diff --git a/arch/arm/common/edma.c b/arch/arm/common/edma.c
index 999266bf69b900df81f29238f7a9e9d3978747a7..0b37f7734d0fcd7a55b483be2999f090e80ec1bb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/edma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/edma.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ static struct edma_soc_info *edma_setup_info_from_dt(struct device *dev,
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, edma_filter_info.dma_cap);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_CYCLIC, edma_filter_info.dma_cap);
 	of_dma_controller_register(dev->of_node, of_dma_simple_xlate,
 				   &edma_filter_info);
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c
index 35db3f282bdb7d1c013fabb703a22f76595fb840..eef51644b69f2a24967b6c23edd2a9fa41a4d82e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/edma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ static int edma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dma_cap_zero(ecc->dma_slave.cap_mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, ecc->dma_slave.cap_mask);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_CYCLIC, ecc->dma_slave.cap_mask);
 
 	edma_dma_init(ecc, &ecc->dma_slave, &pdev->dev);