from Verbs. */
@@ -393,10 +412,10 @@ int mlx5_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 			unsigned int socket, const struct rte_eth_txconf *conf);
 void mlx5_tx_queue_release(void *dpdk_txq);
 int mlx5_tx_uar_init_secondary(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int fd);
-struct mlx5_txq_ibv *mlx5_txq_ibv_new(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx);
-struct mlx5_txq_ibv *mlx5_txq_ibv_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx);
-int mlx5_txq_ibv_release(struct mlx5_txq_ibv *txq_ibv);
-int mlx5_txq_ibv_verify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+struct mlx5_txq_obj *mlx5_txq_obj_new(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx);
+struct mlx5_txq_obj *mlx5_txq_obj_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx);
+int mlx5_txq_obj_release(struct mlx5_txq_obj *txq_ibv);
+int mlx5_txq_obj_verify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 struct mlx5_txq_ctrl *mlx5_txq_new(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx,
 				   uint16_t desc, unsigned int socket,
 				   const struct rte_eth_txconf *conf);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
index cb31ae2..50c4df5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 		if (!txq_ctrl)
 			continue;
 		txq_alloc_elts(txq_ctrl);
-		txq_ctrl->ibv = mlx5_txq_ibv_new(dev, i);
-		if (!txq_ctrl->ibv) {
+		txq_ctrl->obj = mlx5_txq_obj_new(dev, i);
+		if (!txq_ctrl->obj) {
 			rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 			goto error;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
index 53d45e7..a6e2563 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c
@@ -375,15 +375,15 @@
  * @return
  *   The Verbs object initialised, NULL otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
-struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
-mlx5_txq_ibv_new(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
+struct mlx5_txq_obj *
+mlx5_txq_obj_new(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 	struct mlx5_txq_data *txq_data = (*priv->txqs)[idx];
 	struct mlx5_txq_ctrl *txq_ctrl =
 		container_of(txq_data, struct mlx5_txq_ctrl, txq);
-	struct mlx5_txq_ibv tmpl;
-	struct mlx5_txq_ibv *txq_ibv = NULL;
+	struct mlx5_txq_obj tmpl;
+	struct mlx5_txq_obj *txq_obj = NULL;
 	union {
 		struct ibv_qp_init_attr_ex init;
 		struct ibv_cq_init_attr_ex cq;
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 		rte_errno = EINVAL;
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	memset(&tmpl, 0, sizeof(struct mlx5_txq_ibv));
+	memset(&tmpl, 0, sizeof(struct mlx5_txq_obj));
 	attr.cq = (struct ibv_cq_init_attr_ex){
 		.comp_mask = 0,
 	};
@@ -502,9 +502,9 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 		rte_errno = errno;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	txq_ibv = rte_calloc_socket(__func__, 1, sizeof(struct mlx5_txq_ibv), 0,
+	txq_obj = rte_calloc_socket(__func__, 1, sizeof(struct mlx5_txq_obj), 0,
 				    txq_ctrl->socket);
-	if (!txq_ibv) {
+	if (!txq_obj) {
 		DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u Tx queue %u cannot allocate memory",
 			dev->data->port_id, idx);
 		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 		}
 	}
 #endif
-	txq_ibv->qp = tmpl.qp;
-	txq_ibv->cq = tmpl.cq;
-	rte_atomic32_inc(&txq_ibv->refcnt);
+	txq_obj->qp = tmpl.qp;
+	txq_obj->cq = tmpl.cq;
+	rte_atomic32_inc(&txq_obj->refcnt);
 	txq_ctrl->bf_reg = qp.bf.reg;
 	if (qp.comp_mask & MLX5DV_QP_MASK_UAR_MMAP_OFFSET) {
 		txq_ctrl->uar_mmap_offset = qp.uar_mmap_offset;
@@ -585,18 +585,18 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 		goto error;
 	}
 	txq_uar_init(txq_ctrl);
-	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&priv->txqsibv, txq_ibv, next);
-	txq_ibv->txq_ctrl = txq_ctrl;
+	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&priv->txqsobj, txq_obj, next);
+	txq_obj->txq_ctrl = txq_ctrl;
 	priv->verbs_alloc_ctx.type = MLX5_VERBS_ALLOC_TYPE_NONE;
-	return txq_ibv;
+	return txq_obj;
 error:
 	ret = rte_errno; /* Save rte_errno before cleanup. */
 	if (tmpl.cq)
 		claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_cq(tmpl.cq));
 	if (tmpl.qp)
 		claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_qp(tmpl.qp));
-	if (txq_ibv)
-		rte_free(txq_ibv);
+	if (txq_obj)
+		rte_free(txq_obj);
 	priv->verbs_alloc_ctx.type = MLX5_VERBS_ALLOC_TYPE_NONE;
 	rte_errno = ret; /* Restore rte_errno. */
 	return NULL;
@@ -613,8 +613,8 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
  * @return
  *   The Verbs object if it exists.
  */
-struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
-mlx5_txq_ibv_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
+struct mlx5_txq_obj *
+mlx5_txq_obj_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 	struct mlx5_txq_ctrl *txq_ctrl;
@@ -624,29 +624,29 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
 	if (!(*priv->txqs)[idx])
 		return NULL;
 	txq_ctrl = container_of((*priv->txqs)[idx], struct mlx5_txq_ctrl, txq);
-	if (txq_ctrl->ibv)
-		rte_atomic32_inc(&txq_ctrl->ibv->refcnt);
-	return txq_ctrl->ibv;
+	if (txq_ctrl->obj)
+		rte_atomic32_inc(&txq_ctrl->obj->refcnt);
+	return txq_ctrl->obj;
 }
 
 /**
  * Release an Tx verbs queue object.
  *
- * @param txq_ibv
+ * @param txq_obj
  *   Verbs Tx queue object.
  *
  * @return
  *   1 while a reference on it exists, 0 when freed.
  */
 int
-mlx5_txq_ibv_release(struct mlx5_txq_ibv *txq_ibv)
+mlx5_txq_obj_release(struct mlx5_txq_obj *txq_obj)
 {
-	assert(txq_ibv);
-	if (rte_atomic32_dec_and_test(&txq_ibv->refcnt)) {
-		claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_qp(txq_ibv->qp));
-		claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_cq(txq_ibv->cq));
-		LIST_REMOVE(txq_ibv, next);
-		rte_free(txq_ibv);
+	assert(txq_obj);
+	if (rte_atomic32_dec_and_test(&txq_obj->refcnt)) {
+		claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_qp(txq_obj->qp));
+		claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_cq(txq_obj->cq));
+		LIST_REMOVE(txq_obj, next);
+		rte_free(txq_obj);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;
@@ -662,15 +662,15 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ibv *
  *   The number of object not released.
  */
 int
-mlx5_txq_ibv_verify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+mlx5_txq_obj_verify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 	int ret = 0;
-	struct mlx5_txq_ibv *txq_ibv;
+	struct mlx5_txq_obj *txq_obj;
 
-	LIST_FOREACH(txq_ibv, &priv->txqsibv, next) {
+	LIST_FOREACH(txq_obj, &priv->txqsobj, next) {
 		DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u Verbs Tx queue %u still referenced",
-			dev->data->port_id, txq_ibv->txq_ctrl->txq.idx);
+			dev->data->port_id, txq_obj->txq_ctrl->txq.idx);
 		++ret;
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ctrl *
 	if ((*priv->txqs)[idx]) {
 		ctrl = container_of((*priv->txqs)[idx], struct mlx5_txq_ctrl,
 				    txq);
-		mlx5_txq_ibv_get(dev, idx);
+		mlx5_txq_obj_get(dev, idx);
 		rte_atomic32_inc(&ctrl->refcnt);
 	}
 	return ctrl;
@@ -1153,8 +1153,8 @@ struct mlx5_txq_ctrl *
 	if (!(*priv->txqs)[idx])
 		return 0;
 	txq = container_of((*priv->txqs)[idx], struct mlx5_txq_ctrl, txq);
-	if (txq->ibv && !mlx5_txq_ibv_release(txq->ibv))
-		txq->ibv = NULL;
+	if (txq->obj && !mlx5_txq_obj_release(txq->obj))
+		txq->obj = NULL;
 	if (rte_atomic32_dec_and_test(&txq->refcnt)) {
 		txq_free_elts(txq);
 		mlx5_mr_btree_free(&txq->txq.mr_ctrl.cache_bh);
