diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
index 27d88388ec651bbe272663af55c85b67a5b247db..e9710e86a072879c7d645d80951b0f01fee1a57f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
@@ -739,7 +739,8 @@ struct mvpp2_port {
 #define MVPP2_RXD_L3_IP6		BIT(30)
 #define MVPP2_RXD_BUF_HDR		BIT(31)
 
-struct mvpp2_tx_desc {
+/* HW TX descriptor for PPv2.1 */
+struct mvpp21_tx_desc {
 	u32 command;		/* Options used by HW for packet transmitting.*/
 	u8  packet_offset;	/* the offset from the buffer beginning	*/
 	u8  phys_txq;		/* destination queue ID			*/
@@ -750,7 +751,8 @@ struct mvpp2_tx_desc {
 	u32 reserved2;		/* reserved (for future use)		*/
 };
 
-struct mvpp2_rx_desc {
+/* HW RX descriptor for PPv2.1 */
+struct mvpp21_rx_desc {
 	u32 status;		/* info about received packet		*/
 	u16 reserved1;		/* parser_info (for future use, PnC)	*/
 	u16 data_size;		/* size of received packet in bytes	*/
@@ -765,6 +767,21 @@ struct mvpp2_rx_desc {
 	u32 reserved8;
 };
 
+/* Opaque type used by the driver to manipulate the HW TX and RX
+ * descriptors
+ */
+struct mvpp2_tx_desc {
+	union {
+		struct mvpp21_tx_desc pp21;
+	};
+};
+
+struct mvpp2_rx_desc {
+	union {
+		struct mvpp21_rx_desc pp21;
+	};
+};
+
 struct mvpp2_txq_pcpu_buf {
 	/* Transmitted SKB */
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -952,78 +969,78 @@ static u32 mvpp2_read(struct mvpp2 *priv, u32 offset)
 static dma_addr_t mvpp2_txdesc_dma_addr_get(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 					    struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc)
 {
-	return tx_desc->buf_dma_addr;
+	return tx_desc->pp21.buf_dma_addr;
 }
 
 static void mvpp2_txdesc_dma_addr_set(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				      struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc,
 				      dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
-	tx_desc->buf_dma_addr = dma_addr;
+	tx_desc->pp21.buf_dma_addr = dma_addr;
 }
 
 static size_t mvpp2_txdesc_size_get(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				    struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc)
 {
-	return tx_desc->data_size;
+	return tx_desc->pp21.data_size;
 }
 
 static void mvpp2_txdesc_size_set(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				  struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc,
 				  size_t size)
 {
-	tx_desc->data_size = size;
+	tx_desc->pp21.data_size = size;
 }
 
 static void mvpp2_txdesc_txq_set(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				 struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc,
 				 unsigned int txq)
 {
-	tx_desc->phys_txq = txq;
+	tx_desc->pp21.phys_txq = txq;
 }
 
 static void mvpp2_txdesc_cmd_set(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				 struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc,
 				 unsigned int command)
 {
-	tx_desc->command = command;
+	tx_desc->pp21.command = command;
 }
 
 static void mvpp2_txdesc_offset_set(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				    struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc,
 				    unsigned int offset)
 {
-	tx_desc->packet_offset = offset;
+	tx_desc->pp21.packet_offset = offset;
 }
 
 static unsigned int mvpp2_txdesc_offset_get(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 					    struct mvpp2_tx_desc *tx_desc)
 {
-	return tx_desc->packet_offset;
+	return tx_desc->pp21.packet_offset;
 }
 
 static dma_addr_t mvpp2_rxdesc_dma_addr_get(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 					    struct mvpp2_rx_desc *rx_desc)
 {
-	return rx_desc->buf_dma_addr;
+	return rx_desc->pp21.buf_dma_addr;
 }
 
 static unsigned long mvpp2_rxdesc_cookie_get(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 					     struct mvpp2_rx_desc *rx_desc)
 {
-	return rx_desc->buf_cookie;
+	return rx_desc->pp21.buf_cookie;
 }
 
 static size_t mvpp2_rxdesc_size_get(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				    struct mvpp2_rx_desc *rx_desc)
 {
-	return rx_desc->data_size;
+	return rx_desc->pp21.data_size;
 }
 
 static u32 mvpp2_rxdesc_status_get(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 				   struct mvpp2_rx_desc *rx_desc)
 {
-	return rx_desc->status;
+	return rx_desc->pp21.status;
 }
 
 static void mvpp2_txq_inc_get(struct mvpp2_txq_pcpu *txq_pcpu)