diff --git a/drivers/dma/pl330.c b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
index 6abe1ec1f2ce853300524f46ed5ebd0a0d226961..00eee59e8b3357929a3a42f4861921f8ca2b858b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/pl330.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ struct dma_pl330_dmac {
 	spinlock_t pool_lock;
 
 	/* Peripheral channels connected to this DMAC */
-	struct dma_pl330_chan peripherals[0]; /* keep at end */
+	struct dma_pl330_chan *peripherals; /* keep at end */
 };
 
 struct dma_pl330_desc {
@@ -451,8 +451,13 @@ static struct dma_pl330_desc *pl330_get_desc(struct dma_pl330_chan *pch)
 	desc->txd.cookie = 0;
 	async_tx_ack(&desc->txd);
 
-	desc->req.rqtype = peri->rqtype;
-	desc->req.peri = peri->peri_id;
+	if (peri) {
+		desc->req.rqtype = peri->rqtype;
+		desc->req.peri = peri->peri_id;
+	} else {
+		desc->req.rqtype = MEMTOMEM;
+		desc->req.peri = 0;
+	}
 
 	dma_async_tx_descriptor_init(&desc->txd, &pch->chan);
 
@@ -529,10 +534,10 @@ pl330_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dst,
 	struct pl330_info *pi;
 	int burst;
 
-	if (unlikely(!pch || !len || !peri))
+	if (unlikely(!pch || !len))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (peri->rqtype != MEMTOMEM)
+	if (peri && peri->rqtype != MEMTOMEM)
 		return NULL;
 
 	pi = &pch->dmac->pif;
@@ -577,7 +582,7 @@ pl330_prep_slave_sg(struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 	int i, burst_size;
 	dma_addr_t addr;
 
-	if (unlikely(!pch || !sgl || !sg_len))
+	if (unlikely(!pch || !sgl || !sg_len || !peri))
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Make sure the direction is consistent */
@@ -666,17 +671,12 @@ pl330_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	struct dma_device *pd;
 	struct resource *res;
 	int i, ret, irq;
+	int num_chan;
 
 	pdat = adev->dev.platform_data;
 
-	if (!pdat || !pdat->nr_valid_peri) {
-		dev_err(&adev->dev, "platform data missing\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	/* Allocate a new DMAC and its Channels */
-	pdmac = kzalloc(pdat->nr_valid_peri * sizeof(*pch)
-				+ sizeof(*pdmac), GFP_KERNEL);
+	pdmac = kzalloc(sizeof(*pdmac), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdmac) {
 		dev_err(&adev->dev, "unable to allocate mem\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ pl330_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	pi = &pdmac->pif;
 	pi->dev = &adev->dev;
 	pi->pl330_data = NULL;
-	pi->mcbufsz = pdat->mcbuf_sz;
+	pi->mcbufsz = pdat ? pdat->mcbuf_sz : 0;
 
 	res = &adev->res;
 	request_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res), "dma-pl330");
@@ -717,27 +717,35 @@ pl330_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pd->channels);
 
 	/* Initialize channel parameters */
-	for (i = 0; i < pdat->nr_valid_peri; i++) {
-		struct dma_pl330_peri *peri = &pdat->peri[i];
-		pch = &pdmac->peripherals[i];
+	num_chan = max(pdat ? pdat->nr_valid_peri : 0, (u8)pi->pcfg.num_chan);
+	pdmac->peripherals = kzalloc(num_chan * sizeof(*pch), GFP_KERNEL);
 
-		switch (peri->rqtype) {
-		case MEMTOMEM:
+	for (i = 0; i < num_chan; i++) {
+		pch = &pdmac->peripherals[i];
+		if (pdat) {
+			struct dma_pl330_peri *peri = &pdat->peri[i];
+
+			switch (peri->rqtype) {
+			case MEMTOMEM:
+				dma_cap_set(DMA_MEMCPY, pd->cap_mask);
+				break;
+			case MEMTODEV:
+			case DEVTOMEM:
+				dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, pd->cap_mask);
+				break;
+			default:
+				dev_err(&adev->dev, "DEVTODEV Not Supported\n");
+				continue;
+			}
+			pch->chan.private = peri;
+		} else {
 			dma_cap_set(DMA_MEMCPY, pd->cap_mask);
-			break;
-		case MEMTODEV:
-		case DEVTOMEM:
-			dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, pd->cap_mask);
-			break;
-		default:
-			dev_err(&adev->dev, "DEVTODEV Not Supported\n");
-			continue;
+			pch->chan.private = NULL;
 		}
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pch->work_list);
 		spin_lock_init(&pch->lock);
 		pch->pl330_chid = NULL;
-		pch->chan.private = peri;
 		pch->chan.device = pd;
 		pch->chan.chan_id = i;
 		pch->dmac = pdmac;