diff --git a/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.cc b/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.cc
index a3451eec76966..1543a530df9da 100644
--- a/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.cc
+++ b/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.cc
@@ -249,12 +249,12 @@ void DPDKStack::spawn_worker(std::function<void ()> &&func)
   //
   funcs.push_back(std::move(func));
   int r = 0;
-  r = dpdk::eal::init(cct);
+  r = eal.start();
   if (r < 0) {
-    lderr(cct) << __func__ << " init dpdk rte failed, r=" << r << dendl;
+    lderr(cct) << __func__ << " start dpdk rte failed, r=" << r << dendl;
     ceph_abort();
   }
-  // if dpdk::eal::init already called by NVMEDevice, we will select 1..n
+  // if eal.start already called by NVMEDevice, we will select 1..n
   // cores
   unsigned nr_worker = funcs.size();
   ceph_assert(rte_lcore_count() >= nr_worker);
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void DPDKStack::spawn_worker(std::function<void ()> &&func)
     }
   }
   void *adapted_func = static_cast<void*>(&funcs.back());
-  dpdk::eal::execute_on_master([adapted_func, core_id, this]() {
+  eal.execute_on_master([adapted_func, core_id, this]() {
     int r = rte_eal_remote_launch(dpdk_thread_adaptor, adapted_func, core_id);
     if (r < 0) {
       lderr(cct) << __func__ << " remote launch failed, r=" << r << dendl;
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ void DPDKStack::spawn_worker(std::function<void ()> &&func)
 
 void DPDKStack::join_worker(unsigned i)
 {
-  dpdk::eal::execute_on_master([&]() {
+  eal.execute_on_master([&]() {
     rte_eal_wait_lcore(i+1);
   });
+  if (i+1 == get_num_worker())
+    eal.stop();
 }
diff --git a/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.h b/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.h
index 4eb8604c7fbed..e46bb6f51039e 100644
--- a/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.h
+++ b/src/msg/async/dpdk/DPDKStack.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "const.h"
 #include "IP.h"
 #include "Packet.h"
+#include "dpdk_rte.h"
 
 class interface;
 
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ class DPDKWorker : public Worker {
   friend class DPDKServerSocketImpl<tcp4>;
 };
 
+using namespace dpdk;
 class DPDKStack : public NetworkStack {
   std::vector<std::function<void()> > funcs;
 
@@ -254,13 +256,15 @@ class DPDKStack : public NetworkStack {
   }
 
  public:
-  explicit DPDKStack(CephContext *cct): NetworkStack(cct) {
+  explicit DPDKStack(CephContext *cct): NetworkStack(cct), eal(cct) {
     funcs.reserve(cct->_conf->ms_async_op_threads);
   }
   virtual bool support_local_listen_table() const override { return true; }
 
   virtual void spawn_worker(std::function<void ()> &&func) override;
   virtual void join_worker(unsigned i) override;
+ private:
+  dpdk::eal eal;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.cc b/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.cc
index 872d39d519de4..3ebb64360b04a 100644
--- a/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.cc
+++ b/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.cc
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ namespace dpdk {
     return v;
   }
 
-  bool eal::initialized = false;
-  std::thread eal::t;
-  std::mutex eal::lock;
-  std::condition_variable eal::cond;
-  std::list<std::function<void()>> eal::funcs;
-
   static int bitcount(unsigned long long n)
   {
     return std::bitset<CHAR_BIT * sizeof(n)>{n}.count();
@@ -75,31 +69,33 @@ namespace dpdk {
     return count;
   }
 
-  int eal::init(CephContext *c)
+  bool eal::rte_initialized = false;
+
+  int eal::start()
   {
     if (initialized) {
       return 1;
     }
 
     bool done = false;
-    auto coremask = c->_conf.get_val<std::string>("ms_dpdk_coremask");
+    auto coremask = cct->_conf.get_val<std::string>("ms_dpdk_coremask");
     int coremaskbit = coremask_bitcount(coremask.c_str());
 
     if (coremaskbit <= 0
-        || static_cast<uint64_t>(coremaskbit) < c->_conf->ms_async_op_threads)
+        || static_cast<uint64_t>(coremaskbit) < cct->_conf->ms_async_op_threads)
       return -EINVAL;
 
     t = std::thread([&]() {
       // TODO: Inherit these from the app parameters - "opts"
       std::vector<std::vector<char>> args {
           string2vector("ceph"),
-          string2vector("-c"), string2vector(c->_conf.get_val<std::string>("ms_dpdk_coremask")),
-          string2vector("-n"), string2vector(c->_conf->ms_dpdk_memory_channel),
+          string2vector("-c"), string2vector(cct->_conf.get_val<std::string>("ms_dpdk_coremask")),
+          string2vector("-n"), string2vector(cct->_conf->ms_dpdk_memory_channel),
       };
 
       std::optional<std::string> hugepages_path;
-      if (!c->_conf->ms_dpdk_hugepages.empty()) {
-        hugepages_path.emplace(c->_conf->ms_dpdk_hugepages);
+      if (!cct->_conf->ms_dpdk_hugepages.empty()) {
+        hugepages_path.emplace(cct->_conf->ms_dpdk_hugepages);
       }
 
       // If "hugepages" is not provided and DPDK PMD drivers mode is requested -
@@ -123,13 +119,13 @@ namespace dpdk {
 
         args.push_back(string2vector("-m"));
         args.push_back(string2vector(size_MB_str.str()));
-      } else if (!c->_conf->ms_dpdk_pmd.empty()) {
+      } else if (!cct->_conf->ms_dpdk_pmd.empty()) {
         args.push_back(string2vector("--no-huge"));
       }
 
       std::string rte_file_prefix;
       rte_file_prefix = "rte_";
-      rte_file_prefix += c->_conf->name.to_str();
+      rte_file_prefix += cct->_conf->name.to_str();
       args.push_back(string2vector("--file-prefix"));
       args.push_back(string2vector(rte_file_prefix));
 
@@ -138,27 +134,28 @@ namespace dpdk {
       for (auto&& a: args) {
         cargs.push_back(a.data());
       }
-      /* initialise the EAL for all */
-      int ret = rte_eal_init(cargs.size(), cargs.data());
-      if (ret < 0)
-        return ret;
+      if (!rte_initialized) {
+        /* initialise the EAL for all */
+        int ret = rte_eal_init(cargs.size(), cargs.data());
+        if (ret < 0)
+          return;
+        rte_initialized = true;
+      }
 
       std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(lock);
       initialized = true;
       done = true;
       cond.notify_all();
-      while (true) {
+      while (!stopped) {
+        cond.wait(l, [this] { return !funcs.empty() || stopped; });
         if (!funcs.empty()) {
           auto f = std::move(funcs.front());
           funcs.pop_front();
           f();
           cond.notify_all();
-        } else {
-          cond.wait(l);
         }
       }
     });
-    t.detach();
     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(lock);
     while (!done)
       cond.wait(l);
@@ -182,4 +179,13 @@ namespace dpdk {
     return memsize;
   }
 
+  void eal::stop()
+  {
+    assert(initialized);
+    assert(!stopped);
+    stopped = true;
+    cond.notify_all();
+    t.join();
+  }
+
 } // namespace dpdk
diff --git a/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.h b/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.h
index 4aa8389949241..6784af6d4fa5b 100644
--- a/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.h
+++ b/src/msg/async/dpdk/dpdk_rte.h
@@ -46,12 +46,10 @@ namespace dpdk {
 class eal {
  public:
   using cpuset = std::bitset<RTE_MAX_LCORE>;
-
-  static std::mutex lock;
-  static std::condition_variable cond;
-  static std::list<std::function<void()>> funcs;
-  static int init(CephContext *c);
-  static void execute_on_master(std::function<void()> &&f) {
+  explicit eal(CephContext *cct) : cct(cct) {}
+  int start();
+  void stop();
+  void execute_on_master(std::function<void()> &&f) {
     bool done = false;
     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(lock);
     funcs.emplace_back([&]() { f(); done = true; });
@@ -65,9 +63,16 @@ class eal {
    *
    * @return
    */
-  static size_t mem_size(int num_cpus);
-  static bool initialized;
-  static std::thread t;
+  size_t mem_size(int num_cpus);
+  static bool rte_initialized;
+ private:
+  CephContext *cct;
+  bool initialized = false;
+  bool stopped = false;
+  std::thread t;
+  std::mutex lock;
+  std::condition_variable cond;
+  std::list<std::function<void()>> funcs;
 };
 
 } // namespace dpdk