diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index a41d1ea..92438e9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@
 			 * published in the general-purpose allocator
 			 */
 			dma_cap_set(DMA_PRIVATE, device->cap_mask);
+			device->privatecnt++;
 			err = dma_chan_get(chan);
 
 			if (err == -ENODEV) {
@@ -518,6 +519,8 @@
 				       dma_chan_name(chan), err);
 			else
 				break;
+			if (--device->privatecnt == 0)
+				dma_cap_clear(DMA_PRIVATE, device->cap_mask);
 			chan->private = NULL;
 			chan = NULL;
 		}
@@ -537,6 +540,9 @@
 	WARN_ONCE(chan->client_count != 1,
 		  "chan reference count %d != 1\n", chan->client_count);
 	dma_chan_put(chan);
+	/* drop PRIVATE cap enabled by __dma_request_channel() */
+	if (--chan->device->privatecnt == 0)
+		dma_cap_clear(DMA_PRIVATE, chan->device->cap_mask);
 	chan->private = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
 }
@@ -719,6 +725,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&device->global_node, &dma_device_list);
+	if (dma_has_cap(DMA_PRIVATE, device->cap_mask))
+		device->privatecnt++;	/* Always private */
 	dma_channel_rebalance();
 	mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 2afc2c9..2e2aa3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
 /**
  * struct dma_device - info on the entity supplying DMA services
  * @chancnt: how many DMA channels are supported
+ * @privatecnt: how many DMA channels are requested by dma_request_channel
  * @channels: the list of struct dma_chan
  * @global_node: list_head for global dma_device_list
  * @cap_mask: one or more dma_capability flags
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@
 struct dma_device {
 
 	unsigned int chancnt;
+	unsigned int privatecnt;
 	struct list_head channels;
 	struct list_head global_node;
 	dma_cap_mask_t  cap_mask;
@@ -352,6 +354,13 @@
 	set_bit(tx_type, dstp->bits);
 }
 
+#define dma_cap_clear(tx, mask) __dma_cap_clear((tx), &(mask))
+static inline void
+__dma_cap_clear(enum dma_transaction_type tx_type, dma_cap_mask_t *dstp)
+{
+	clear_bit(tx_type, dstp->bits);
+}
+
 #define dma_cap_zero(mask) __dma_cap_zero(&(mask))
 static inline void __dma_cap_zero(dma_cap_mask_t *dstp)
 {