diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
index bf0d7e4e345bd09babde30dfed59b4874f27b0fc..c057309c8ae53b86f18a0fb4b48d7721a03cf21b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
  */
 
 #define	ATC_DEFAULT_CFG		(ATC_FIFOCFG_HALFFIFO)
-#define	ATC_DEFAULT_CTRLA	(0)
 #define	ATC_DEFAULT_CTRLB	(ATC_SIF(AT_DMA_MEM_IF) \
 				|ATC_DIF(AT_DMA_MEM_IF))
 
@@ -574,7 +573,6 @@ atc_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dest, dma_addr_t src,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	ctrla =   ATC_DEFAULT_CTRLA;
 	ctrlb =   ATC_DEFAULT_CTRLB | ATC_IEN
 		| ATC_SRC_ADDR_MODE_INCR
 		| ATC_DST_ADDR_MODE_INCR
@@ -585,13 +583,13 @@ atc_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dest, dma_addr_t src,
 	 * of the most common optimization.
 	 */
 	if (!((src | dest  | len) & 3)) {
-		ctrla |= ATC_SRC_WIDTH_WORD | ATC_DST_WIDTH_WORD;
+		ctrla = ATC_SRC_WIDTH_WORD | ATC_DST_WIDTH_WORD;
 		src_width = dst_width = 2;
 	} else if (!((src | dest | len) & 1)) {
-		ctrla |= ATC_SRC_WIDTH_HALFWORD | ATC_DST_WIDTH_HALFWORD;
+		ctrla = ATC_SRC_WIDTH_HALFWORD | ATC_DST_WIDTH_HALFWORD;
 		src_width = dst_width = 1;
 	} else {
-		ctrla |= ATC_SRC_WIDTH_BYTE | ATC_DST_WIDTH_BYTE;
+		ctrla = ATC_SRC_WIDTH_BYTE | ATC_DST_WIDTH_BYTE;
 		src_width = dst_width = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -668,7 +666,7 @@ atc_prep_slave_sg(struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	ctrla = ATC_DEFAULT_CTRLA | atslave->ctrla;
+	ctrla = atslave->ctrla;
 	ctrlb = ATC_IEN;
 
 	switch (direction) {
@@ -801,7 +799,7 @@ atc_dma_cyclic_fill_desc(struct dma_chan *chan, struct at_desc *desc,
 	u32			ctrla;
 
 	/* prepare common CRTLA value */
-	ctrla =   ATC_DEFAULT_CTRLA | atslave->ctrla
+	ctrla = atslave->ctrla
 		| ATC_DST_WIDTH(reg_width)
 		| ATC_SRC_WIDTH(reg_width)
 		| period_len >> reg_width;