diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
index fd3154ae69b172e0c4f6b2b803cf9896d4c9b6c6..0eb676d7e8075cf49423b2e2445ec037b9e35548 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
@@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_free_dma);
  *
  * @param arb_rate
  * @param max_fifo_depth
- * @param tparams - Number of thereads to reserve : DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_NORM
- * 						    DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_ONET
- * 						    DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_TWOT
- * 						    DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_THREET
+ * @param tparams - Number of threads to reserve : DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_NORM
+ * 						   DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_ONET
+ * 						   DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_TWOT
+ * 						   DMA_THREAD_RESERVE_THREET
  */
 void
 omap_dma_set_global_params(int arb_rate, int max_fifo_depth, int tparams)
@@ -844,11 +844,14 @@ omap_dma_set_global_params(int arb_rate, int max_fifo_depth, int tparams)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (max_fifo_depth == 0)
+		max_fifo_depth = 1;
 	if (arb_rate == 0)
 		arb_rate = 1;
 
-	reg = (arb_rate & 0xff) << 16;
-	reg |= (0xff & max_fifo_depth);
+	reg = 0xff & max_fifo_depth;
+	reg |= (0x3 & tparams) << 12;
+	reg |= (arb_rate & 0xff) << 16;
 
 	dma_write(reg, GCR);
 }