dma_chan_name(chan), err);
                        else
                                break;
+                       chan->private = NULL;
                        chan = NULL;
                }
        }
        WARN_ONCE(chan->client_count != 1,
                  "chan reference count %d != 1\n", chan->client_count);
        dma_chan_put(chan);
+       chan->private = NULL;
        mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_release_channel);
 
                unsigned long flags)
 {
        struct dw_dma_chan      *dwc = to_dw_dma_chan(chan);
-       struct dw_dma_slave     *dws = dwc->dws;
+       struct dw_dma_slave     *dws = chan->private;
        struct dw_desc          *prev;
        struct dw_desc          *first;
        u32                     ctllo;
        cfghi = DWC_CFGH_FIFO_MODE;
        cfglo = 0;
 
-       dws = dwc->dws;
+       dws = chan->private;
        if (dws) {
                /*
                 * We need controller-specific data to set up slave
        spin_lock_bh(&dwc->lock);
        list_splice_init(&dwc->free_list, &list);
        dwc->descs_allocated = 0;
-       dwc->dws = NULL;
 
        /* Disable interrupts */
        channel_clear_bit(dw, MASK.XFER, dwc->mask);
 
        struct list_head        queue;
        struct list_head        free_list;
 
-       struct dw_dma_slave     *dws;
-
        unsigned int            descs_allocated;
 };
 
 
 {
        struct dw_dma_slave *dws = slave;
 
-       if (dws->dma_dev == chan->device->dev)
+       if (dws->dma_dev == chan->device->dev) {
+               chan->private = dws;
                return true;
-       else
+       } else
                return false;
 }
 #endif
 
  * @local: per-cpu pointer to a struct dma_chan_percpu
  * @client-count: how many clients are using this channel
  * @table_count: number of appearances in the mem-to-mem allocation table
+ * @private: private data for certain client-channel associations
  */
 struct dma_chan {
        struct dma_device *device;
        struct dma_chan_percpu *local;
        int client_count;
        int table_count;
+       void *private;
 };
 
 /**