diff --git a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
index bb86f7f..b48a79c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/stmp_device.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
+#include <linux/of_dma.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@
 	struct dma_device		dma_device;
 	struct device_dma_parameters	dma_parms;
 	struct mxs_dma_chan		mxs_chans[MXS_DMA_CHANNELS];
+	struct platform_device		*pdev;
+	unsigned int			nr_channels;
 };
 
 struct mxs_dma_type {
@@ -350,10 +353,8 @@
 	struct mxs_dma_engine *mxs_dma = mxs_chan->mxs_dma;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!data)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	mxs_chan->chan_irq = data->chan_irq;
+	if (data)
+		mxs_chan->chan_irq = data->chan_irq;
 
 	mxs_chan->ccw = dma_alloc_coherent(mxs_dma->dma_device.dev,
 				CCW_BLOCK_SIZE, &mxs_chan->ccw_phys,
@@ -665,8 +666,55 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct mxs_dma_filter_param {
+	struct device_node *of_node;
+	unsigned int chan_id;
+};
+
+static bool mxs_dma_filter_fn(struct dma_chan *chan, void *fn_param)
+{
+	struct mxs_dma_filter_param *param = fn_param;
+	struct mxs_dma_chan *mxs_chan = to_mxs_dma_chan(chan);
+	struct mxs_dma_engine *mxs_dma = mxs_chan->mxs_dma;
+	int chan_irq;
+
+	if (mxs_dma->dma_device.dev->of_node != param->of_node)
+		return false;
+
+	if (chan->chan_id != param->chan_id)
+		return false;
+
+	chan_irq = platform_get_irq(mxs_dma->pdev, param->chan_id);
+	if (chan_irq < 0)
+		return false;
+
+	mxs_chan->chan_irq = chan_irq;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+struct dma_chan *mxs_dma_xlate(struct of_phandle_args *dma_spec,
+			       struct of_dma *ofdma)
+{
+	struct mxs_dma_engine *mxs_dma = ofdma->of_dma_data;
+	dma_cap_mask_t mask = mxs_dma->dma_device.cap_mask;
+	struct mxs_dma_filter_param param;
+
+	if (dma_spec->args_count != 1)
+		return NULL;
+
+	param.of_node = ofdma->of_node;
+	param.chan_id = dma_spec->args[0];
+
+	if (param.chan_id >= mxs_dma->nr_channels)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return dma_request_channel(mask, mxs_dma_filter_fn, &param);
+}
+
 static int __init mxs_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	const struct platform_device_id *id_entry;
 	const struct of_device_id *of_id;
 	const struct mxs_dma_type *dma_type;
@@ -678,6 +726,12 @@
 	if (!mxs_dma)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "dma-channels", &mxs_dma->nr_channels);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to read dma-channels\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	of_id = of_match_device(mxs_dma_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
 	if (of_id)
 		id_entry = of_id->data;
@@ -723,6 +777,7 @@
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	mxs_dma->pdev = pdev;
 	mxs_dma->dma_device.dev = &pdev->dev;
 
 	/* mxs_dma gets 65535 bytes maximum sg size */
@@ -743,6 +798,13 @@
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	ret = of_dma_controller_register(np, mxs_dma_xlate, mxs_dma);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(mxs_dma->dma_device.dev,
+			"failed to register controller\n");
+		dma_async_device_unregister(&mxs_dma->dma_device);
+	}
+
 	dev_info(mxs_dma->dma_device.dev, "initialized\n");
 
 	return 0;