diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
index 6ab440e532bf8a62829f82a377b5a804c802b37a..f413e123405a21a87ce95e443093989b362ca935 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
@@ -1319,7 +1319,11 @@ static int __init dw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dwc->chan.device = &dw->dma;
 		dwc->chan.cookie = dwc->completed = 1;
 		dwc->chan.chan_id = i;
-		list_add_tail(&dwc->chan.device_node, &dw->dma.channels);
+		if (pdata->chan_allocation_order == CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING)
+			list_add_tail(&dwc->chan.device_node,
+					&dw->dma.channels);
+		else
+			list_add(&dwc->chan.device_node, &dw->dma.channels);
 
 		dwc->ch_regs = &__dw_regs(dw)->CHAN[i];
 		spin_lock_init(&dwc->lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/dw_dmac.h b/include/linux/dw_dmac.h
index deec66b37180cf63d132eab997c45483be991d6a..a18c498984d912a88815e7454e561b2f20b71ad1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dw_dmac.h
+++ b/include/linux/dw_dmac.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 struct dw_dma_platform_data {
 	unsigned int	nr_channels;
 	bool		is_private;
+#define CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING	0	/* zero to seven */
+#define CHAN_ALLOCATION_DESCENDING	1	/* seven to zero */
+	unsigned char	chan_allocation_order;
 };
 
 /**