diff --git a/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c b/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c
index 6eebc6205c65d7773fa8d6e598060dd477b5c323..d28c47a42f149d3d7bb12030323cefe2f8d488c8 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ static int pd_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&pd_chan->lock);
 
 	pdc_enable_irq(chan, 1);
-	pdc_set_dir(chan);
 
 	return pd_chan->descs_allocated;
 }
@@ -561,6 +560,9 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *pd_prep_slave_sg(struct dma_chan *chan,
 	else
 		return NULL;
 
+	pd_chan->dir = direction;
+	pdc_set_dir(chan);
+
 	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, sg_len, i) {
 		desc = pdc_desc_get(pd_chan);
 
@@ -850,8 +852,6 @@ static int __devinit pch_dma_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 		pd_chan->membase = &regs->desc[i];
 
-		pd_chan->dir = (i % 2) ? DMA_FROM_DEVICE : DMA_TO_DEVICE;
-
 		spin_lock_init(&pd_chan->lock);
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pd_chan->active_list);