diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst
index 890535eb23..55838317b9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ management systems and software based memory allocators, to be used with DPDK.
 There are two aspects to a mempool handler.
 
 * Adding the code for your new mempool operations (ops). This is achieved by
-  adding a new mempool ops code, and using the ``MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS`` macro.
+  adding a new mempool ops code, and using the ``RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS`` macro.
 
 * Using the new API to call ``rte_mempool_create_empty()`` and
   ``rte_mempool_set_ops_byname()`` to create a new mempool and specifying which
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index bc3aca8ef1..0095d48084 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
   be removed in DPDK 22.11. The replacement macro
   ``RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE()`` is internal only.
 
+* mempool: Macro to register mempool driver ``MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS()`` is
+  deprecated and will be removed in DPDK 22.11. Use replacement macro
+  ``RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS()``.
+
 * mbuf: The mbuf offload flags ``PKT_*`` will be renamed as ``RTE_MBUF_F_*``.
   A compatibility layer will be kept until DPDK 22.11, except for the flags
   that are already deprecated (``PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD``, ``PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD``,
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index e95ddb93a6..9804c033c0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ API Changes
 * mempool: Helper macro ``MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE()`` is deprecated.
   The replacement macro ``RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE()`` is internal only.
 
+* mempool: Macro to register mempool driver ``MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS()`` is
+  deprecated.  Use replacement ``RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS()``.
+
 * net: Renamed ``s_addr`` and ``d_addr`` fields of ``rte_ether_hdr`` structure
   to ``src_addr`` and ``dst_addr``, respectively.
 
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/bucket/rte_mempool_bucket.c b/drivers/mempool/bucket/rte_mempool_bucket.c
index 8ff9e53007..c0b480bfc7 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/bucket/rte_mempool_bucket.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/bucket/rte_mempool_bucket.c
@@ -663,4 +663,4 @@ static const struct rte_mempool_ops ops_bucket = {
 };
 
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_bucket);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_bucket);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c
index 95458b34b7..4c669b878f 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c
@@ -316,4 +316,4 @@ static struct rte_mempool_ops cn10k_mempool_ops = {
 	.populate = cnxk_mempool_populate,
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(cn10k_mempool_ops);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(cn10k_mempool_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn9k_mempool_ops.c b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn9k_mempool_ops.c
index c0cdba640b..b7967f8085 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn9k_mempool_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn9k_mempool_ops.c
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ static struct rte_mempool_ops cn9k_mempool_ops = {
 	.populate = cnxk_mempool_populate,
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(cn9k_mempool_ops);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(cn9k_mempool_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c b/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c
index f02056982c..f17aff9655 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c
@@ -358,4 +358,4 @@ static const struct rte_mempool_ops dpaa_mpool_ops = {
 	.populate = dpaa_populate,
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(dpaa_mpool_ops);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(dpaa_mpool_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c
index 771e0a0e28..39c6252a63 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c
@@ -455,6 +455,6 @@ static const struct rte_mempool_ops dpaa2_mpool_ops = {
 	.populate = dpaa2_populate,
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(dpaa2_mpool_ops);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(dpaa2_mpool_ops);
 
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(dpaa2_logtype_mempool, NOTICE);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/octeontx/rte_mempool_octeontx.c b/drivers/mempool/octeontx/rte_mempool_octeontx.c
index bd00700202..f4de1c8412 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/octeontx/rte_mempool_octeontx.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/octeontx/rte_mempool_octeontx.c
@@ -202,4 +202,4 @@ static struct rte_mempool_ops octeontx_fpavf_ops = {
 	.populate = octeontx_fpavf_populate,
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(octeontx_fpavf_ops);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(octeontx_fpavf_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/octeontx2/otx2_mempool_ops.c b/drivers/mempool/octeontx2/otx2_mempool_ops.c
index d827fd8c7b..332e4f1cb2 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/octeontx2/otx2_mempool_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/octeontx2/otx2_mempool_ops.c
@@ -898,4 +898,4 @@ static struct rte_mempool_ops otx2_npa_ops = {
 #endif
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(otx2_npa_ops);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(otx2_npa_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/ring/rte_mempool_ring.c b/drivers/mempool/ring/rte_mempool_ring.c
index 4b785971c4..c6aa935eea 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/ring/rte_mempool_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/ring/rte_mempool_ring.c
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ static const struct rte_mempool_ops ops_mt_hts = {
 	.get_count = common_ring_get_count,
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mp_mc);
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_sp_sc);
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mp_sc);
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_sp_mc);
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mt_rts);
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mt_hts);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mp_mc);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_sp_sc);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mp_sc);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_sp_mc);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mt_rts);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_mt_hts);
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/stack/rte_mempool_stack.c b/drivers/mempool/stack/rte_mempool_stack.c
index 7e85c8d6b6..1476905227 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/stack/rte_mempool_stack.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/stack/rte_mempool_stack.c
@@ -93,5 +93,5 @@ static struct rte_mempool_ops ops_lf_stack = {
 	.get_count = stack_get_count
 };
 
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_stack);
-MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_lf_stack);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_stack);
+RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops_lf_stack);
diff --git a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h
index 11ef60247e..409836d4d1 100644
--- a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h
+++ b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h
@@ -920,12 +920,16 @@ int rte_mempool_register_ops(const struct rte_mempool_ops *ops);
  * Note that the rte_mempool_register_ops fails silently here when
  * more than RTE_MEMPOOL_MAX_OPS_IDX is registered.
  */
-#define MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops)				\
+#define RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops)				\
 	RTE_INIT(mp_hdlr_init_##ops)				\
 	{							\
 		rte_mempool_register_ops(&ops);			\
 	}
 
+/** Deprecated. Use RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS() instead. */
+#define MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops) \
+	RTE_DEPRECATED(RTE_MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(ops))
+
 /**
  * An object callback function for mempool.
  *
