diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
index 445fdf8116959e91bff7469bf45c6283e057b198..bf0d7e4e345bd09babde30dfed59b4874f27b0fc 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ atc_chain_complete(struct at_dma_chan *atchan, struct at_desc *desc)
 	dev_vdbg(chan2dev(&atchan->chan_common),
 		"descriptor %u complete\n", txd->cookie);
 
-	dma_cookie_complete(txd);
+	/* mark the descriptor as complete for non cyclic cases only */
+	if (!atc_chan_is_cyclic(atchan))
+		dma_cookie_complete(txd);
 
 	/* move children to free_list */
 	list_splice_init(&desc->tx_list, &atchan->free_list);
diff --git a/drivers/dma/ep93xx_dma.c b/drivers/dma/ep93xx_dma.c
index e6f133b78dc2c89f1144f3b6fd8b4ee100138e5e..f6e9b572b998919ee117cf154e560788da439de3 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ep93xx_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ep93xx_dma.c
@@ -703,7 +703,9 @@ static void ep93xx_dma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 	desc = ep93xx_dma_get_active(edmac);
 	if (desc) {
 		if (desc->complete) {
-			dma_cookie_complete(&desc->txd);
+			/* mark descriptor complete for non cyclic case only */
+			if (!test_bit(EP93XX_DMA_IS_CYCLIC, &edmac->flags))
+				dma_cookie_complete(&desc->txd);
 			list_splice_init(&edmac->active, &list);
 		}
 		callback = desc->txd.callback;