diff --git a/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_23xx_vf.c b/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_23xx_vf.c
index 181f830298..44d90c0b7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_23xx_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_23xx_vf.c
@@ -232,6 +232,27 @@ cn23xx_vf_setup_iq_regs(struct lio_device *lio_dev, uint32_t iq_no)
 	rte_write64(pkt_in_done, iq->inst_cnt_reg);
 }
 
+static void
+cn23xx_vf_setup_oq_regs(struct lio_device *lio_dev, uint32_t oq_no)
+{
+	struct lio_droq *droq = lio_dev->droq[oq_no];
+
+	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
+
+	lio_write_csr64(lio_dev, CN23XX_SLI_OQ_BASE_ADDR64(oq_no),
+			droq->desc_ring_dma);
+	lio_write_csr(lio_dev, CN23XX_SLI_OQ_SIZE(oq_no), droq->max_count);
+
+	lio_write_csr(lio_dev, CN23XX_SLI_OQ_BUFF_INFO_SIZE(oq_no),
+		      (droq->buffer_size | (OCTEON_RH_SIZE << 16)));
+
+	/* Get the mapped address of the pkt_sent and pkts_credit regs */
+	droq->pkts_sent_reg = (uint8_t *)lio_dev->hw_addr +
+					CN23XX_SLI_OQ_PKTS_SENT(oq_no);
+	droq->pkts_credit_reg = (uint8_t *)lio_dev->hw_addr +
+					CN23XX_SLI_OQ_PKTS_CREDIT(oq_no);
+}
+
 static void
 cn23xx_vf_free_mbox(struct lio_device *lio_dev)
 {
@@ -436,6 +457,7 @@ cn23xx_vf_setup_device(struct lio_device *lio_dev)
 		return -1;
 
 	lio_dev->fn_list.setup_iq_regs		= cn23xx_vf_setup_iq_regs;
+	lio_dev->fn_list.setup_oq_regs		= cn23xx_vf_setup_oq_regs;
 	lio_dev->fn_list.setup_mbox		= cn23xx_vf_setup_mbox;
 	lio_dev->fn_list.free_mbox		= cn23xx_vf_free_mbox;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_hw_defs.h b/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_hw_defs.h
index 35d59fdcc9..4271730bc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_hw_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/liquidio/base/lio_hw_defs.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ enum octeon_tag_type {
 /* This subcode is sent by core PCI driver to indicate cores are ready. */
 #define LIO_OPCODE_IF_CFG		0x09
 
+#define LIO_MAX_RX_PKTLEN		(64 * 1024)
+
 /* Interface flags communicated between host driver and core app. */
 enum lio_ifflags {
 	LIO_IFFLAG_UNICAST	= 0x10
diff --git a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c
index 942fe9b378..9948023a43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.c
@@ -40,6 +40,96 @@
 #include "lio_ethdev.h"
 #include "lio_rxtx.h"
 
+static void
+lio_droq_compute_max_packet_bufs(struct lio_droq *droq)
+{
+	uint32_t count = 0;
+
+	do {
+		count += droq->buffer_size;
+	} while (count < LIO_MAX_RX_PKTLEN);
+}
+
+static void
+lio_droq_reset_indices(struct lio_droq *droq)
+{
+	droq->read_idx	= 0;
+	droq->write_idx	= 0;
+	droq->refill_idx = 0;
+	droq->refill_count = 0;
+	rte_atomic64_set(&droq->pkts_pending, 0);
+}
+
+static void
+lio_droq_destroy_ring_buffers(struct lio_droq *droq)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < droq->max_count; i++) {
+		if (droq->recv_buf_list[i].buffer) {
+			rte_pktmbuf_free((struct rte_mbuf *)
+					 droq->recv_buf_list[i].buffer);
+			droq->recv_buf_list[i].buffer = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	lio_droq_reset_indices(droq);
+}
+
+static void *
+lio_recv_buffer_alloc(struct lio_device *lio_dev, int q_no)
+{
+	struct lio_droq *droq = lio_dev->droq[q_no];
+	struct rte_mempool *mpool = droq->mpool;
+	struct rte_mbuf *m;
+
+	m = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mpool);
+	if (m == NULL) {
+		lio_dev_err(lio_dev, "Cannot allocate\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(m, 1);
+	m->next = NULL;
+	m->data_off = RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+	m->nb_segs = 1;
+	m->pool = mpool;
+
+	return m;
+}
+
+static int
+lio_droq_setup_ring_buffers(struct lio_device *lio_dev,
+			    struct lio_droq *droq)
+{
+	struct lio_droq_desc *desc_ring = droq->desc_ring;
+	uint32_t i;
+	void *buf;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < droq->max_count; i++) {
+		buf = lio_recv_buffer_alloc(lio_dev, droq->q_no);
+		if (buf == NULL) {
+			lio_dev_err(lio_dev, "buffer alloc failed\n");
+			lio_droq_destroy_ring_buffers(droq);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		droq->recv_buf_list[i].buffer = buf;
+		droq->info_list[i].length = 0;
+
+		/* map ring buffers into memory */
+		desc_ring[i].info_ptr = lio_map_ring_info(droq, i);
+		desc_ring[i].buffer_ptr =
+			lio_map_ring(droq->recv_buf_list[i].buffer);
+	}
+
+	lio_droq_reset_indices(droq);
+
+	lio_droq_compute_max_packet_bufs(droq);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void
 lio_dma_zone_free(struct lio_device *lio_dev, const struct rte_memzone *mz)
 {
@@ -75,6 +165,7 @@ lio_delete_droq(struct lio_device *lio_dev, uint32_t q_no)
 
 	lio_dev_dbg(lio_dev, "OQ[%d]\n", q_no);
 
+	lio_droq_destroy_ring_buffers(droq);
 	rte_free(droq->recv_buf_list);
 	droq->recv_buf_list = NULL;
 	lio_dma_zone_free(lio_dev, droq->info_mz);
@@ -172,10 +263,15 @@ lio_init_droq(struct lio_device *lio_dev, uint32_t q_no,
 		goto init_droq_fail;
 	}
 
+	if (lio_droq_setup_ring_buffers(lio_dev, droq))
+		goto init_droq_fail;
+
 	droq->refill_threshold = c_refill_threshold;
 
 	rte_spinlock_init(&droq->lock);
 
+	lio_dev->fn_list.setup_oq_regs(lio_dev, q_no);
+
 	lio_dev->io_qmask.oq |= (1ULL << q_no);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.h
index 05f4704adf..fc623ad9f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_rxtx.h
@@ -495,6 +495,26 @@ lio_swap_8B_data(uint64_t *data, uint32_t blocks)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline uint64_t
+lio_map_ring(void *buf)
+{
+	phys_addr_t dma_addr;
+
+	dma_addr = rte_mbuf_data_dma_addr_default(((struct rte_mbuf *)buf));
+
+	return (uint64_t)dma_addr;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t
+lio_map_ring_info(struct lio_droq *droq, uint32_t i)
+{
+	phys_addr_t dma_addr;
+
+	dma_addr = droq->info_list_dma + (i * LIO_DROQ_INFO_SIZE);
+
+	return (uint64_t)dma_addr;
+}
+
 /* Macro to increment index.
  * Index is incremented by count; if the sum exceeds
  * max, index is wrapped-around to the start.
diff --git a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_struct.h b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_struct.h
index 3df79e1231..7a7a4a6f75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_struct.h
+++ b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_struct.h
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ struct lio_io_enable {
 
 struct lio_fn_list {
 	void (*setup_iq_regs)(struct lio_device *, uint32_t);
+	void (*setup_oq_regs)(struct lio_device *, uint32_t);
 
 	int (*setup_mbox)(struct lio_device *);
 	void (*free_mbox)(struct lio_device *);