diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c b/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
index 4ae057922ef1..2d905f0633d5 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ static int dpaa2_qdma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	if (!dpaa2_chan->fd_pool)
 		goto err;
 
-	dpaa2_chan->fl_pool = dma_pool_create("fl_pool", dev,
-					      sizeof(struct dpaa2_fl_entry),
-					      sizeof(struct dpaa2_fl_entry), 0);
+	dpaa2_chan->fl_pool =
+		dma_pool_create("fl_pool", dev,
+				 sizeof(struct dpaa2_fl_entry) * 3,
+				 sizeof(struct dpaa2_fl_entry), 0);
+
 	if (!dpaa2_chan->fl_pool)
 		goto err_fd;
 
 	dpaa2_chan->sdd_pool =
 		dma_pool_create("sdd_pool", dev,
-				sizeof(struct dpaa2_qdma_sd_d),
+				sizeof(struct dpaa2_qdma_sd_d) * 2,
 				sizeof(struct dpaa2_qdma_sd_d), 0);
 	if (!dpaa2_chan->sdd_pool)
 		goto err_fl;