diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index ea806bd..4f08ee8 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -535,6 +535,34 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_slave_channel);
 
+struct dma_chan *dma_get_any_slave_channel(struct dma_device *device)
+{
+	dma_cap_mask_t mask;
+	struct dma_chan *chan;
+	int err;
+
+	dma_cap_zero(mask);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
+
+	/* lock against __dma_request_channel */
+	mutex_lock(&dma_list_mutex);
+
+	chan = private_candidate(&mask, device, NULL, NULL);
+	if (chan) {
+		err = dma_chan_get(chan);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_debug("%s: failed to get %s: (%d)\n",
+				__func__, dma_chan_name(chan), err);
+			chan = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
+
+	return chan;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_any_slave_channel);
+
 /**
  * __dma_request_channel - try to allocate an exclusive channel
  * @mask: capabilities that the channel must satisfy
diff --git a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
index dcb1e05..2998f1b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
@@ -893,33 +893,17 @@
 					   struct of_dma *ofdma)
 {
 	struct mmp_pdma_device *d = ofdma->of_dma_data;
-	struct dma_chan *chan, *candidate;
+	struct dma_chan *chan;
+	struct mmp_pdma_chan *c;
 
-retry:
-	candidate = NULL;
-
-	/* walk the list of channels registered with the current instance and
-	 * find one that is currently unused */
-	list_for_each_entry(chan, &d->device.channels, device_node)
-		if (chan->client_count == 0) {
-			candidate = chan;
-			break;
-		}
-
-	if (!candidate)
+	chan = dma_get_any_slave_channel(&d->device);
+	if (!chan)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* dma_get_slave_channel will return NULL if we lost a race between
-	 * the lookup and the reservation */
-	chan = dma_get_slave_channel(candidate);
+	c = to_mmp_pdma_chan(chan);
+	c->drcmr = dma_spec->args[0];
 
-	if (chan) {
-		struct mmp_pdma_chan *c = to_mmp_pdma_chan(chan);
-		c->drcmr = dma_spec->args[0];
-		return chan;
-	}
-
-	goto retry;
+	return chan;
 }
 
 static int mmp_pdma_probe(struct platform_device *op)