diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
index 80bdcab..2cb6f7e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ static int sata_dwc_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	hsdev->dma->dev = &ofdev->dev;
 
 	/* Initialize AHB DMAC */
-	err = dw_dma_probe(hsdev->dma, NULL);
+	err = dw_dma_probe(hsdev->dma);
 	if (err)
 		goto error_dma_iomap;
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index 30843a1..edf053f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1439,8 +1439,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dw_dma_cyclic_free);
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
+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;
@@ -1460,7 +1461,7 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(chip->dev);
 
-	if (!pdata) {
+	if (!chip->pdata) {
 		dw_params = dma_readl(dw, DW_PARAMS);
 		dev_dbg(chip->dev, "DW_PARAMS: 0x%08x\n", dw_params);
 
@@ -1487,11 +1488,11 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata)
 		pdata->is_memcpy = true;
 		pdata->chan_allocation_order = CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING;
 		pdata->chan_priority = CHAN_PRIORITY_ASCENDING;
-	} else if (pdata->nr_channels > DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS) {
+	} else if (chip->pdata->nr_channels > DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_pdata;
 	} else {
-		memcpy(dw->pdata, pdata, sizeof(*dw->pdata));
+		memcpy(dw->pdata, chip->pdata, sizeof(*dw->pdata));
 
 		/* Reassign the platform data pointer */
 		pdata = dw->pdata;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c b/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c
index 358f968..0ae6c3b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 static int dw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pid)
 {
+	const struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata = (void *)pid->driver_data;
 	struct dw_dma_chip *chip;
-	struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata = (void *)pid->driver_data;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = pcim_enable_device(pdev);
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ static int dw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pid)
 	chip->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	chip->regs = pcim_iomap_table(pdev)[0];
 	chip->irq = pdev->irq;
+	chip->pdata = pdata;
 
-	ret = dw_dma_probe(chip, pdata);
+	ret = dw_dma_probe(chip);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
index 2879912..5dc79c9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int dw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct dw_dma_chip *chip;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct resource *mem;
-	struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata;
+	const struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata;
 	int err;
 
 	chip = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static int dw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pdata = dw_dma_parse_dt(pdev);
 
 	chip->dev = dev;
+	chip->pdata = pdata;
 
 	chip->clk = devm_clk_get(chip->dev, "hclk");
 	if (IS_ERR(chip->clk))
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ static int dw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 
-	err = dw_dma_probe(chip, pdata);
+	err = dw_dma_probe(chip);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_dw_dma_probe;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dma/dw.h b/include/linux/dma/dw.h
index 7145644..f2e538a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma/dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma/dw.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct dw_dma;
  * @regs:		memory mapped I/O space
  * @clk:		hclk clock
  * @dw:			struct dw_dma that is filed by dw_dma_probe()
+ * @pdata:		pointer to platform data
  */
 struct dw_dma_chip {
 	struct device	*dev;
@@ -34,10 +35,12 @@ struct dw_dma_chip {
 	void __iomem	*regs;
 	struct clk	*clk;
 	struct dw_dma	*dw;
+
+	const struct dw_dma_platform_data	*pdata;
 };
 
 /* Export to the platform drivers */
-int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip, struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata);
+int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip);
 int dw_dma_remove(struct dw_dma_chip *chip);
 
 /* DMA API extensions */
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c
index ef4881e..2599352 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static struct dw_dma_chip *dw_probe(struct device *dev, struct resource *mem,
 
 	chip->dev = dev;
 
-	err = dw_dma_probe(chip, NULL);
+	err = dw_dma_probe(chip);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
