diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ee051bb..835202f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -151,9 +151,22 @@
 static struct list_head ptype_all __read_mostly;	/* Taps */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
-static struct dma_client *net_dma_client;
-static unsigned int net_dma_count;
-static spinlock_t net_dma_event_lock;
+struct net_dma {
+	struct dma_client client;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	cpumask_t channel_mask;
+	struct dma_chan *channels[NR_CPUS];
+};
+
+static enum dma_state_client
+netdev_dma_event(struct dma_client *client, struct dma_chan *chan,
+	enum dma_state state);
+
+static struct net_dma net_dma = {
+	.client = {
+		.event_callback = netdev_dma_event,
+	},
+};
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -2015,12 +2028,13 @@
 	 * There may not be any more sk_buffs coming right now, so push
 	 * any pending DMA copies to hardware
 	 */
-	if (net_dma_client) {
-		struct dma_chan *chan;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		list_for_each_entry_rcu(chan, &net_dma_client->channels, client_node)
-			dma_async_memcpy_issue_pending(chan);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (!cpus_empty(net_dma.channel_mask)) {
+		int chan_idx;
+		for_each_cpu_mask(chan_idx, net_dma.channel_mask) {
+			struct dma_chan *chan = net_dma.channels[chan_idx];
+			if (chan)
+				dma_async_memcpy_issue_pending(chan);
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 	return;
@@ -3563,12 +3577,13 @@
  * This is called when the number of channels allocated to the net_dma_client
  * changes.  The net_dma_client tries to have one DMA channel per CPU.
  */
-static void net_dma_rebalance(void)
+
+static void net_dma_rebalance(struct net_dma *net_dma)
 {
-	unsigned int cpu, i, n;
+	unsigned int cpu, i, n, chan_idx;
 	struct dma_chan *chan;
 
-	if (net_dma_count == 0) {
+	if (cpus_empty(net_dma->channel_mask)) {
 		for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
 			rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(softnet_data, cpu).net_dma, NULL);
 		return;
@@ -3577,10 +3592,12 @@
 	i = 0;
 	cpu = first_cpu(cpu_online_map);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry(chan, &net_dma_client->channels, client_node) {
-		n = ((num_online_cpus() / net_dma_count)
-		   + (i < (num_online_cpus() % net_dma_count) ? 1 : 0));
+	for_each_cpu_mask(chan_idx, net_dma->channel_mask) {
+		chan = net_dma->channels[chan_idx];
+
+		n = ((num_online_cpus() / cpus_weight(net_dma->channel_mask))
+		   + (i < (num_online_cpus() %
+			cpus_weight(net_dma->channel_mask)) ? 1 : 0));
 
 		while(n) {
 			per_cpu(softnet_data, cpu).net_dma = chan;
@@ -3589,7 +3606,6 @@
 		}
 		i++;
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3598,23 +3614,53 @@
  * @chan: DMA channel for the event
  * @event: event type
  */
-static void netdev_dma_event(struct dma_client *client, struct dma_chan *chan,
-	enum dma_event event)
+static enum dma_state_client
+netdev_dma_event(struct dma_client *client, struct dma_chan *chan,
+	enum dma_state state)
 {
-	spin_lock(&net_dma_event_lock);
-	switch (event) {
-	case DMA_RESOURCE_ADDED:
-		net_dma_count++;
-		net_dma_rebalance();
+	int i, found = 0, pos = -1;
+	struct net_dma *net_dma =
+		container_of(client, struct net_dma, client);
+	enum dma_state_client ack = DMA_DUP; /* default: take no action */
+
+	spin_lock(&net_dma->lock);
+	switch (state) {
+	case DMA_RESOURCE_AVAILABLE:
+		for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
+			if (net_dma->channels[i] == chan) {
+				found = 1;
+				break;
+			} else if (net_dma->channels[i] == NULL && pos < 0)
+				pos = i;
+
+		if (!found && pos >= 0) {
+			ack = DMA_ACK;
+			net_dma->channels[pos] = chan;
+			cpu_set(pos, net_dma->channel_mask);
+			net_dma_rebalance(net_dma);
+		}
 		break;
 	case DMA_RESOURCE_REMOVED:
-		net_dma_count--;
-		net_dma_rebalance();
+		for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
+			if (net_dma->channels[i] == chan) {
+				found = 1;
+				pos = i;
+				break;
+			}
+
+		if (found) {
+			ack = DMA_ACK;
+			cpu_clear(pos, net_dma->channel_mask);
+			net_dma->channels[i] = NULL;
+			net_dma_rebalance(net_dma);
+		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&net_dma_event_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&net_dma->lock);
+
+	return ack;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3622,12 +3668,10 @@
  */
 static int __init netdev_dma_register(void)
 {
-	spin_lock_init(&net_dma_event_lock);
-	net_dma_client = dma_async_client_register(netdev_dma_event);
-	if (net_dma_client == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	dma_async_client_chan_request(net_dma_client, num_online_cpus());
+	spin_lock_init(&net_dma.lock);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_MEMCPY, net_dma.client.cap_mask);
+	dma_async_client_register(&net_dma.client);
+	dma_async_client_chan_request(&net_dma.client);
 	return 0;
 }