diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da830-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da830-evm.c
index dc19870..5c53864 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da830-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da830-evm.c
@@ -482,12 +482,42 @@ static struct davinci_i2c_platform_data da830_evm_i2c_0_pdata = {
 	.bus_delay	= 0,	/* usec */
 };
 
+/*
+ * The following EDMA channels/slots are not being used by drivers (for
+ * example: Timer, GPIO, UART events etc) on da830/omap-l137 EVM, hence
+ * they are being reserved for codecs on the DSP side.
+ */
+static const s16 da830_dma_rsv_chans[][2] = {
+	/* (offset, number) */
+	{ 8,  2},
+	{12,  2},
+	{24,  4},
+	{30,  2},
+	{-1, -1}
+};
+
+static const s16 da830_dma_rsv_slots[][2] = {
+	/* (offset, number) */
+	{ 8,  2},
+	{12,  2},
+	{24,  4},
+	{30, 26},
+	{-1, -1}
+};
+
+static struct edma_rsv_info da830_edma_rsv[] = {
+	{
+		.rsv_chans	= da830_dma_rsv_chans,
+		.rsv_slots	= da830_dma_rsv_slots,
+	},
+};
+
 static __init void da830_evm_init(void)
 {
 	struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info = &davinci_soc_info;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = da8xx_register_edma();
+	ret = da830_register_edma(da830_edma_rsv);
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warning("da830_evm_init: edma registration failed: %d\n",
 				ret);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
index 411284d..dda8b57 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
@@ -612,6 +612,52 @@ static int __init da850_evm_config_emac(void)
 }
 device_initcall(da850_evm_config_emac);
 
+/*
+ * The following EDMA channels/slots are not being used by drivers (for
+ * example: Timer, GPIO, UART events etc) on da850/omap-l138 EVM, hence
+ * they are being reserved for codecs on the DSP side.
+ */
+static const s16 da850_dma0_rsv_chans[][2] = {
+	/* (offset, number) */
+	{ 8,  6},
+	{24,  4},
+	{30,  2},
+	{-1, -1}
+};
+
+static const s16 da850_dma0_rsv_slots[][2] = {
+	/* (offset, number) */
+	{ 8,  6},
+	{24,  4},
+	{30, 50},
+	{-1, -1}
+};
+
+static const s16 da850_dma1_rsv_chans[][2] = {
+	/* (offset, number) */
+	{ 0, 28},
+	{30,  2},
+	{-1, -1}
+};
+
+static const s16 da850_dma1_rsv_slots[][2] = {
+	/* (offset, number) */
+	{ 0, 28},
+	{30, 90},
+	{-1, -1}
+};
+
+static struct edma_rsv_info da850_edma_rsv[] = {
+	{
+		.rsv_chans	= da850_dma0_rsv_chans,
+		.rsv_slots	= da850_dma0_rsv_slots,
+	},
+	{
+		.rsv_chans	= da850_dma1_rsv_chans,
+		.rsv_slots	= da850_dma1_rsv_slots,
+	},
+};
+
 static __init void da850_evm_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -621,7 +667,7 @@ static __init void da850_evm_init(void)
 		pr_warning("da850_evm_init: TPS65070 PMIC init failed: %d\n",
 				ret);
 
-	ret = da8xx_register_edma();
+	ret = da850_register_edma(da850_edma_rsv);
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warning("da850_evm_init: edma registration failed: %d\n",
 				ret);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
index 0a96791..83e7318 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
@@ -248,18 +248,21 @@ static struct platform_device da850_edma_device = {
 	.resource	= da850_edma_resources,
 };
 
-int __init da8xx_register_edma(void)
+int __init da830_register_edma(struct edma_rsv_info *rsv)
 {
-	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	da830_edma_info[0].rsv = rsv;
 
-	if (cpu_is_davinci_da830())
-		pdev = &da830_edma_device;
-	else if (cpu_is_davinci_da850())
-		pdev = &da850_edma_device;
-	else
-		return -ENODEV;
+	return platform_device_register(&da830_edma_device);
+}
 
-	return platform_device_register(pdev);
+int __init da850_register_edma(struct edma_rsv_info *rsv)
+{
+	if (rsv) {
+		da850_edma_info[0].rsv = &rsv[0];
+		da850_edma_info[1].rsv = &rsv[1];
+	}
+
+	return platform_device_register(&da850_edma_device);
 }
 
 static struct resource da8xx_i2c_resources0[] = {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/da8xx.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/da8xx.h
index b87a6ba..16c3fd0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/da8xx.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/da8xx.h
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ extern void __iomem *da8xx_syscfg1_base;
 void __init da830_init(void);
 void __init da850_init(void);
 
-int da8xx_register_edma(void);
+int da830_register_edma(struct edma_rsv_info *rsv);
+int da850_register_edma(struct edma_rsv_info *rsv);
 int da8xx_register_i2c(int instance, struct davinci_i2c_platform_data *pdata);
 int da8xx_register_watchdog(void);
 int da8xx_register_usb20(unsigned mA, unsigned potpgt);
