diff --git a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
index af8c0b5..a7fca16 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 	struct coh901318_lli *lli;
 	enum dma_data_direction dir;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 head_config;
+	u32 head_ctrl;
 };
 
 struct coh901318_base {
@@ -660,6 +662,9 @@
 
 		coh901318_desc_submit(cohc, cohd);
 
+		/* Program the transaction head */
+		coh901318_set_conf(cohc, cohd->head_config);
+		coh901318_set_ctrl(cohc, cohd->head_ctrl);
 		coh901318_prep_linked_list(cohc, cohd->lli);
 
 		/* start dma job on this channel */
@@ -1090,8 +1095,6 @@
 	} else
 		goto err_direction;
 
-	coh901318_set_conf(cohc, config);
-
 	/* The dma only supports transmitting packages up to
 	 * MAX_DMA_PACKET_SIZE. Calculate to total number of
 	 * dma elemts required to send the entire sg list
@@ -1128,16 +1131,18 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_lli_fill;
 
-	/*
-	 * Set the default ctrl for the channel to the one from the lli,
-	 * things may have changed due to odd buffer alignment etc.
-	 */
-	coh901318_set_ctrl(cohc, lli->control);
 
 	COH_DBG(coh901318_list_print(cohc, lli));
 
 	/* Pick a descriptor to handle this transfer */
 	cohd = coh901318_desc_get(cohc);
+	cohd->head_config = config;
+	/*
+	 * Set the default head ctrl for the channel to the one from the
+	 * lli, things may have changed due to odd buffer alignment
+	 * etc.
+	 */
+	cohd->head_ctrl = lli->control;
 	cohd->dir = direction;
 	cohd->flags = flags;
 	cohd->desc.tx_submit = coh901318_tx_submit;