diff --git a/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h b/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
index c28bc3292..c1e941767 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
+++ b/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
@@ -36,41 +36,12 @@
 
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 
+#include <linux/vhost.h>
+
 #include "spdk_internal/log.h"
 
 #include "../virtio_dev.h"
 
-struct vhost_vring_state {
-	unsigned int index;
-	unsigned int num;
-};
-
-struct vhost_vring_file {
-	unsigned int index;
-	int fd;
-};
-
-struct vhost_vring_addr {
-	unsigned int index;
-	/* Option flags. */
-	unsigned int flags;
-	/* Flag values: */
-	/* Whether log address is valid. If set enables logging. */
-#define VHOST_VRING_F_LOG 0
-
-	/* Start of array of descriptors (virtually contiguous) */
-	uint64_t desc_user_addr;
-	/* Used structure address. Must be 32 bit aligned */
-	uint64_t used_user_addr;
-	/* Available structure address. Must be 16 bit aligned */
-	uint64_t avail_user_addr;
-	/* Logging support. */
-	/* Log writes to used structure, at offset calculated from specified
-	 * address. Address must be 32 bit aligned.
-	 */
-	uint64_t log_guest_addr;
-};
-
 enum vhost_user_request {
 	VHOST_USER_NONE = 0,
 	VHOST_USER_GET_FEATURES = 1,
@@ -96,13 +67,6 @@ enum vhost_user_request {
 
 extern const char *const vhost_msg_strings[VHOST_USER_MAX];
 
-struct vhost_memory_region {
-	uint64_t guest_phys_addr;
-	uint64_t memory_size; /* bytes */
-	uint64_t userspace_addr;
-	uint64_t mmap_offset;
-};
-
 struct virtio_user_dev;
 
 struct virtio_user_backend_ops {
diff --git a/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c b/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
index 4346c69ce..e70839cfd 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 #define VHOST_USER_VERSION    0x1
 
 #define VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS 8
-struct vhost_memory {
+
+/** Fixed-size vhost_memory struct */
+struct vhost_memory_padded {
 	uint32_t nregions;
 	uint32_t padding;
 	struct vhost_memory_region regions[VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS];
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ struct vhost_user_msg {
 		uint64_t u64;
 		struct vhost_vring_state state;
 		struct vhost_vring_addr addr;
-		struct vhost_memory memory;
+		struct vhost_memory_padded memory;
 	} payload;
 	int fds[VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS];
 } __attribute((packed));
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ prepare_vhost_memory_user(struct vhost_user_msg *msg, int fds[])
 		msg->payload.memory.regions[i].guest_phys_addr = huges[i].addr; /* use vaddr! */
 		msg->payload.memory.regions[i].userspace_addr = huges[i].addr;
 		msg->payload.memory.regions[i].memory_size = huges[i].size;
-		msg->payload.memory.regions[i].mmap_offset = 0;
+		msg->payload.memory.regions[i].flags_padding = 0;
 		fds[i] = open(huges[i].path, O_RDWR);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.h b/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.h
index 1d9692120..cb79edf22 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.h
+++ b/lib/bdev/virtio/rte_virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.h
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 
-#include <linux/virtio_ring.h>
-
 #include "vhost.h"
 
 #include "../virtio_dev.h"