diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/fman.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/fman.c
index 06762e0f4..8fa9b8cae 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/fman.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/fman.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 /* This header declares the driver interface we implement */
 #include <fman.h>
 #include <of.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_dpaa_logs.h>
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ fman_if_init(const struct device_node *dpa_node)
 	mprop = "fsl,fman-mac";
 
 	/* Allocate an object for this network interface */
-	__if = malloc(sizeof(*__if));
+	__if = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*__if), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 	if (!__if) {
 		FMAN_ERR(-ENOMEM, "malloc(%zu)\n", sizeof(*__if));
 		goto err;
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ fman_if_init(const struct device_node *dpa_node)
 		uint64_t bpool_host[6] = {0};
 		const char *pname;
 		/* Allocate an object for the pool */
-		bpool = malloc(sizeof(*bpool));
+		bpool = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*bpool), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 		if (!bpool) {
 			FMAN_ERR(-ENOMEM, "malloc(%zu)\n", sizeof(*bpool));
 			goto err;
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ fman_if_init(const struct device_node *dpa_node)
 		if (!pool_node) {
 			FMAN_ERR(-ENXIO, "%s: bad fsl,bman-buffer-pools\n",
 				 dname);
-			free(bpool);
+			rte_free(bpool);
 			goto err;
 		}
 		pname = pool_node->full_name;
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ fman_if_init(const struct device_node *dpa_node)
 		prop = of_get_property(pool_node, "fsl,bpid", &proplen);
 		if (!prop) {
 			FMAN_ERR(-EINVAL, "%s: no fsl,bpid\n", pname);
-			free(bpool);
+			rte_free(bpool);
 			goto err;
 		}
 		assert(proplen == sizeof(*prop));
@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ fman_finish(void)
 				-errno, strerror(errno));
 		printf("Tearing down %s\n", __if->node_path);
 		list_del(&__if->__if.node);
-		free(__if);
+		rte_free(__if);
 	}
 
 	close(fman_ccsr_map_fd);
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c
index 6b5224203..bf8c77265 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ netcfg_acquire(void)
 	size = sizeof(*netcfg) +
 		(num_ports * sizeof(struct fm_eth_port_cfg));
 
-	netcfg = calloc(1, size);
+	netcfg = rte_calloc(NULL, 1, size, 0);
 	if (unlikely(netcfg == NULL)) {
 		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "Unable to allocat mem for netcfg");
 		goto error;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ netcfg_acquire(void)
 
 error:
 	if (netcfg) {
-		free(netcfg);
+		rte_free(netcfg);
 		netcfg = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ netcfg_acquire(void)
 void
 netcfg_release(struct netcfg_info *cfg_ptr)
 {
-	free(cfg_ptr);
+	rte_free(cfg_ptr);
 	/* Close socket for shared interfaces */
 	if (skfd >= 0) {
 		close(skfd);
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
index c7da96f8d..ac20eccd5 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
@@ -442,40 +442,8 @@ rte_dpaa_bus_scan(void)
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "DPAA Bus not present. Skipping.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-
-	/* Load the device-tree driver */
-	ret = of_init();
-	if (ret) {
-		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "of_init failed with ret: %d", ret);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	/* Get the interface configurations from device-tree */
-	dpaa_netcfg = netcfg_acquire();
-	if (!dpaa_netcfg) {
-		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "netcfg_acquire failed");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	RTE_LOG(NOTICE, EAL, "DPAA Bus Detected\n");
-
-	if (!dpaa_netcfg->num_ethports) {
-		DPAA_BUS_LOG(INFO, "no network interfaces available");
-		/* This is not an error */
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_DEBUG_DRIVER
-	dump_netcfg(dpaa_netcfg);
-#endif
-
-	DPAA_BUS_LOG(DEBUG, "Number of ethernet devices = %d",
-		     dpaa_netcfg->num_ethports);
-	ret = dpaa_create_device_list();
-	if (ret) {
-		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "Unable to create device list. (%d)", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	/* detected DPAA devices */
+	rte_dpaa_bus.detected = 1;
 
 	/* create the key, supplying a function that'll be invoked
 	 * when a portal affined thread will be deleted.
@@ -533,6 +501,47 @@ rte_dpaa_device_match(struct rte_dpaa_driver *drv,
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int
+rte_dpaa_bus_dev_build(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Load the device-tree driver */
+	ret = of_init();
+	if (ret) {
+		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "of_init failed with ret: %d", ret);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Get the interface configurations from device-tree */
+	dpaa_netcfg = netcfg_acquire();
+	if (!dpaa_netcfg) {
+		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "netcfg_acquire failed");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(NOTICE, EAL, "DPAA Bus Detected\n");
+
+	if (!dpaa_netcfg->num_ethports) {
+		DPAA_BUS_LOG(INFO, "no network interfaces available");
+		/* This is not an error */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_DEBUG_DRIVER
+	dump_netcfg(dpaa_netcfg);
+#endif
+
+	DPAA_BUS_LOG(DEBUG, "Number of ethernet devices = %d",
+		     dpaa_netcfg->num_ethports);
+	ret = dpaa_create_device_list();
+	if (ret) {
+		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "Unable to create device list. (%d)", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 rte_dpaa_bus_probe(void)
 {
@@ -544,6 +553,12 @@ rte_dpaa_bus_probe(void)
 	int probe_all = rte_dpaa_bus.bus.conf.scan_mode != RTE_BUS_SCAN_WHITELIST;
 
 	/* If DPAA bus is not present nothing needs to be done */
+	if (!rte_dpaa_bus.detected)
+		return 0;
+
+	rte_dpaa_bus_dev_build();
+
+	/* If no device present on DPAA bus nothing needs to be done */
 	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&rte_dpaa_bus.device_list))
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h
index 1d580a000..72fbbfce7 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct rte_dpaa_bus {
 	struct rte_dpaa_device_list device_list;
 	struct rte_dpaa_driver_list driver_list;
 	int device_count;
+	int detected;
 };
 
 struct dpaa_device_id {
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c
index d124169c5..b1fac8fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ dpaa_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	/* reset bpool list, initialize bpool dynamically */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(bp, tmp_bp, &cfg->fman_if->bpool_list, node) {
 		list_del(&bp->node);
-		free(bp);
+		rte_free(bp);
 	}
 
 	/* Populate ethdev structure */
