diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
index a5f8a80..76364d134 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
@@ -403,16 +403,13 @@
 		.start = 16,
 		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
 	},
-	{
-		.start = EVENTQ_1,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
-	},
 };
 
 static struct davinci_spi_platform_data dm355_spi0_pdata = {
 	.version 	= SPI_VERSION_1,
 	.num_chipselect = 2,
 	.cshold_bug	= true,
+	.dma_event_q	= EVENTQ_1,
 };
 static struct platform_device dm355_spi0_device = {
 	.name = "spi_davinci",
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
index 02d2cc3..4604e72 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@
 static struct davinci_spi_platform_data dm365_spi0_pdata = {
 	.version 	= SPI_VERSION_1,
 	.num_chipselect = 2,
+	.dma_event_q	= EVENTQ_3,
 };
 
 static struct resource dm365_spi0_resources[] = {
@@ -645,10 +646,6 @@
 		.start = 16,
 		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
 	},
-	{
-		.start = EVENTQ_3,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
-	},
 };
 
 static struct platform_device dm365_spi0_device = {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h
index 38f4da5..7af305b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #ifndef __ARCH_ARM_DAVINCI_SPI_H
 #define __ARCH_ARM_DAVINCI_SPI_H
 
+#include <mach/edma.h>
+
 #define SPI_INTERN_CS	0xFF
 
 enum {
@@ -39,13 +41,16 @@
  *		to populate if all chip-selects are internal.
  * @cshold_bug:	set this to true if the SPI controller on your chip requires
  *		a write to CSHOLD bit in between transfers (like in DM355).
+ * @dma_event_q: DMA event queue to use if SPI_IO_TYPE_DMA is used for any
+ *		device on the bus.
  */
 struct davinci_spi_platform_data {
-	u8	version;
-	u8	num_chipselect;
-	u8	intr_line;
-	u8	*chip_sel;
-	bool	cshold_bug;
+	u8			version;
+	u8			num_chipselect;
+	u8			intr_line;
+	u8			*chip_sel;
+	bool			cshold_bug;
+	enum dma_event_q	dma_event_q;
 };
 
 /**