diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index 1739e37e94..cfc18ccbce 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ extern "C" {
 /* Use final bit of flags to indicate a control mbuf */
 #define CTRL_MBUF_FLAG       (1ULL << 63) /**< Mbuf contains control data */
 
-/**
- * Bit Mask to indicate what bits required for building TX context
- */
-#define PKT_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT | PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM | PKT_TX_L4_MASK)
-
 /* define a set of marker types that can be used to refer to set points in the
  * mbuf */
 typedef void    *MARKER[0];   /**< generic marker for a point in a structure */
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_rxtx.c
index b40639765c..433c61605d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_rxtx.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_rxtx.c
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
 		ETH_RSS_IPV6_UDP | \
 		ETH_RSS_IPV6_UDP_EX)
 
+/* Bit Mask to indicate what bits required for building TX context */
+#define IGB_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (			 \
+		PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT |		 \
+		PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM |		 \
+		PKT_TX_L4_MASK)
+
 static inline struct rte_mbuf *
 rte_rxmbuf_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp)
 {
@@ -400,7 +406,7 @@ eth_igb_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 		ol_flags = tx_pkt->ol_flags;
 		vlan_macip_lens.f.vlan_tci = tx_pkt->vlan_tci;
 		vlan_macip_lens.f.l2_l3_len = tx_pkt->l2_l3_len;
-		tx_ol_req = ol_flags & PKT_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK;
+		tx_ol_req = ol_flags & IGB_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK;
 
 		/* If a Context Descriptor need be built . */
 		if (tx_ol_req) {
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
index 7e470ce7a4..ca35db283f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@
 		ETH_RSS_IPV6_UDP | \
 		ETH_RSS_IPV6_UDP_EX)
 
+/* Bit Mask to indicate what bits required for building TX context */
+#define IXGBE_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (			 \
+		PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT |		 \
+		PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM |		 \
+		PKT_TX_L4_MASK)
+
 static inline struct rte_mbuf *
 rte_rxmbuf_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp)
 {
@@ -580,7 +586,7 @@ ixgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 		ol_flags = tx_pkt->ol_flags;
 
 		/* If hardware offload required */
-		tx_ol_req = ol_flags & PKT_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK;
+		tx_ol_req = ol_flags & IXGBE_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK;
 		if (tx_ol_req) {
 			vlan_macip_lens.f.vlan_tci = tx_pkt->vlan_tci;
 			vlan_macip_lens.f.l2_l3_len = tx_pkt->l2_l3_len;