diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index cb5df7c41e927133cb51d6485ab00ac848f44c4c..00d5634c766815a28555c21809a35b9dbf793add 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -144,27 +144,6 @@ union tx_info {
 #define OCTNIC_GSO_MAX_SIZE                                                    \
 	(CN23XX_DEFAULT_INPUT_JABBER - OCTNIC_GSO_MAX_HEADER_SIZE)
 
-/** Structure of a node in list of gather components maintained by
- * NIC driver for each network device.
- */
-struct octnic_gather {
-	/** List manipulation. Next and prev pointers. */
-	struct list_head list;
-
-	/** Size of the gather component at sg in bytes. */
-	int sg_size;
-
-	/** Number of bytes that sg was adjusted to make it 8B-aligned. */
-	int adjust;
-
-	/** Gather component that can accommodate max sized fragment list
-	 *  received from the IP layer.
-	 */
-	struct octeon_sg_entry *sg;
-
-	dma_addr_t sg_dma_ptr;
-};
-
 struct handshake {
 	struct completion init;
 	struct completion started;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index ab47fbbe357067e98b2585145bb783b0799832e3..c4ba7ee9d4f0cbe614564690a8eb9cccf9e39983 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -75,24 +75,6 @@ union tx_info {
 #define OCTNIC_GSO_MAX_SIZE \
 		(CN23XX_DEFAULT_INPUT_JABBER - OCTNIC_GSO_MAX_HEADER_SIZE)
 
-struct octnic_gather {
-	/* List manipulation. Next and prev pointers. */
-	struct list_head list;
-
-	/* Size of the gather component at sg in bytes. */
-	int sg_size;
-
-	/* Number of bytes that sg was adjusted to make it 8B-aligned. */
-	int adjust;
-
-	/* Gather component that can accommodate max sized fragment list
-	 * received from the IP layer.
-	 */
-	struct octeon_sg_entry *sg;
-
-	dma_addr_t sg_dma_ptr;
-};
-
 static int
 liquidio_vf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent);
 static void liquidio_vf_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
index 777af06a85707fe4056783b036fbcd859b7f05c0..caf25b88cb536ce4068947d38c436bb756ef7ce0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ struct liquidio_if_cfg_resp {
 	u64 status;
 };
 
+/* Structure of a node in list of gather components maintained by
+ * NIC driver for each network device.
+ */
+struct octnic_gather {
+	/* List manipulation. Next and prev pointers. */
+	struct list_head list;
+
+	/* Size of the gather component at sg in bytes. */
+	int sg_size;
+
+	/* Number of bytes that sg was adjusted to make it 8B-aligned. */
+	int adjust;
+
+	/* Gather component that can accommodate max sized fragment list
+	 * received from the IP layer.
+	 */
+	struct octeon_sg_entry *sg;
+
+	dma_addr_t sg_dma_ptr;
+};
+
 struct oct_nic_stats_resp {
 	u64     rh;
 	struct oct_link_stats stats;