diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.c
index a9f9e2faf9..f837817a0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.c
@@ -358,14 +358,8 @@ ionic_dev_cmd_adminq_init(struct ionic_dev *idev, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 }
 
 int
-ionic_cq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_cq *cq,
-		uint32_t num_descs, size_t desc_size)
+ionic_cq_init(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint16_t num_descs)
 {
-	if (desc_size == 0) {
-		IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "Descriptor size is %zu", desc_size);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (!rte_is_power_of_2(num_descs) ||
 	    num_descs < IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC ||
 	    num_descs > IONIC_MAX_RING_DESC) {
@@ -374,9 +368,8 @@ ionic_cq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_cq *cq,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	cq->lif = lif;
 	cq->num_descs = num_descs;
-	cq->desc_size = desc_size;
+	cq->size_mask = num_descs - 1;
 	cq->tail_idx = 0;
 	cq->done_color = 1;
 
@@ -393,7 +386,6 @@ ionic_cq_map(struct ionic_cq *cq, void *base, rte_iova_t base_pa)
 void
 ionic_cq_bind(struct ionic_cq *cq, struct ionic_queue *q)
 {
-	cq->bound_q = q;
 	q->bound_cq = cq;
 }
 
@@ -407,7 +399,7 @@ ionic_cq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t work_to_do,
 		return 0;
 
 	while (cb(cq, cq->tail_idx, cb_arg)) {
-		cq->tail_idx = (cq->tail_idx + 1) & (cq->num_descs - 1);
+		cq->tail_idx = Q_NEXT_TO_SRVC(cq, 1);
 		if (cq->tail_idx == 0)
 			cq->done_color = !cq->done_color;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
index bacbe3f053..b29bfd13be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ struct ionic_desc_info {
 	void *cb_arg;
 };
 
+#define Q_NEXT_TO_POST(_q, _n)	(((_q)->head_idx + (_n)) & ((_q)->size_mask))
+#define Q_NEXT_TO_SRVC(_q, _n)	(((_q)->tail_idx + (_n)) & ((_q)->size_mask))
+
 struct ionic_queue {
 	struct ionic_dev *idev;
 	struct ionic_lif *lif;
@@ -174,11 +177,9 @@ struct ionic_intr_info {
 };
 
 struct ionic_cq {
-	struct ionic_lif *lif;
-	struct ionic_queue *bound_q;
-	uint32_t tail_idx;
-	uint32_t num_descs;
-	uint32_t desc_size;
+	uint16_t tail_idx;
+	uint16_t num_descs;
+	uint16_t size_mask;
 	bool done_color;
 	void *base;
 	rte_iova_t base_pa;
@@ -240,8 +241,7 @@ void ionic_dev_cmd_adminq_init(struct ionic_dev *idev, struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
 struct ionic_doorbell __iomem *ionic_db_map(struct ionic_lif *lif,
 	struct ionic_queue *q);
 
-int ionic_cq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_cq *cq,
-	uint32_t num_descs, size_t desc_size);
+int ionic_cq_init(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint16_t num_descs);
 void ionic_cq_map(struct ionic_cq *cq, void *base, rte_iova_t base_pa);
 void ionic_cq_bind(struct ionic_cq *cq, struct ionic_queue *q);
 typedef bool (*ionic_cq_cb)(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t cq_desc_index,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index e083f92417..a9fe34c0f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, uint8_t type,
 		goto err_out_free_info;
 	}
 
-	err = ionic_cq_init(lif, &new->cq, num_descs, cq_desc_size);
+	err = ionic_cq_init(&new->cq, num_descs);
 	if (err) {
 		IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "Completion queue initialization failed");
 		goto err_out_free_info;
@@ -1169,11 +1169,12 @@ ionic_adminq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t cq_desc_index,
 {
 	struct ionic_admin_comp *cq_desc_base = cq->base;
 	struct ionic_admin_comp *cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq_desc_index];
+	struct ionic_qcq *qcq = IONIC_CQ_TO_QCQ(cq);
 
 	if (!color_match(cq_desc->color, cq->done_color))
 		return false;
 
-	ionic_q_service(cq->bound_q, cq_desc_index, cq_desc->comp_index, NULL);
+	ionic_q_service(&qcq->q, cq_desc_index, cq_desc->comp_index, NULL);
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
index 8f01aefd60..1a898a0ef9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ struct ionic_qcq {
 	struct ionic_intr_info intr;
 };
 
-#define IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q)	container_of(q, struct ionic_qcq, q)
+#define IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(_q)	container_of(_q, struct ionic_qcq, q)
+#define IONIC_CQ_TO_QCQ(_cq)	container_of(_cq, struct ionic_qcq, cq)
 #define IONIC_Q_TO_TX_STATS(q)	(&IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q)->stats.tx)
 #define IONIC_Q_TO_RX_STATS(q)	(&IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q)->stats.rx)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
index 99920109eb..76de82882d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ ionic_txq_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
 }
 
 static __rte_always_inline void
-ionic_tx_flush(struct ionic_cq *cq)
+ionic_tx_flush(struct ionic_qcq *txq)
 {
-	struct ionic_queue *q = cq->bound_q;
+	struct ionic_cq *cq = &txq->cq;
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &txq->q;
 	struct ionic_desc_info *q_desc_info;
 	struct rte_mbuf *txm, *next;
 	struct ionic_txq_comp *cq_desc_base = cq->base;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ ionic_tx_flush(struct ionic_cq *cq)
 
 	cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx];
 	while (color_match(cq_desc->color, cq->done_color)) {
-		cq->tail_idx = (cq->tail_idx + 1) & (cq->num_descs - 1);
+		cq->tail_idx = Q_NEXT_TO_SRVC(cq, 1);
 
 		/* Prefetch the next 4 descriptors (not really useful here) */
 		if ((cq->tail_idx & 0x3) == 0)
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ ionic_dev_tx_queue_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id)
 
 	ionic_qcq_disable(txq);
 
-	ionic_tx_flush(&txq->cq);
+	ionic_tx_flush(txq);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -521,7 +522,6 @@ ionic_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 {
 	struct ionic_qcq *txq = (struct ionic_qcq *)tx_queue;
 	struct ionic_queue *q = &txq->q;
-	struct ionic_cq *cq = &txq->cq;
 	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = IONIC_Q_TO_TX_STATS(q);
 	uint32_t next_q_head_idx;
 	uint32_t bytes_tx = 0;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ ionic_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 	bool last;
 
 	/* Cleaning old buffers */
-	ionic_tx_flush(cq);
+	ionic_tx_flush(txq);
 
 	if (unlikely(ionic_q_space_avail(q) < nb_pkts)) {
 		stats->stop += nb_pkts;
@@ -1018,10 +1018,11 @@ ionic_dev_rx_queue_start(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
 }
 
 static __rte_always_inline void
-ionic_rxq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t work_to_do,
+ionic_rxq_service(struct ionic_qcq *rxq, uint32_t work_to_do,
 		void *service_cb_arg)
 {
-	struct ionic_queue *q = cq->bound_q;
+	struct ionic_cq *cq = &rxq->cq;
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &rxq->q;
 	struct ionic_desc_info *q_desc_info;
 	struct ionic_rxq_comp *cq_desc_base = cq->base;
 	struct ionic_rxq_comp *cq_desc;
@@ -1035,7 +1036,7 @@ ionic_rxq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t work_to_do,
 	cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx];
 	while (color_match(cq_desc->pkt_type_color, cq->done_color)) {
 		curr_cq_tail_idx = cq->tail_idx;
-		cq->tail_idx = (cq->tail_idx + 1) & (cq->num_descs - 1);
+		cq->tail_idx = Q_NEXT_TO_SRVC(cq, 1);
 
 		if (cq->tail_idx == 0)
 			cq->done_color = !cq->done_color;
@@ -1087,7 +1088,7 @@ ionic_dev_rx_queue_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
 	ionic_qcq_disable(rxq);
 
 	/* Flush */
-	ionic_rxq_service(&rxq->cq, -1, NULL);
+	ionic_rxq_service(rxq, -1, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1099,14 +1100,13 @@ ionic_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 	struct ionic_qcq *rxq = (struct ionic_qcq *)rx_queue;
 	uint32_t frame_size =
 		rxq->lif->eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len;
-	struct ionic_cq *cq = &rxq->cq;
 	struct ionic_rx_service service_cb_arg;
 
 	service_cb_arg.rx_pkts = rx_pkts;
 	service_cb_arg.nb_pkts = nb_pkts;
 	service_cb_arg.nb_rx = 0;
 
-	ionic_rxq_service(cq, nb_pkts, &service_cb_arg);
+	ionic_rxq_service(rxq, nb_pkts, &service_cb_arg);
 
 	ionic_rx_fill(rxq, frame_size);
 
