diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_fastpath.c b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_fastpath.c
index b57e7d7794..910bc845f3 100644
--- a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_fastpath.c
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_fastpath.c
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include "mlx5_regex.h"
 
 #define MLX5_REGEX_MAX_WQE_INDEX 0xffff
-#define MLX5_REGEX_METADATA_SIZE UINT32_C(64)
-#define MLX5_REGEX_MAX_OUTPUT RTE_BIT32(11)
+#define MLX5_REGEX_METADATA_SIZE ((size_t)64)
+#define MLX5_REGEX_MAX_OUTPUT (((size_t)1) << 11)
 #define MLX5_REGEX_WQE_CTRL_OFFSET 12
 #define MLX5_REGEX_WQE_METADATA_OFFSET 16
 #define MLX5_REGEX_WQE_GATHER_OFFSET 32