diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/dma-mx1-mx2.c b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/dma-mx1-mx2.c
index e364a5ed10f1301bcd96ea02d7054b64930875d5..a9126ed7935ad6294858535cdbceff01af5c4edd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/dma-mx1-mx2.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/dma-mx1-mx2.c
@@ -737,10 +737,7 @@ void imx_dma_free(int channel)
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	/* Disable interrupts */
-	__raw_writel(__raw_readl(DMA_BASE + DMA_DIMR) | (1 << channel),
-		DMA_BASE + DMA_DIMR);
-	__raw_writel(__raw_readl(DMA_BASE + DMA_CCR(channel)) & ~CCR_CEN,
-		DMA_BASE + DMA_CCR(channel));
+	imx_dma_disable(channel);
 	imxdma->name = NULL;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MX2