diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm814x.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm814x.dtsi
index 7702e048e110..a92630113f57 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm814x.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm814x.dtsi
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ cppi41dma: dma-controller@47402000 {
 				interrupts = <17>;
 				interrupt-names = "glue";
 				#dma-cells = <2>;
+				/* For backwards compatibility: */
 				#dma-channels = <30>;
+				dma-channels = <30>;
 				#dma-requests = <256>;
+				dma-requests = <256>;
 			};
 		};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm816x.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm816x.dtsi
index a9e7274806f4..eb0a95da94b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm816x.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dm816x.dtsi
@@ -655,8 +655,11 @@ cppi41dma: dma-controller@47402000 {
 				interrupts = <17>;
 				interrupt-names = "glue";
 				#dma-cells = <2>;
+				/* For backwards compatibility: */
 				#dma-channels = <30>;
+				dma-channels = <30>;
 				#dma-requests = <256>;
+				dma-requests = <256>;
 			};
 		};