diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c
index 8a5ba3bec3af..6db33704b1a8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c
@@ -1094,6 +1094,13 @@ static struct device *s5p_mfc_alloc_memdev(struct device *dev,
 	child->dma_mask = dev->dma_mask;
 	child->release = s5p_mfc_memdev_release;
 
+	/*
+	 * The memdevs are not proper OF platform devices, so in order for them
+	 * to be treated as valid DMA masters we need a bit of a hack to force
+	 * them to inherit the MFC node's DMA configuration.
+	 */
+	of_dma_configure(child, dev->of_node, true);
+
 	if (device_add(child) == 0) {
 		ret = of_reserved_mem_device_init_by_idx(child, dev->of_node,
 							 idx);
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
index 1977ee0adcb1..9e02a5d80225 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@ int of_reserved_mem_device_init_by_idx(struct device *dev,
 		mutex_lock(&of_rmem_assigned_device_mutex);
 		list_add(&rd->list, &of_rmem_assigned_device_list);
 		mutex_unlock(&of_rmem_assigned_device_mutex);
-		/* ensure that dma_ops is set for virtual devices
-		 * using reserved memory
-		 */
-		of_dma_configure(dev, np, true);
 
 		dev_info(dev, "assigned reserved memory node %s\n", rmem->name);
 	} else {