diff --git a/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c b/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c
index 518d65aa07..2787d30289 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ rte_dpaa2_qdma_remove(struct rte_dpaa2_device *dpaa2_dev)
 }
 
 static struct rte_dpaa2_driver rte_dpaa2_qdma_pmd = {
+	.drv_flags = RTE_DPAA2_DRV_IOVA_AS_VA,
 	.drv_type = DPAA2_QDMA,
 	.probe = rte_dpaa2_qdma_probe,
 	.remove = rte_dpaa2_qdma_remove,