diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
index 23dcc02e6976..7072d45f007b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_singleq_map(struct idpf_queue *tx_q,
 	data_len = skb->data_len;
 	size = skb_headlen(skb);
 
-	tx_desc = IDPF_BASE_TX_DESC(tx_q, i);
+	tx_desc = &tx_q->base_tx[i];
 
 	dma = dma_map_single(tx_q->dev, skb->data, size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_singleq_map(struct idpf_queue *tx_q,
 			i++;
 
 			if (i == tx_q->desc_count) {
-				tx_desc = IDPF_BASE_TX_DESC(tx_q, 0);
+				tx_desc = &tx_q->base_tx[0];
 				i = 0;
 			}
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_singleq_map(struct idpf_queue *tx_q,
 		i++;
 
 		if (i == tx_q->desc_count) {
-			tx_desc = IDPF_BASE_TX_DESC(tx_q, 0);
+			tx_desc = &tx_q->base_tx[0];
 			i = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ idpf_tx_singleq_get_ctx_desc(struct idpf_queue *txq)
 	memset(&txq->tx_buf[ntu], 0, sizeof(struct idpf_tx_buf));
 	txq->tx_buf[ntu].ctx_entry = true;
 
-	ctx_desc = IDPF_BASE_TX_CTX_DESC(txq, ntu);
+	ctx_desc = &txq->base_ctx[ntu];
 
 	IDPF_SINGLEQ_BUMP_RING_IDX(txq, ntu);
 	txq->next_to_use = ntu;
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static bool idpf_tx_singleq_clean(struct idpf_queue *tx_q, int napi_budget,
 	struct netdev_queue *nq;
 	bool dont_wake;
 
-	tx_desc = IDPF_BASE_TX_DESC(tx_q, ntc);
+	tx_desc = &tx_q->base_tx[ntc];
 	tx_buf = &tx_q->tx_buf[ntc];
 	ntc -= tx_q->desc_count;
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static bool idpf_tx_singleq_clean(struct idpf_queue *tx_q, int napi_budget,
 			if (unlikely(!ntc)) {
 				ntc -= tx_q->desc_count;
 				tx_buf = tx_q->tx_buf;
-				tx_desc = IDPF_BASE_TX_DESC(tx_q, 0);
+				tx_desc = &tx_q->base_tx[0];
 			}
 
 			/* unmap any remaining paged data */
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static bool idpf_tx_singleq_clean(struct idpf_queue *tx_q, int napi_budget,
 		if (unlikely(!ntc)) {
 			ntc -= tx_q->desc_count;
 			tx_buf = tx_q->tx_buf;
-			tx_desc = IDPF_BASE_TX_DESC(tx_q, 0);
+			tx_desc = &tx_q->base_tx[0];
 		}
 	} while (likely(budget));
 
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ bool idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(struct idpf_queue *rx_q,
 	if (!cleaned_count)
 		return false;
 
-	desc = IDPF_SINGLEQ_RX_BUF_DESC(rx_q, nta);
+	desc = &rx_q->single_buf[nta];
 
 	do {
 		dma_addr_t addr;
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ bool idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(struct idpf_queue *rx_q,
 
 		nta++;
 		if (unlikely(nta == rx_q->desc_count)) {
-			desc = IDPF_SINGLEQ_RX_BUF_DESC(rx_q, 0);
+			desc = &rx_q->single_buf[0];
 			nta = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static int idpf_rx_singleq_clean(struct idpf_queue *rx_q, int budget)
 		struct idpf_rx_buf *rx_buf;
 
 		/* get the Rx desc from Rx queue based on 'next_to_clean' */
-		rx_desc = IDPF_RX_DESC(rx_q, ntc);
+		rx_desc = &rx_q->rx[ntc];
 
 		/* status_error_ptype_len will always be zero for unused
 		 * descriptors because it's cleared in cleanup, and overlaps
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index 6fd9128e61d8..40b8d8b17827 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static bool idpf_rx_post_buf_desc(struct idpf_queue *bufq, u16 buf_id)
 	u16 nta = bufq->next_to_alloc;
 	dma_addr_t addr;
 
-	splitq_rx_desc = IDPF_SPLITQ_RX_BUF_DESC(bufq, nta);
+	splitq_rx_desc = &bufq->split_buf[nta];
 
 	if (bufq->rx_hsplit_en) {
 		bq.pp = bufq->hdr_pp;
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ do {								\
 	if (unlikely(!(ntc))) {					\
 		ntc -= (txq)->desc_count;			\
 		buf = (txq)->tx_buf;				\
-		desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(txq, 0);		\
+		desc = &(txq)->flex_tx[0];			\
 	} else {						\
 		(buf)++;					\
 		(desc)++;					\
@@ -1593,8 +1593,8 @@ static void idpf_tx_splitq_clean(struct idpf_queue *tx_q, u16 end,
 	s16 ntc = tx_q->next_to_clean;
 	struct idpf_tx_buf *tx_buf;
 
-	tx_desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(tx_q, ntc);
-	next_pending_desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(tx_q, end);
+	tx_desc = &tx_q->flex_tx[ntc];
+	next_pending_desc = &tx_q->flex_tx[end];
 	tx_buf = &tx_q->tx_buf[ntc];
 	ntc -= tx_q->desc_count;
 
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ static bool idpf_tx_clean_complq(struct idpf_queue *complq, int budget,
 	int i;
 
 	complq_budget = vport->compln_clean_budget;
-	tx_desc = IDPF_SPLITQ_TX_COMPLQ_DESC(complq, ntc);
+	tx_desc = &complq->comp[ntc];
 	ntc -= complq->desc_count;
 
 	do {
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ static bool idpf_tx_clean_complq(struct idpf_queue *complq, int budget,
 		ntc++;
 		if (unlikely(!ntc)) {
 			ntc -= complq->desc_count;
-			tx_desc = IDPF_SPLITQ_TX_COMPLQ_DESC(complq, 0);
+			tx_desc = &complq->comp[0];
 			change_bit(__IDPF_Q_GEN_CHK, complq->flags);
 		}
 
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ void idpf_tx_dma_map_error(struct idpf_queue *txq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		 * used one additional descriptor for a context
 		 * descriptor. Reset that here.
 		 */
-		tx_desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(txq, idx);
+		tx_desc = &txq->flex_tx[idx];
 		memset(tx_desc, 0, sizeof(struct idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc));
 		if (idx == 0)
 			idx = txq->desc_count;
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_splitq_map(struct idpf_queue *tx_q,
 	data_len = skb->data_len;
 	size = skb_headlen(skb);
 
-	tx_desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(tx_q, i);
+	tx_desc = &tx_q->flex_tx[i];
 
 	dma = dma_map_single(tx_q->dev, skb->data, size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_splitq_map(struct idpf_queue *tx_q,
 			i++;
 
 			if (i == tx_q->desc_count) {
-				tx_desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(tx_q, 0);
+				tx_desc = &tx_q->flex_tx[0];
 				i = 0;
 				tx_q->compl_tag_cur_gen =
 					IDPF_TX_ADJ_COMPL_TAG_GEN(tx_q);
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_splitq_map(struct idpf_queue *tx_q,
 		i++;
 
 		if (i == tx_q->desc_count) {
-			tx_desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(tx_q, 0);
+			tx_desc = &tx_q->flex_tx[0];
 			i = 0;
 			tx_q->compl_tag_cur_gen = IDPF_TX_ADJ_COMPL_TAG_GEN(tx_q);
 		}
@@ -2520,7 +2520,7 @@ idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc(struct idpf_queue *txq)
 	txq->tx_buf[i].compl_tag = IDPF_SPLITQ_TX_INVAL_COMPL_TAG;
 
 	/* grab the next descriptor */
-	desc = IDPF_FLEX_TX_CTX_DESC(txq, i);
+	desc = &txq->flex_ctx[i];
 	txq->next_to_use = idpf_tx_splitq_bump_ntu(txq, i);
 
 	return desc;
@@ -3020,7 +3020,7 @@ static int idpf_rx_splitq_clean(struct idpf_queue *rxq, int budget)
 		u8 rxdid;
 
 		/* get the Rx desc from Rx queue based on 'next_to_clean' */
-		desc = IDPF_RX_DESC(rxq, ntc);
+		desc = &rxq->rx[ntc];
 		rx_desc = (struct virtchnl2_rx_flex_desc_adv_nic_3 *)desc;
 
 		/* This memory barrier is needed to keep us from reading
@@ -3225,11 +3225,11 @@ static void idpf_rx_clean_refillq(struct idpf_queue *bufq,
 	int cleaned = 0;
 	u16 gen;
 
-	buf_desc = IDPF_SPLITQ_RX_BUF_DESC(bufq, bufq_nta);
+	buf_desc = &bufq->split_buf[bufq_nta];
 
 	/* make sure we stop at ring wrap in the unlikely case ring is full */
 	while (likely(cleaned < refillq->desc_count)) {
-		u16 refill_desc = IDPF_SPLITQ_RX_BI_DESC(refillq, ntc);
+		u16 refill_desc = refillq->ring[ntc];
 		bool failure;
 
 		gen = FIELD_GET(IDPF_RX_BI_GEN_M, refill_desc);
@@ -3247,7 +3247,7 @@ static void idpf_rx_clean_refillq(struct idpf_queue *bufq,
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(++bufq_nta == bufq->desc_count)) {
-			buf_desc = IDPF_SPLITQ_RX_BUF_DESC(bufq, 0);
+			buf_desc = &bufq->split_buf[0];
 			bufq_nta = 0;
 		} else {
 			buf_desc++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
index 5975c6d029d7..2584bd94363f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
@@ -112,24 +112,6 @@ do {								\
 #define IDPF_RXD_EOF_SPLITQ		VIRTCHNL2_RX_FLEX_DESC_ADV_STATUS0_EOF_M
 #define IDPF_RXD_EOF_SINGLEQ		VIRTCHNL2_RX_BASE_DESC_STATUS_EOF_M
 
-#define IDPF_SINGLEQ_RX_BUF_DESC(rxq, i)	\
-	(&(((struct virtchnl2_singleq_rx_buf_desc *)((rxq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-#define IDPF_SPLITQ_RX_BUF_DESC(rxq, i)	\
-	(&(((struct virtchnl2_splitq_rx_buf_desc *)((rxq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-#define IDPF_SPLITQ_RX_BI_DESC(rxq, i) ((((rxq)->ring))[i])
-
-#define IDPF_BASE_TX_DESC(txq, i)	\
-	(&(((struct idpf_base_tx_desc *)((txq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-#define IDPF_BASE_TX_CTX_DESC(txq, i) \
-	(&(((struct idpf_base_tx_ctx_desc *)((txq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-#define IDPF_SPLITQ_TX_COMPLQ_DESC(txcq, i)	\
-	(&(((struct idpf_splitq_tx_compl_desc *)((txcq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-
-#define IDPF_FLEX_TX_DESC(txq, i) \
-	(&(((union idpf_tx_flex_desc *)((txq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-#define IDPF_FLEX_TX_CTX_DESC(txq, i)	\
-	(&(((struct idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc *)((txq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-
 #define IDPF_DESC_UNUSED(txq)     \
 	((((txq)->next_to_clean > (txq)->next_to_use) ? 0 : (txq)->desc_count) + \
 	(txq)->next_to_clean - (txq)->next_to_use - 1)
@@ -275,9 +257,6 @@ struct idpf_rx_extracted {
 #define IDPF_TX_MAX_DESC_DATA_ALIGNED \
 	ALIGN_DOWN(IDPF_TX_MAX_DESC_DATA, IDPF_TX_MAX_READ_REQ_SIZE)
 
-#define IDPF_RX_DESC(rxq, i)	\
-	(&(((union virtchnl2_rx_desc *)((rxq)->desc_ring))[i]))
-
 #define idpf_rx_buf libie_rx_buffer
 
 #define IDPF_RX_MAX_PTYPE_PROTO_IDS    32
@@ -586,7 +565,21 @@ struct idpf_queue {
 		struct page_pool *pp;
 		struct device *dev;
 	};
-	void *desc_ring;
+	union {
+		union virtchnl2_rx_desc *rx;
+
+		struct virtchnl2_singleq_rx_buf_desc *single_buf;
+		struct virtchnl2_splitq_rx_buf_desc *split_buf;
+
+		struct idpf_base_tx_desc *base_tx;
+		struct idpf_base_tx_ctx_desc *base_ctx;
+		union idpf_tx_flex_desc *flex_tx;
+		struct idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc *flex_ctx;
+
+		struct idpf_splitq_tx_compl_desc *comp;
+
+		void *desc_ring;
+	};
 
 	u32 hdr_truesize;
 	u32 truesize;
