diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
index b5b193524..afed7bd84 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
@@ -5025,14 +5025,14 @@ fast_path_processing(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
                      odp_port_t in_port,
                      long long now)
 {
-    int cnt = packets_->count;
+    const size_t cnt = dp_packet_batch_size(packets_);
 #if !defined(__CHECKER__) && !defined(_WIN32)
     const size_t PKT_ARRAY_SIZE = cnt;
 #else
     /* Sparse or MSVC doesn't like variable length array. */
     enum { PKT_ARRAY_SIZE = NETDEV_MAX_BURST };
 #endif
-    struct dp_packet **packets = packets_->packets;
+    struct dp_packet *packet;
     struct dpcls *cls;
     struct dpcls_rule *rules[PKT_ARRAY_SIZE];
     struct dp_netdev *dp = pmd->dp;
@@ -5060,7 +5060,7 @@ fast_path_processing(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
         ofpbuf_use_stub(&actions, actions_stub, sizeof actions_stub);
         ofpbuf_use_stub(&put_actions, slow_stub, sizeof slow_stub);
 
-        for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+        DP_PACKET_BATCH_FOR_EACH (packet, packets_) {
             struct dp_netdev_flow *netdev_flow;
 
             if (OVS_LIKELY(rules[i])) {
@@ -5079,7 +5079,7 @@ fast_path_processing(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
             }
 
             miss_cnt++;
-            handle_packet_upcall(pmd, packets[i], &keys[i], &actions,
+            handle_packet_upcall(pmd, packet, &keys[i], &actions,
                                  &put_actions, &lost_cnt, now);
         }
 
@@ -5087,17 +5087,16 @@ fast_path_processing(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
         ofpbuf_uninit(&put_actions);
         fat_rwlock_unlock(&dp->upcall_rwlock);
     } else if (OVS_UNLIKELY(any_miss)) {
-        for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+        DP_PACKET_BATCH_FOR_EACH (packet, packets_) {
             if (OVS_UNLIKELY(!rules[i])) {
-                dp_packet_delete(packets[i]);
+                dp_packet_delete(packet);
                 lost_cnt++;
                 miss_cnt++;
             }
         }
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-        struct dp_packet *packet = packets[i];
+    DP_PACKET_BATCH_FOR_EACH (packet, packets_) {
         struct dp_netdev_flow *flow;
 
         if (OVS_UNLIKELY(!rules[i])) {