diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx50.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx50.dtsi
index 3747d80104f4530226638a9051e18ba14f457701..30edf9afe63096693af55296fe1ea4283bfc9b96 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx50.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx50.dtsi
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@
 				clocks = <&clks IMX5_CLK_SDMA_GATE>,
 					 <&clks IMX5_CLK_SDMA_GATE>;
 				clock-names = "ipg", "ahb";
+				#dma-cells = <3>;
 				fsl,sdma-ram-script-name = "imx/sdma/sdma-imx50.bin";
 			};