diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_32.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_32.h
index da6c233a31..c3a26192f3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_32.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_32.h
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ rte_mov256(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
 }
 
 #define rte_memcpy(dst, src, n)              \
-	({ (__builtin_constant_p(n)) ?       \
+	__extension__ ({                     \
+	(__builtin_constant_p(n)) ?          \
 	memcpy((dst), (src), (n)) :          \
 	rte_memcpy_func((dst), (src), (n)); })
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_memcpy.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_memcpy.h
index acf7aac237..ca9d1dc565 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_memcpy.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_memcpy.h
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ rte_mov256(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
 }
 
 #define rte_memcpy(dst, src, n)              \
-	({ (__builtin_constant_p(n)) ?       \
+	__extension__ ({                     \
+	(__builtin_constant_p(n)) ?          \
 	memcpy((dst), (src), (n)) :          \
 	rte_memcpy_func((dst), (src), (n)); })
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h
index 413035e702..b3bfc23571 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ rte_mov256(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
  * - __m128i <xmm0> ~ <xmm8> must be pre-defined
  */
 #define MOVEUNALIGNED_LEFT47_IMM(dst, src, len, offset)                                                     \
-({                                                                                                          \
+__extension__ ({                                                                                            \
     int tmp;                                                                                                \
     while (len >= 128 + 16 - offset) {                                                                      \
         xmm0 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)((const uint8_t *)src - offset + 0 * 16));                  \
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ rte_mov256(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
  * - __m128i <xmm0> ~ <xmm8> used in MOVEUNALIGNED_LEFT47_IMM must be pre-defined
  */
 #define MOVEUNALIGNED_LEFT47(dst, src, len, offset)                   \
-({                                                                    \
+__extension__ ({                                                      \
     switch (offset) {                                                 \
     case 0x01: MOVEUNALIGNED_LEFT47_IMM(dst, src, n, 0x01); break;    \
     case 0x02: MOVEUNALIGNED_LEFT47_IMM(dst, src, n, 0x02); break;    \
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h
index b698797c80..2836f2c257 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ typedef union rte_ymm {
 #endif /* __AVX__ */
 
 #ifdef RTE_ARCH_I686
-#define _mm_cvtsi128_si64(a) ({ \
+#define _mm_cvtsi128_si64(a)    \
+__extension__ ({                \
 	rte_xmm_t m;            \
 	m.x = (a);              \
 	(m.u64[0]);             \
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ typedef union rte_ymm {
  * Prior to version 12.1 icc doesn't support _mm_set_epi64x.
  */
 #if (defined(__ICC) && __ICC < 1210)
-#define _mm_set_epi64x(a, b)  ({ \
+#define _mm_set_epi64x(a, b)     \
+__extension__ ({                 \
 	rte_xmm_t m;             \
 	m.u64[0] = b;            \
 	m.u64[1] = a;            \
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
index 332f2a439e..477472bf0e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ rte_align64pow2(uint64_t v)
 /**
  * Macro to return the minimum of two numbers
  */
-#define RTE_MIN(a, b) ({ \
+#define RTE_MIN(a, b) \
+	__extension__ ({ \
 		typeof (a) _a = (a); \
 		typeof (b) _b = (b); \
 		_a < _b ? _a : _b; \
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ rte_align64pow2(uint64_t v)
 /**
  * Macro to return the maximum of two numbers
  */
-#define RTE_MAX(a, b) ({ \
+#define RTE_MAX(a, b) \
+	__extension__ ({ \
 		typeof (a) _a = (a); \
 		typeof (b) _b = (b); \
 		_a > _b ? _a : _b; \