diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
index 9785983dfbae00e958c8fa65f357e6278992f479..ac9ff1666fccf729ba3f2b85b38c21e4e2ed5626 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ int s3c2410_dma_enqueue(unsigned int channel, void *id,
 		}
 	} else if (chan->state == S3C2410_DMA_IDLE) {
 		if (chan->flags & S3C2410_DMAF_AUTOSTART) {
-			s3c2410_dma_ctrl(chan->number, S3C2410_DMAOP_START);
+			s3c2410_dma_ctrl(chan->number | DMACH_LOW_LEVEL,
+					 S3C2410_DMAOP_START);
 		}
 	}