diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index 0853ade5e636..1644d79a071a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ dwc_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dest, dma_addr_t src,
 
 	dwc->direction = DMA_MEM_TO_MEM;
 
-	src_width = dst_width = __ffs(dw->data_width | src | dest | len);
+	src_width = dst_width = __ffs(dw->pdata->data_width | src | dest | len);
 
 	ctllo = DWC_DEFAULT_CTLLO(chan)
 			| DWC_CTLL_DST_WIDTH(dst_width)
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ dwc_prep_slave_sg(struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 			mem = sg_dma_address(sg);
 			len = sg_dma_len(sg);
 
-			mem_width = __ffs(dw->data_width | mem | len);
+			mem_width = __ffs(dw->pdata->data_width | mem | len);
 
 slave_sg_todev_fill_desc:
 			desc = dwc_desc_get(dwc);
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ slave_sg_todev_fill_desc:
 			mem = sg_dma_address(sg);
 			len = sg_dma_len(sg);
 
-			mem_width = __ffs(dw->data_width | mem | len);
+			mem_width = __ffs(dw->pdata->data_width | mem | len);
 
 slave_sg_fromdev_fill_desc:
 			desc = dwc_desc_get(dwc);
@@ -1473,7 +1473,6 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 	struct dw_dma		*dw;
 	bool			autocfg = false;
 	unsigned int		dw_params;
-	unsigned int		max_blk_size = 0;
 	unsigned int		i;
 	int			err;
 
@@ -1481,6 +1480,10 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 	if (!dw)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	dw->pdata = devm_kzalloc(chip->dev, sizeof(*dw->pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dw->pdata)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	dw->regs = chip->regs;
 	chip->dw = dw;
 
@@ -1496,17 +1499,14 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 			goto err_pdata;
 		}
 
-		pdata = devm_kzalloc(chip->dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pdata) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_pdata;
-		}
+		/* Reassign the platform data pointer */
+		pdata = dw->pdata;
 
 		/* Get hardware configuration parameters */
 		pdata->nr_channels = (dw_params >> DW_PARAMS_NR_CHAN & 7) + 1;
 		pdata->nr_masters = (dw_params >> DW_PARAMS_NR_MASTER & 3) + 1;
 		pdata->data_width = 4 << (dw_params >> DW_PARAMS_DATA_WIDTH(0) & 3);
-		max_blk_size = dma_readl(dw, MAX_BLK_SIZE);
+		pdata->block_size = dma_readl(dw, MAX_BLK_SIZE);
 
 		/* Fill platform data with the default values */
 		pdata->is_private = true;
@@ -1516,6 +1516,11 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 	} else if (pdata->nr_channels > DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_pdata;
+	} else {
+		memcpy(dw->pdata, pdata, sizeof(*dw->pdata));
+
+		/* Reassign the platform data pointer */
+		pdata = dw->pdata;
 	}
 
 	dw->chan = devm_kcalloc(chip->dev, pdata->nr_channels, sizeof(*dw->chan),
@@ -1525,10 +1530,6 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 		goto err_pdata;
 	}
 
-	/* Get hardware configuration parameters */
-	dw->nr_masters = pdata->nr_masters;
-	dw->data_width = pdata->data_width;
-
 	/* Calculate all channel mask before DMA setup */
 	dw->all_chan_mask = (1 << pdata->nr_channels) - 1;
 
@@ -1596,7 +1597,7 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 			 * up to 0x0a for 4095.
 			 */
 			dwc->block_size =
-				(4 << ((max_blk_size >> 4 * i) & 0xf)) - 1;
+				(4 << ((pdata->block_size >> 4 * i) & 0xf)) - 1;
 			dwc->nollp =
 				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN & 0x1) == 0;
 		} else {
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
index 89d0461f5dcc..fcbe57006e59 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ static struct dma_chan *dw_dma_of_xlate(struct of_phandle_args *dma_spec,
 
 	if (WARN_ON(slave.src_id >= DW_DMA_MAX_NR_REQUESTS ||
 		    slave.dst_id >= DW_DMA_MAX_NR_REQUESTS ||
-		    slave.m_master >= dw->nr_masters ||
-		    slave.p_master >= dw->nr_masters))
+		    slave.m_master >= dw->pdata->nr_masters ||
+		    slave.p_master >= dw->pdata->nr_masters))
 		return NULL;
 
 	dma_cap_zero(cap);
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
index 87bc97fca084..3e446eccd17c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
@@ -283,9 +283,8 @@ struct dw_dma {
 	u8			all_chan_mask;
 	u8			in_use;
 
-	/* hardware configuration */
-	unsigned char		nr_masters;
-	unsigned char		data_width;
+	/* platform data */
+	struct dw_dma_platform_data	*pdata;
 };
 
 static inline struct dw_dma_regs __iomem *__dw_regs(struct dw_dma *dw)
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
index 4120a3eb71ca..127371722eb3 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct dw_dma_platform_data {
 #define CHAN_PRIORITY_ASCENDING		0	/* chan0 highest */
 #define CHAN_PRIORITY_DESCENDING	1	/* chan7 highest */
 	unsigned char	chan_priority;
-	unsigned short	block_size;
+	unsigned int	block_size;
 	unsigned char	nr_masters;
 	unsigned char	data_width;
 };
