diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 61d94c7de4..d4aea4b463 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   structure would be made internal (or removed if all dependencies are cleared)
   in future releases.
 
-* mbuf: The opaque ``mbuf->hash.sched`` field will be updated to support generic
-  definition in line with the ethdev TM and MTR APIs. Currently, this field
-  is defined in librte_sched in a non-generic way. The new generic format
-  will contain: queue ID, traffic class, color. Field size will not change.
-
-* sched: Some API functions will change prototype due to the above
-  deprecation note for mbuf->hash.sched, e.g. ``rte_sched_port_pkt_write()``
-  and ``rte_sched_port_pkt_read()`` will likely have an additional parameter
-  of type ``struct rte_sched_port``.
-
 * mbuf: the macro ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()`` will be removed in v18.08 or later and
   replaced with ``RTE_MBUF_CLONED()`` which is already added in v18.05. As
   ``EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF`` is newly introduced in v18.05, ``RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()``
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst
index 243e687acc..22c2dff4e5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ API Changes
   ``rte_malloc_get_socket_stats()`` are no longer safe to call concurrently with
   ``rte_malloc_heap_create()`` or ``rte_malloc_heap_destroy()`` function calls.
 
+* sched: As result of the new format of the mbuf sched field, the
+  functions ``rte_sched_port_pkt_write()`` and
+  ``rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path()`` got an additional parameter of
+  type ``struct rte_sched_port``.
+
 * pdump: The ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir()``, the parameter ``path`` of
   ``rte_pdump_init()`` and enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` were deprecated
   since 18.05 and are removed in this release.
@@ -170,6 +175,9 @@ ABI Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
+* mbuf: The format of the sched field of ``rte_mbuf`` has been changed
+  to include the following fields: ``queue ID``, ``traffic class``, ``color``.
+
 
 Shared Library Versions
 -----------------------
@@ -217,7 +225,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_kvargs.so.1
      librte_latencystats.so.1
      librte_lpm.so.2
-     librte_mbuf.so.4
+   + librte_mbuf.so.5
      librte_member.so.1
      librte_mempool.so.5
      librte_meter.so.2
@@ -239,7 +247,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_rawdev.so.1
      librte_reorder.so.1
      librte_ring.so.2
-     librte_sched.so.1
+   + librte_sched.so.2
      librte_security.so.1
      librte_table.so.3
      librte_timer.so.1
diff --git a/examples/qos_sched/app_thread.c b/examples/qos_sched/app_thread.c
index a592742360..bec4deee3f 100644
--- a/examples/qos_sched/app_thread.c
+++ b/examples/qos_sched/app_thread.c
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ app_rx_thread(struct thread_conf **confs)
 			for(i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
 				get_pkt_sched(rx_mbufs[i],
 						&subport, &pipe, &traffic_class, &queue, &color);
-				rte_sched_port_pkt_write(rx_mbufs[i], subport, pipe,
-						traffic_class, queue, (enum rte_meter_color) color);
+				rte_sched_port_pkt_write(conf->sched_port,
+						rx_mbufs[i],
+						subport, pipe,
+						traffic_class, queue,
+						(enum rte_meter_color) color);
 			}
 
 			if (unlikely(rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(conf->rx_ring,
diff --git a/examples/qos_sched/main.c b/examples/qos_sched/main.c
index e7c97bd642..c0ed16b68f 100644
--- a/examples/qos_sched/main.c
+++ b/examples/qos_sched/main.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ app_main_loop(__attribute__((unused))void *dummy)
 			flow->rx_thread.rx_port = flow->rx_port;
 			flow->rx_thread.rx_ring =  flow->rx_ring;
 			flow->rx_thread.rx_queue = flow->rx_queue;
+			flow->rx_thread.sched_port = flow->sched_port;
 
 			rx_confs[rx_idx++] = &flow->rx_thread;
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.h
index 81456d4a98..2a50656d91 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.h
@@ -63,13 +63,11 @@
  * function can be used to retrieve the adapter's service function ID.
  *
  * The ethernet port and transmit queue index to transmit the mbuf on are
- * specified using the mbuf port and the higher 16 bits of
- * struct rte_mbuf::hash::sched:hi. The application should use the
- * rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set() and rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_get()
- * functions to access the transmit queue index since it is expected that the
- * transmit queue will be eventually defined within struct rte_mbuf and using
- * these macros will help with minimizing application impact due to
- * a change in how the transmit queue index is specified.
+ * specified using the mbuf port struct rte_mbuf::hash::txadapter:txq.
+ * The application should use the rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set()
+ * and rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_get() functions to access the transmit
+ * queue index, using these macros will help with minimizing application
+ * impact due to a change in how the transmit queue index is specified.
  */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -300,8 +298,7 @@ rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_queue_del(uint8_t id,
 static __rte_always_inline void __rte_experimental
 rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set(struct rte_mbuf *pkt, uint16_t queue)
 {
-	uint16_t *p = (uint16_t *)&pkt->hash.sched.hi;
-	p[1] = queue;
+	pkt->hash.txadapter.txq = queue;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -320,8 +317,7 @@ rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set(struct rte_mbuf *pkt, uint16_t queue)
 static __rte_always_inline uint16_t __rte_experimental
 rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_get(struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
 {
-	uint16_t *p = (uint16_t *)&pkt->hash.sched.hi;
-	return p[1];
+	return pkt->hash.txadapter.txq;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/Makefile b/lib/librte_mbuf/Makefile
index e2b98a254c..8c4c7d7905 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mempool
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_mbuf_version.map
 
-LIBABIVER := 4
+LIBABIVER := 5
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MBUF) := rte_mbuf.c rte_mbuf_ptype.c rte_mbuf_pool_ops.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/meson.build b/lib/librte_mbuf/meson.build
index 94d9c4c962..e37da02509 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
-version = 4
+version = 5
 sources = files('rte_mbuf.c', 'rte_mbuf_ptype.c', 'rte_mbuf_pool_ops.c')
 headers = files('rte_mbuf.h', 'rte_mbuf_ptype.h', 'rte_mbuf_pool_ops.h')
 deps += ['mempool']
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index 3dbc6695e9..bc562dc8a9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -574,14 +574,25 @@ struct rte_mbuf {
 				 * on PKT_RX_FDIR_* flag in ol_flags.
 				 */
 			} fdir;	/**< Filter identifier if FDIR enabled */
+			struct rte_mbuf_sched {
+				uint32_t queue_id;   /**< Queue ID. */
+				uint8_t traffic_class;
+				/**< Traffic class ID. Traffic class 0
+				 * is the highest priority traffic class.
+				 */
+				uint8_t color;
+				/**< Color. @see enum rte_color.*/
+				uint16_t reserved;   /**< Reserved. */
+			} sched; /**< Hierarchical scheduler */
 			struct {
-				uint32_t lo;
-				uint32_t hi;
+				uint32_t reserved1;
+				uint16_t reserved2;
+				uint16_t txq;
 				/**< The event eth Tx adapter uses this field
 				 * to store Tx queue id.
 				 * @see rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set()
 				 */
-			} sched;          /**< Hierarchical scheduler */
+			} txadapter; /**< Eventdev ethdev Tx adapter */
 			/**< User defined tags. See rte_distributor_process() */
 			uint32_t usr;
 		} hash;                   /**< hash information */
@@ -2289,6 +2300,108 @@ rte_pktmbuf_linearize(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf)
  */
 void rte_pktmbuf_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_mbuf *m, unsigned dump_len);
 
+/**
+ * Get the value of mbuf sched queue_id field.
+ */
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_mbuf_sched_queue_get(const struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+	return m->hash.sched.queue_id;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the value of mbuf sched traffic_class field.
+ */
+static inline uint8_t
+rte_mbuf_sched_traffic_class_get(const struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+	return m->hash.sched.traffic_class;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the value of mbuf sched color field.
+ */
+static inline uint8_t
+rte_mbuf_sched_color_get(const struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+	return m->hash.sched.color;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the values of mbuf sched queue_id, traffic_class and color.
+ *
+ * @param m
+ *   Mbuf to read
+ * @param queue_id
+ *  Returns the queue id
+ * @param traffic_class
+ *  Returns the traffic class id
+ * @param color
+ *  Returns the colour id
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_mbuf_sched_get(const struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t *queue_id,
+			uint8_t *traffic_class,
+			uint8_t *color)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf_sched sched = m->hash.sched;
+
+	*queue_id = sched.queue_id;
+	*traffic_class = sched.traffic_class;
+	*color = sched.color;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the mbuf sched queue_id to the defined value.
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_mbuf_sched_queue_set(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t queue_id)
+{
+	m->hash.sched.queue_id = queue_id;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the mbuf sched traffic_class id to the defined value.
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_mbuf_sched_traffic_class_set(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t traffic_class)
+{
+	m->hash.sched.traffic_class = traffic_class;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the mbuf sched color id to the defined value.
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_mbuf_sched_color_set(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t color)
+{
+	m->hash.sched.color = color;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the mbuf sched queue_id, traffic_class and color.
+ *
+ * @param m
+ *   Mbuf to set
+ * @param queue_id
+ *  Queue id value to be set
+ * @param traffic_class
+ *  Traffic class id value to be set
+ * @param color
+ *  Color id to be set
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_mbuf_sched_set(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t queue_id,
+			uint8_t traffic_class,
+			uint8_t color)
+{
+	m->hash.sched = (struct rte_mbuf_sched){
+				.queue_id = queue_id,
+				.traffic_class = traffic_class,
+				.color = color,
+			};
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_table_action.c b/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_table_action.c
index 7c7c8dd82c..8a2bb13dc7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_table_action.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_table_action.c
@@ -107,14 +107,6 @@ mtr_cfg_check(struct rte_table_action_mtr_config *mtr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define MBUF_SCHED_QUEUE_TC_COLOR(queue, tc, color)        \
-	((uint16_t)((((uint64_t)(queue)) & 0x3) |          \
-	((((uint64_t)(tc)) & 0x3) << 2) |                  \
-	((((uint64_t)(color)) & 0x3) << 4)))
-
-#define MBUF_SCHED_COLOR(sched, color)                     \
-	(((sched) & (~0x30LLU)) | ((color) << 4))
-
 struct mtr_trtcm_data {
 	struct rte_meter_trtcm trtcm;
 	uint64_t stats[e_RTE_METER_COLORS];
@@ -176,7 +168,7 @@ mtr_data_size(struct rte_table_action_mtr_config *mtr)
 struct dscp_table_entry_data {
 	enum rte_meter_color color;
 	uint16_t tc;
-	uint16_t queue_tc_color;
+	uint16_t tc_queue;
 };
 
 struct dscp_table_data {
@@ -319,8 +311,7 @@ pkt_work_mtr(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 	uint32_t dscp,
 	uint16_t total_length)
 {
-	uint64_t drop_mask, sched;
-	uint64_t *sched_ptr = (uint64_t *) &mbuf->hash.sched;
+	uint64_t drop_mask;
 	struct dscp_table_entry_data *dscp_entry = &dscp_table->entry[dscp];
 	enum rte_meter_color color_in, color_meter, color_policer;
 	uint32_t tc, mp_id;
@@ -329,7 +320,6 @@ pkt_work_mtr(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 	color_in = dscp_entry->color;
 	data += tc;
 	mp_id = MTR_TRTCM_DATA_METER_PROFILE_ID_GET(data);
-	sched = *sched_ptr;
 
 	/* Meter */
 	color_meter = rte_meter_trtcm_color_aware_check(
@@ -346,7 +336,7 @@ pkt_work_mtr(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 	drop_mask = MTR_TRTCM_DATA_POLICER_ACTION_DROP_GET(data, color_meter);
 	color_policer =
 		MTR_TRTCM_DATA_POLICER_ACTION_COLOR_GET(data, color_meter);
-	*sched_ptr = MBUF_SCHED_COLOR(sched, color_policer);
+	rte_mbuf_sched_color_set(mbuf, (uint8_t)color_policer);
 
 	return drop_mask;
 }
@@ -368,9 +358,8 @@ tm_cfg_check(struct rte_table_action_tm_config *tm)
 }
 
 struct tm_data {
-	uint16_t queue_tc_color;
-	uint16_t subport;
-	uint32_t pipe;
+	uint32_t queue_id;
+	uint32_t reserved;
 } __attribute__((__packed__));
 
 static int
@@ -397,9 +386,9 @@ tm_apply(struct tm_data *data,
 		return status;
 
 	/* Apply */
-	data->queue_tc_color = 0;
-	data->subport = (uint16_t) p->subport_id;
-	data->pipe = p->pipe_id;
+	data->queue_id = p->subport_id <<
+				(__builtin_ctz(cfg->n_pipes_per_subport) + 4) |
+				p->pipe_id << 4;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -411,12 +400,11 @@ pkt_work_tm(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 	uint32_t dscp)
 {
 	struct dscp_table_entry_data *dscp_entry = &dscp_table->entry[dscp];
-	struct tm_data *sched_ptr = (struct tm_data *) &mbuf->hash.sched;
-	struct tm_data sched;
-
-	sched = *data;
-	sched.queue_tc_color = dscp_entry->queue_tc_color;
-	*sched_ptr = sched;
+	uint32_t queue_id = data->queue_id |
+				(dscp_entry->tc << 2) |
+				dscp_entry->tc_queue;
+	rte_mbuf_sched_set(mbuf, queue_id, dscp_entry->tc,
+				(uint8_t)dscp_entry->color);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2580,17 +2568,13 @@ rte_table_action_dscp_table_update(struct rte_table_action *action,
 			&action->dscp_table.entry[i];
 		struct rte_table_action_dscp_table_entry *entry =
 			&table->entry[i];
-		uint16_t queue_tc_color =
-			MBUF_SCHED_QUEUE_TC_COLOR(entry->tc_queue_id,
-				entry->tc_id,
-				entry->color);
 
 		if ((dscp_mask & (1LLU << i)) == 0)
 			continue;
 
 		data->color = entry->color;
 		data->tc = entry->tc_id;
-		data->queue_tc_color = queue_tc_color;
+		data->tc_queue = entry->tc_queue_id;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/lib/librte_sched/Makefile b/lib/librte_sched/Makefile
index 46c53ed717..644fd9d15b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_sched/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_sched/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_timer
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_sched_version.map
 
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 
 #
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
diff --git a/lib/librte_sched/meson.build b/lib/librte_sched/meson.build
index f85d64df81..8e989e5f64 100644
--- a/lib/librte_sched/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_sched/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 2
 sources = files('rte_sched.c', 'rte_red.c', 'rte_approx.c')
 headers = files('rte_sched.h', 'rte_sched_common.h',
 		'rte_red.h', 'rte_approx.h')
diff --git a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
index 587d5e602d..dd77391728 100644
--- a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
+++ b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
@@ -128,22 +128,6 @@ enum grinder_state {
 	e_GRINDER_READ_MBUF
 };
 
-/*
- * Path through the scheduler hierarchy used by the scheduler enqueue
- * operation to identify the destination queue for the current
- * packet. Stored in the field pkt.hash.sched of struct rte_mbuf of
- * each packet, typically written by the classification stage and read
- * by scheduler enqueue.
- */
-struct rte_sched_port_hierarchy {
-	uint16_t queue:2;                /**< Queue ID (0 .. 3) */
-	uint16_t traffic_class:2;        /**< Traffic class ID (0 .. 3)*/
-	uint32_t color:2;                /**< Color */
-	uint16_t unused:10;
-	uint16_t subport;                /**< Subport ID */
-	uint32_t pipe;		         /**< Pipe ID */
-};
-
 struct rte_sched_grinder {
 	/* Pipe cache */
 	uint16_t pcache_qmask[RTE_SCHED_GRINDER_PCACHE_SIZE];
@@ -185,6 +169,7 @@ struct rte_sched_port {
 	/* User parameters */
 	uint32_t n_subports_per_port;
 	uint32_t n_pipes_per_subport;
+	uint32_t n_pipes_per_subport_log2;
 	uint32_t rate;
 	uint32_t mtu;
 	uint32_t frame_overhead;
@@ -645,6 +630,8 @@ rte_sched_port_config(struct rte_sched_port_params *params)
 	/* User parameters */
 	port->n_subports_per_port = params->n_subports_per_port;
 	port->n_pipes_per_subport = params->n_pipes_per_subport;
+	port->n_pipes_per_subport_log2 =
+			__builtin_ctz(params->n_pipes_per_subport);
 	port->rate = params->rate;
 	port->mtu = params->mtu + params->frame_overhead;
 	port->frame_overhead = params->frame_overhead;
@@ -1006,44 +993,52 @@ rte_sched_port_pipe_profile_add(struct rte_sched_port *port,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void
-rte_sched_port_pkt_write(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
-			 uint32_t subport, uint32_t pipe, uint32_t traffic_class,
-			 uint32_t queue, enum rte_meter_color color)
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_sched_port_qindex(struct rte_sched_port *port,
+	uint32_t subport,
+	uint32_t pipe,
+	uint32_t traffic_class,
+	uint32_t queue)
 {
-	struct rte_sched_port_hierarchy *sched
-		= (struct rte_sched_port_hierarchy *) &pkt->hash.sched;
-
-	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*sched) > sizeof(pkt->hash.sched));
-
-	sched->color = (uint32_t) color;
-	sched->subport = subport;
-	sched->pipe = pipe;
-	sched->traffic_class = traffic_class;
-	sched->queue = queue;
+	return ((subport & (port->n_subports_per_port - 1)) <<
+			(port->n_pipes_per_subport_log2 + 4)) |
+			((pipe & (port->n_pipes_per_subport - 1)) << 4) |
+			((traffic_class &
+			    (RTE_SCHED_TRAFFIC_CLASSES_PER_PIPE - 1)) << 2) |
+			(queue & (RTE_SCHED_QUEUES_PER_TRAFFIC_CLASS - 1));
 }
 
 void
-rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path(const struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+rte_sched_port_pkt_write(struct rte_sched_port *port,
+			 struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+			 uint32_t subport, uint32_t pipe,
+			 uint32_t traffic_class,
+			 uint32_t queue, enum rte_meter_color color)
+{
+	uint32_t queue_id = rte_sched_port_qindex(port, subport, pipe,
+			traffic_class, queue);
+	rte_mbuf_sched_set(pkt, queue_id, traffic_class, (uint8_t)color);
+}
+
+void
+rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path(struct rte_sched_port *port,
+				  const struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 				  uint32_t *subport, uint32_t *pipe,
 				  uint32_t *traffic_class, uint32_t *queue)
 {
-	const struct rte_sched_port_hierarchy *sched
-		= (const struct rte_sched_port_hierarchy *) &pkt->hash.sched;
+	uint32_t queue_id = rte_mbuf_sched_queue_get(pkt);
 
-	*subport = sched->subport;
-	*pipe = sched->pipe;
-	*traffic_class = sched->traffic_class;
-	*queue = sched->queue;
+	*subport = queue_id >> (port->n_pipes_per_subport_log2 + 4);
+	*pipe = (queue_id >> 4) & (port->n_pipes_per_subport - 1);
+	*traffic_class = (queue_id >> 2) &
+				(RTE_SCHED_TRAFFIC_CLASSES_PER_PIPE - 1);
+	*queue = queue_id & (RTE_SCHED_QUEUES_PER_TRAFFIC_CLASS - 1);
 }
 
 enum rte_meter_color
 rte_sched_port_pkt_read_color(const struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
 {
-	const struct rte_sched_port_hierarchy *sched
-		= (const struct rte_sched_port_hierarchy *) &pkt->hash.sched;
-
-	return (enum rte_meter_color) sched->color;
+	return (enum rte_meter_color)rte_mbuf_sched_color_get(pkt);
 }
 
 int
@@ -1100,18 +1095,6 @@ rte_sched_queue_read_stats(struct rte_sched_port *port,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline uint32_t
-rte_sched_port_qindex(struct rte_sched_port *port, uint32_t subport, uint32_t pipe, uint32_t traffic_class, uint32_t queue)
-{
-	uint32_t result;
-
-	result = subport * port->n_pipes_per_subport + pipe;
-	result = result * RTE_SCHED_TRAFFIC_CLASSES_PER_PIPE + traffic_class;
-	result = result * RTE_SCHED_QUEUES_PER_TRAFFIC_CLASS + queue;
-
-	return result;
-}
-
 #ifdef RTE_SCHED_DEBUG
 
 static inline int
@@ -1272,11 +1255,8 @@ rte_sched_port_enqueue_qptrs_prefetch0(struct rte_sched_port *port,
 #ifdef RTE_SCHED_COLLECT_STATS
 	struct rte_sched_queue_extra *qe;
 #endif
-	uint32_t subport, pipe, traffic_class, queue, qindex;
+	uint32_t qindex = rte_mbuf_sched_queue_get(pkt);
 
-	rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path(pkt, &subport, &pipe, &traffic_class, &queue);
-
-	qindex = rte_sched_port_qindex(port, subport, pipe, traffic_class, queue);
 	q = port->queue + qindex;
 	rte_prefetch0(q);
 #ifdef RTE_SCHED_COLLECT_STATS
diff --git a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.h b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.h
index 84fa896dea..243efa1d4e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.h
+++ b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.h
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ rte_sched_queue_read_stats(struct rte_sched_port *port,
  * Scheduler hierarchy path write to packet descriptor. Typically
  * called by the packet classification stage.
  *
+ * @param port
+ *   Handle to port scheduler instance
  * @param pkt
  *   Packet descriptor handle
  * @param subport
@@ -369,7 +371,8 @@ rte_sched_queue_read_stats(struct rte_sched_port *port,
  *   Packet color set
  */
 void
-rte_sched_port_pkt_write(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+rte_sched_port_pkt_write(struct rte_sched_port *port,
+			 struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 			 uint32_t subport, uint32_t pipe, uint32_t traffic_class,
 			 uint32_t queue, enum rte_meter_color color);
 
@@ -379,6 +382,8 @@ rte_sched_port_pkt_write(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
  * enqueue operation. The subport, pipe, traffic class and queue
  * parameters need to be pre-allocated by the caller.
  *
+ * @param port
+ *   Handle to port scheduler instance
  * @param pkt
  *   Packet descriptor handle
  * @param subport
@@ -392,7 +397,8 @@ rte_sched_port_pkt_write(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
  *
  */
 void
-rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path(const struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path(struct rte_sched_port *port,
+				  const struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 				  uint32_t *subport, uint32_t *pipe,
 				  uint32_t *traffic_class, uint32_t *queue);
 
diff --git a/test/test/test_sched.c b/test/test/test_sched.c
index 32e500ba92..40e411cabe 100644
--- a/test/test/test_sched.c
+++ b/test/test/test_sched.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ create_mempool(void)
 }
 
 static void
-prepare_pkt(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf)
+prepare_pkt(struct rte_sched_port *port, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf)
 {
 	struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
 	struct vlan_hdr *vlan1, *vlan2;
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ prepare_pkt(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf)
 	ip_hdr->dst_addr = IPv4(0,0,TC,QUEUE);
 
 
-	rte_sched_port_pkt_write(mbuf, SUBPORT, PIPE, TC, QUEUE, e_RTE_METER_YELLOW);
+	rte_sched_port_pkt_write(port, mbuf, SUBPORT, PIPE, TC, QUEUE,
+					e_RTE_METER_YELLOW);
 
 	/* 64 byte packet */
 	mbuf->pkt_len  = 60;
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ test_sched(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 		in_mbufs[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mp);
 		TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(in_mbufs[i], "Packet allocation failed\n");
-		prepare_pkt(in_mbufs[i]);
+		prepare_pkt(port, in_mbufs[i]);
 	}
 
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ test_sched(void)
 		color = rte_sched_port_pkt_read_color(out_mbufs[i]);
 		TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(color, e_RTE_METER_YELLOW, "Wrong color\n");
 
-		rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path(out_mbufs[i],
+		rte_sched_port_pkt_read_tree_path(port, out_mbufs[i],
 				&subport, &pipe, &traffic_class, &queue);
 
 		TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(subport, SUBPORT, "Wrong subport\n");