diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index 80e74216cd56..da18b18561c4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1571,11 +1571,7 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN & 0x1) == 0;
 		} else {
 			dwc->block_size = pdata->block_size;
-
-			/* Check if channel supports multi block transfer */
-			channel_writel(dwc, LLP, DWC_LLP_LOC(0xffffffff));
-			dwc->nollp = DWC_LLP_LOC(channel_readl(dwc, LLP)) == 0;
-			channel_writel(dwc, LLP, 0);
+			dwc->nollp = pdata->is_nollp;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
index 4636c9335305..5f0e11e7354c 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct dw_dma_slave {
  * @is_private: The device channels should be marked as private and not for
  *	by the general purpose DMA channel allocator.
  * @is_memcpy: The device channels do support memory-to-memory transfers.
+ * @is_nollp: The device channels does not support multi block transfers.
  * @chan_allocation_order: Allocate channels starting from 0 or 7
  * @chan_priority: Set channel priority increasing from 0 to 7 or 7 to 0.
  * @block_size: Maximum block size supported by the controller
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ struct dw_dma_platform_data {
 	unsigned int	nr_channels;
 	bool		is_private;
 	bool		is_memcpy;
+	bool		is_nollp;
 #define CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING	0	/* zero to seven */
 #define CHAN_ALLOCATION_DESCENDING	1	/* seven to zero */
 	unsigned char	chan_allocation_order;