diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 5e9f6d67089126f98bd66b345cd4055b8dbd915c..759293e4a1ccfc884d70a0d2c1ee94b651649e41 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -2513,6 +2513,10 @@ static int d40_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 			d40c->lcpa = d40c->base->lcpa_base +
 				d40c->dma_cfg.dev_type *
 				D40_LCPA_CHAN_SIZE + D40_LCPA_CHAN_DST_DELTA;
+
+		/* Unmask the Global Interrupt Mask. */
+		d40c->src_def_cfg |= BIT(D40_SREG_CFG_LOG_GIM_POS);
+		d40c->dst_def_cfg |= BIT(D40_SREG_CFG_LOG_GIM_POS);
 	}
 
 	dev_dbg(chan2dev(d40c), "allocated %s channel (phy %d%s)\n",
diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40_ll.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40_ll.c
index 5eb6c10beae15711cdb58d750170e3b71b17d523..435a223c891f3b27a259ade16b099a373c04eda5 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40_ll.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40_ll.c
@@ -107,11 +107,6 @@ void d40_phy_cfg(struct stedma40_chan_cfg *cfg,
 			src |= 1 << D40_SREG_CFG_PRI_POS;
 			dst |= 1 << D40_SREG_CFG_PRI_POS;
 		}
-
-	} else {
-		/* Logical channel */
-		dst |= 1 << D40_SREG_CFG_LOG_GIM_POS;
-		src |= 1 << D40_SREG_CFG_LOG_GIM_POS;
 	}
 
 	if (cfg->src_info.big_endian)