diff --git a/arch/arm/common/edma.c b/arch/arm/common/edma.c
index 117f955a2a06..8e1a0245907f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/edma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/edma.c
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ static const struct edmacc_param dummy_paramset = {
 	.ccnt = 1,
 };
 
+static const struct of_device_id edma_of_ids[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "ti,edma3", },
+	{}
+};
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 static void map_dmach_queue(unsigned ctlr, unsigned ch_no,
@@ -560,14 +565,38 @@ static int reserve_contiguous_slots(int ctlr, unsigned int id,
 static int prepare_unused_channel_list(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-	int i, ctlr;
+	int i, count, ctlr;
+	struct of_phandle_args  dma_spec;
 
+	if (dev->of_node) {
+		count = of_property_count_strings(dev->of_node, "dma-names");
+		if (count < 0)
+			return 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+			if (of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "dmas",
+						       "#dma-cells", i,
+						       &dma_spec))
+				continue;
+
+			if (!of_match_node(edma_of_ids, dma_spec.np)) {
+				of_node_put(dma_spec.np);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			clear_bit(EDMA_CHAN_SLOT(dma_spec.args[0]),
+				  edma_cc[0]->edma_unused);
+			of_node_put(dma_spec.np);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* For non-OF case */
 	for (i = 0; i < pdev->num_resources; i++) {
 		if ((pdev->resource[i].flags & IORESOURCE_DMA) &&
 				(int)pdev->resource[i].start >= 0) {
 			ctlr = EDMA_CTLR(pdev->resource[i].start);
 			clear_bit(EDMA_CHAN_SLOT(pdev->resource[i].start),
-					edma_cc[ctlr]->edma_unused);
+				  edma_cc[ctlr]->edma_unused);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1762,11 +1791,6 @@ static int edma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct of_device_id edma_of_ids[] = {
-	{ .compatible = "ti,edma3", },
-	{}
-};
-
 static struct platform_driver edma_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= "edma",