diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c
index 0af0b86677..428de0ffd9 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c
@@ -1182,8 +1182,8 @@ mlx5_glue_dv_free_var(struct mlx5dv_var *var)
 #endif
 }
 
-alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE)
-const struct mlx5_glue *mlx5_glue = &(const struct mlx5_glue){
+__rte_cache_aligned
+const struct mlx5_glue *mlx5_glue = &(const struct mlx5_glue) {
 	.version = MLX5_GLUE_VERSION,
 	.fork_init = mlx5_glue_fork_init,
 	.alloc_pd = mlx5_glue_alloc_pd,
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_nl.c b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_nl.c
index 549e787b04..d9f0d4129e 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_nl.c
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ mlx5_nl_vlan_vmwa_create(struct mlx5_nl_vlan_vmwa_context *vmwa,
 	struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
 	char name[sizeof(MLX5_VMWA_VLAN_DEVICE_PFX) + 32];
 
-	alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE)
+	__rte_cache_aligned
 	uint8_t buf[NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)) +
 		    NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg)) +
 		    NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlattr)) * 8 +