diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
index 1459c9f3165f..58d406230d89 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ static void
 atc_chain_complete(struct at_dma_chan *atchan, struct at_desc *desc)
 {
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor	*txd = &desc->txd;
+	struct at_dma			*atdma = to_at_dma(atchan->chan_common.device);
 
 	dev_vdbg(chan2dev(&atchan->chan_common),
 		"descriptor %u complete\n", txd->cookie);
@@ -456,6 +457,13 @@ atc_chain_complete(struct at_dma_chan *atchan, struct at_desc *desc)
 	if (!atc_chan_is_cyclic(atchan))
 		dma_cookie_complete(txd);
 
+	/* If the transfer was a memset, free our temporary buffer */
+	if (desc->memset) {
+		dma_pool_free(atdma->memset_pool, desc->memset_vaddr,
+			      desc->memset_paddr);
+		desc->memset = false;
+	}
+
 	/* move children to free_list */
 	list_splice_init(&desc->tx_list, &atchan->free_list);
 	/* move myself to free_list */
@@ -873,6 +881,93 @@ err_desc_get:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * atc_prep_dma_memset - prepare a memcpy operation
+ * @chan: the channel to prepare operation on
+ * @dest: operation virtual destination address
+ * @value: value to set memory buffer to
+ * @len: operation length
+ * @flags: tx descriptor status flags
+ */
+static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+atc_prep_dma_memset(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dest, int value,
+		    size_t len, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct at_dma_chan	*atchan = to_at_dma_chan(chan);
+	struct at_dma		*atdma = to_at_dma(chan->device);
+	struct at_desc		*desc = NULL;
+	size_t			xfer_count;
+	u32			ctrla;
+	u32			ctrlb;
+
+	dev_vdbg(chan2dev(chan), "%s: d0x%x v0x%x l0x%zx f0x%lx\n", __func__,
+		dest, value, len, flags);
+
+	if (unlikely(!len)) {
+		dev_dbg(chan2dev(chan), "%s: length is zero!\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!is_dma_fill_aligned(chan->device, dest, 0, len)) {
+		dev_dbg(chan2dev(chan), "%s: buffer is not aligned\n",
+			__func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	xfer_count = len >> 2;
+	if (xfer_count > ATC_BTSIZE_MAX) {
+		dev_err(chan2dev(chan), "%s: buffer is too big\n",
+			__func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	ctrlb =   ATC_DEFAULT_CTRLB | ATC_IEN
+		| ATC_SRC_ADDR_MODE_FIXED
+		| ATC_DST_ADDR_MODE_INCR
+		| ATC_FC_MEM2MEM;
+
+	ctrla = ATC_SRC_WIDTH(2) |
+		ATC_DST_WIDTH(2);
+
+	desc = atc_desc_get(atchan);
+	if (!desc) {
+		dev_err(chan2dev(chan), "%s: can't get a descriptor\n",
+			__func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	desc->memset_vaddr = dma_pool_alloc(atdma->memset_pool, GFP_ATOMIC,
+					    &desc->memset_paddr);
+	if (!desc->memset_vaddr) {
+		dev_err(chan2dev(chan), "%s: couldn't allocate buffer\n",
+			__func__);
+		goto err_put_desc;
+	}
+
+	*desc->memset_vaddr = value;
+	desc->memset = true;
+
+	desc->lli.saddr = desc->memset_paddr;
+	desc->lli.daddr = dest;
+	desc->lli.ctrla = ctrla | xfer_count;
+	desc->lli.ctrlb = ctrlb;
+
+	desc->txd.cookie = -EBUSY;
+	desc->len = len;
+	desc->total_len = len;
+
+	/* set end-of-link on the descriptor */
+	set_desc_eol(desc);
+
+	desc->txd.flags = flags;
+
+	return &desc->txd;
+
+err_put_desc:
+	atc_desc_put(atchan, desc);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 
 /**
  * atc_prep_slave_sg - prepare descriptors for a DMA_SLAVE transaction
@@ -1755,6 +1850,8 @@ static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_SG, at91sam9rl_config.cap_mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_INTERLEAVE, at91sam9g45_config.cap_mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_MEMCPY, at91sam9g45_config.cap_mask);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_MEMSET, at91sam9g45_config.cap_mask);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_PRIVATE, at91sam9g45_config.cap_mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, at91sam9g45_config.cap_mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_SG, at91sam9g45_config.cap_mask);
 
@@ -1818,7 +1915,16 @@ static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!atdma->dma_desc_pool) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No memory for descriptors dma pool\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_pool_create;
+		goto err_desc_pool_create;
+	}
+
+	/* create a pool of consistent memory blocks for memset blocks */
+	atdma->memset_pool = dma_pool_create("at_hdmac_memset_pool",
+					     &pdev->dev, sizeof(int), 4, 0);
+	if (!atdma->memset_pool) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No memory for memset dma pool\n");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_memset_pool_create;
 	}
 
 	/* clear any pending interrupt */
@@ -1864,6 +1970,11 @@ static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (dma_has_cap(DMA_MEMCPY, atdma->dma_common.cap_mask))
 		atdma->dma_common.device_prep_dma_memcpy = atc_prep_dma_memcpy;
 
+	if (dma_has_cap(DMA_MEMSET, atdma->dma_common.cap_mask)) {
+		atdma->dma_common.device_prep_dma_memset = atc_prep_dma_memset;
+		atdma->dma_common.fill_align = DMAENGINE_ALIGN_4_BYTES;
+	}
+
 	if (dma_has_cap(DMA_SLAVE, atdma->dma_common.cap_mask)) {
 		atdma->dma_common.device_prep_slave_sg = atc_prep_slave_sg;
 		/* controller can do slave DMA: can trigger cyclic transfers */
@@ -1884,8 +1995,9 @@ static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dma_writel(atdma, EN, AT_DMA_ENABLE);
 
-	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Atmel AHB DMA Controller ( %s%s%s), %d channels\n",
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Atmel AHB DMA Controller ( %s%s%s%s), %d channels\n",
 	  dma_has_cap(DMA_MEMCPY, atdma->dma_common.cap_mask) ? "cpy " : "",
+	  dma_has_cap(DMA_MEMSET, atdma->dma_common.cap_mask) ? "set " : "",
 	  dma_has_cap(DMA_SLAVE, atdma->dma_common.cap_mask)  ? "slave " : "",
 	  dma_has_cap(DMA_SG, atdma->dma_common.cap_mask)  ? "sg-cpy " : "",
 	  plat_dat->nr_channels);
@@ -1910,8 +2022,10 @@ static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 err_of_dma_controller_register:
 	dma_async_device_unregister(&atdma->dma_common);
+	dma_pool_destroy(atdma->memset_pool);
+err_memset_pool_create:
 	dma_pool_destroy(atdma->dma_desc_pool);
-err_pool_create:
+err_desc_pool_create:
 	free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), atdma);
 err_irq:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(atdma->clk);
@@ -1936,6 +2050,7 @@ static int at_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	at_dma_off(atdma);
 	dma_async_device_unregister(&atdma->dma_common);
 
+	dma_pool_destroy(atdma->memset_pool);
 	dma_pool_destroy(atdma->dma_desc_pool);
 	free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), atdma);
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac_regs.h b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac_regs.h
index 7f5a08230f76..c3bebbe899ac 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac_regs.h
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ struct at_desc {
 	size_t				boundary;
 	size_t				dst_hole;
 	size_t				src_hole;
+
+	/* Memset temporary buffer */
+	bool				memset;
+	dma_addr_t			memset_paddr;
+	int				*memset_vaddr;
 };
 
 static inline struct at_desc *
@@ -330,6 +335,7 @@ struct at_dma {
 	u8			all_chan_mask;
 
 	struct dma_pool		*dma_desc_pool;
+	struct dma_pool		*memset_pool;
 	/* AT THE END channels table */
 	struct at_dma_chan	chan[0];
 };
