diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/include/odp_packet_internal.h b/platform/linux-dpdk/include/odp_packet_internal.h
index 1b602c17a1..37729b8f5a 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/include/odp_packet_internal.h
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/include/odp_packet_internal.h
@@ -230,9 +230,7 @@ static inline void packet_init(odp_packet_hdr_t *pkt_hdr, odp_pktio_t input)
 	pkt_hdr->p.l3_offset        = ODP_PACKET_OFFSET_INVALID;
 	pkt_hdr->p.l4_offset        = ODP_PACKET_OFFSET_INVALID;
 
-	if (odp_unlikely(pkt_hdr->event_hdr.subtype != ODP_EVENT_PACKET_BASIC))
-		pkt_hdr->event_hdr.subtype = ODP_EVENT_PACKET_BASIC;
-
+	pkt_hdr->event_hdr.subtype = ODP_EVENT_PACKET_BASIC;
 	pkt_hdr->input = input;
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet_dpdk.c b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet_dpdk.c
index 7c7e8b0906..c4fa3f0b70 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet_dpdk.c
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet_dpdk.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static inline void prefetch_pkt(odp_packet_t pkt)
 {
 	odp_packet_hdr_t *pkt_hdr = packet_hdr(pkt);
 
-	odp_prefetch(&pkt_hdr->p);
+	odp_prefetch_store(&pkt_hdr->p);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -978,8 +978,6 @@ static inline int input_pkts_minimal(pktio_entry_t *pktio_entry, odp_packet_t pk
 		packet_init(pkt_hdr, input);
 
 		packet_set_ts(pkt_hdr, ts);
-
-		odp_prefetch(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt_to_mbuf(pkt), char *));
 	}
 
 	return num;