diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
index e554027849b7..a2c5a60bc2e2 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ static void dwc_initialize(struct dw_dma_chan *dwc)
 		cfghi = dws->cfg_hi;
 		cfglo |= dws->cfg_lo & ~DWC_CFGL_CH_PRIOR_MASK;
 	} else {
-		if (dwc->dma_sconfig.direction == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV)
+		if (dwc->direction == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV)
 			cfghi = DWC_CFGH_DST_PER(dwc->dma_sconfig.slave_id);
-		else if (dwc->dma_sconfig.direction == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM)
+		else if (dwc->direction == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM)
 			cfghi = DWC_CFGH_SRC_PER(dwc->dma_sconfig.slave_id);
 	}
 
@@ -721,6 +721,8 @@ dwc_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dest, dma_addr_t src,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	dwc->direction = DMA_MEM_TO_MEM;
+
 	data_width = min_t(unsigned int, dwc->dw->data_width[dwc_get_sms(dws)],
 					 dwc->dw->data_width[dwc_get_dms(dws)]);
 
@@ -805,6 +807,8 @@ dwc_prep_slave_sg(struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 	if (unlikely(!dws || !sg_len))
 		return NULL;
 
+	dwc->direction = direction;
+
 	prev = first = NULL;
 
 	switch (direction) {
@@ -981,6 +985,7 @@ set_runtime_config(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_config *sconfig)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	memcpy(&dwc->dma_sconfig, sconfig, sizeof(*sconfig));
+	dwc->direction = sconfig->direction;
 
 	convert_burst(&dwc->dma_sconfig.src_maxburst);
 	convert_burst(&dwc->dma_sconfig.dst_maxburst);
@@ -1358,6 +1363,8 @@ struct dw_cyclic_desc *dw_dma_cyclic_prep(struct dma_chan *chan,
 	if (unlikely(!is_slave_direction(direction)))
 		goto out_err;
 
+	dwc->direction = direction;
+
 	if (direction == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV)
 		reg_width = __ffs(sconfig->dst_addr_width);
 	else
@@ -1732,6 +1739,7 @@ static int dw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		channel_clear_bit(dw, CH_EN, dwc->mask);
 
 		dwc->dw = dw;
+		dwc->direction = DMA_TRANS_NONE;
 
 		/* hardware configuration */
 		if (autocfg) {
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac_regs.h b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac_regs.h
index 8881e9b277a3..f9532c29b808 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac_regs.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
 #include <linux/dw_dmac.h>
 
 #define DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS	8
@@ -184,12 +185,13 @@ enum dw_dmac_flags {
 };
 
 struct dw_dma_chan {
-	struct dma_chan		chan;
-	void __iomem		*ch_regs;
-	u8			mask;
-	u8			priority;
-	bool			paused;
-	bool			initialized;
+	struct dma_chan			chan;
+	void __iomem			*ch_regs;
+	u8				mask;
+	u8				priority;
+	enum dma_transfer_direction	direction;
+	bool				paused;
+	bool				initialized;
 
 	/* software emulation of the LLP transfers */
 	struct list_head	*tx_list;