diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 4a4cce15f25dd65c6a720d949ed0d9c922ff1cba..3ff284c8e3d5aef72f229017c883c73cbe13403f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -689,6 +689,10 @@ struct dma_chan *dma_request_slave_channel(struct device *dev,
 	struct dma_chan *ch = dma_request_slave_channel_reason(dev, name);
 	if (IS_ERR(ch))
 		return NULL;
+
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_PRIVATE, ch->device->cap_mask);
+	ch->device->privatecnt++;
+
 	return ch;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_request_slave_channel);