diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c b/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c
index e92b2b6cd8c4841733f829c9afa3f48b7e60f0de..ae47f23ba93086855c5709985c368900d2b75b99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct cpdma_desc {
 
 struct cpdma_desc_pool {
 	u32			phys;
+	u32			hw_addr;
 	void __iomem		*iomap;		/* ioremap map */
 	void			*cpumap;	/* dma_alloc map */
 	int			desc_size, mem_size;
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ struct cpdma_chan {
  * abstract out these details
  */
 static struct cpdma_desc_pool *
-cpdma_desc_pool_create(struct device *dev, u32 phys, int size, int align)
+cpdma_desc_pool_create(struct device *dev, u32 phys, u32 hw_addr,
+				int size, int align)
 {
 	int bitmap_size;
 	struct cpdma_desc_pool *pool;
@@ -161,10 +163,12 @@ cpdma_desc_pool_create(struct device *dev, u32 phys, int size, int align)
 	if (phys) {
 		pool->phys  = phys;
 		pool->iomap = ioremap(phys, size);
+		pool->hw_addr = hw_addr;
 	} else {
 		pool->cpumap = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &pool->phys,
 						  GFP_KERNEL);
 		pool->iomap = (void __force __iomem *)pool->cpumap;
+		pool->hw_addr = pool->phys;
 	}
 
 	if (pool->iomap)
@@ -201,14 +205,14 @@ static inline dma_addr_t desc_phys(struct cpdma_desc_pool *pool,
 {
 	if (!desc)
 		return 0;
-	return pool->phys + (__force dma_addr_t)desc -
+	return pool->hw_addr + (__force dma_addr_t)desc -
 			    (__force dma_addr_t)pool->iomap;
 }
 
 static inline struct cpdma_desc __iomem *
 desc_from_phys(struct cpdma_desc_pool *pool, dma_addr_t dma)
 {
-	return dma ? pool->iomap + dma - pool->phys : NULL;
+	return dma ? pool->iomap + dma - pool->hw_addr : NULL;
 }
 
 static struct cpdma_desc __iomem *
@@ -260,6 +264,7 @@ struct cpdma_ctlr *cpdma_ctlr_create(struct cpdma_params *params)
 
 	ctlr->pool = cpdma_desc_pool_create(ctlr->dev,
 					    ctlr->params.desc_mem_phys,
+					    ctlr->params.desc_hw_addr,
 					    ctlr->params.desc_mem_size,
 					    ctlr->params.desc_align);
 	if (!ctlr->pool) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.h b/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.h
index 868e50ebde45c6d9cfa6147c27b3bde5528b9f6b..afa19a0c0d81000d265a8930c9ecec7220863518 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.h
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct cpdma_params {
 	bool			has_soft_reset;
 	int			min_packet_size;
 	u32			desc_mem_phys;
+	u32			desc_hw_addr;
 	int			desc_mem_size;
 	int			desc_align;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
index 082d6ea699206b2a2e0ff2ad7b5cfdd125620e31..baca6bfcb089e7b403134f1bc4fdade1b7b03a69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1854,10 +1854,13 @@ static int __devinit davinci_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dma_params.rxcp			= priv->emac_base + 0x660;
 	dma_params.num_chan		= EMAC_MAX_TXRX_CHANNELS;
 	dma_params.min_packet_size	= EMAC_DEF_MIN_ETHPKTSIZE;
-	dma_params.desc_mem_phys	= hw_ram_addr;
+	dma_params.desc_hw_addr		= hw_ram_addr;
 	dma_params.desc_mem_size	= pdata->ctrl_ram_size;
 	dma_params.desc_align		= 16;
 
+	dma_params.desc_mem_phys = pdata->no_bd_ram ? 0 :
+			(u32 __force)res->start + pdata->ctrl_ram_offset;
+
 	priv->dma = cpdma_ctlr_create(&dma_params);
 	if (!priv->dma) {
 		dev_err(emac_dev, "DaVinci EMAC: Error initializing DMA\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/davinci_emac.h b/include/linux/davinci_emac.h
index 5dd428532f794c387533633cba57e6e12957cb01..5428885049941c86e46184deac5bbafa6e9df13a 100644
--- a/include/linux/davinci_emac.h
+++ b/include/linux/davinci_emac.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct emac_platform_data {
 
 	u8 rmii_en;
 	u8 version;
+	bool no_bd_ram;
 	void (*interrupt_enable) (void);
 	void (*interrupt_disable) (void);
 };