diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index c2c0a61..6281009 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1452,9 +1452,22 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 	dw->regs = chip->regs;
 	chip->dw = dw;
 
+	/* Reassign the platform data pointer */
+	pdata = dw->pdata;
+
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(chip->dev);
 
-	if (!chip->pdata) {
+	if (!chip->pdata || chip->pdata->only_quirks_used) {
+		/* Fill quirks with the default values */
+		pdata->is_private = true;
+		pdata->is_memcpy = true;
+
+		/* Apply platform defined quirks */
+		if (chip->pdata && chip->pdata->only_quirks_used) {
+			pdata->is_private = chip->pdata->is_private;
+			pdata->is_memcpy = chip->pdata->is_memcpy;
+		}
+
 		dw_params = dma_readl(dw, DW_PARAMS);
 		dev_dbg(chip->dev, "DW_PARAMS: 0x%08x\n", dw_params);
 
@@ -1464,9 +1477,6 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 			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;
@@ -1477,8 +1487,6 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 		pdata->block_size = dma_readl(dw, MAX_BLK_SIZE);
 
 		/* Fill platform data with the default values */
-		pdata->is_private = true;
-		pdata->is_memcpy = true;
 		pdata->chan_allocation_order = CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING;
 		pdata->chan_priority = CHAN_PRIORITY_ASCENDING;
 	} else if (chip->pdata->nr_channels > DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS) {
@@ -1486,9 +1494,6 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 		goto err_pdata;
 	} else {
 		memcpy(dw->pdata, chip->pdata, sizeof(*dw->pdata));
-
-		/* Reassign the platform data pointer */
-		pdata = dw->pdata;
 	}
 
 	dw->chan = devm_kcalloc(chip->dev, pdata->nr_channels, sizeof(*dw->chan),
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
index 5bda0eb..77cde375 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
@@ -111,24 +111,33 @@ dw_dma_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "dma-masters", &nr_masters))
-		return NULL;
-	if (nr_masters < 1 || nr_masters > DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "dma-channels", &nr_channels))
-		return NULL;
-
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)
 		return NULL;
 
-	pdata->nr_masters = nr_masters;
-	pdata->nr_channels = nr_channels;
+	pdata->only_quirks_used = true;
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "is_private"))
 		pdata->is_private = true;
 
+	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "is-memcpy"))
+		pdata->is_memcpy = true;
+
+	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "dma-masters", &nr_masters))
+		return pdata;
+	if (nr_masters < 1 || nr_masters > DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS)
+		return pdata;
+
+	pdata->nr_masters = nr_masters;
+
+	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "dma-channels", &nr_channels))
+		return pdata;
+
+	pdata->nr_channels = nr_channels;
+
+	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "is-nollp"))
+		pdata->is_nollp = true;
+
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "chan_allocation_order", &tmp))
 		pdata->chan_allocation_order = (unsigned char)tmp;
 
@@ -141,11 +150,10 @@ dw_dma_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!of_property_read_u32_array(np, "data-width", arr, nr_masters)) {
 		for (tmp = 0; tmp < nr_masters; tmp++)
 			pdata->data_width[tmp] = arr[tmp];
-	} else if (!of_property_read_u32_array(np, "data_width", arr, nr_masters)) {
-		for (tmp = 0; tmp < nr_masters; tmp++)
-			pdata->data_width[tmp] = BIT(arr[tmp] & 0x07);
 	}
 
+	pdata->only_quirks_used = false;
+
 	return pdata;
 }
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
index 5f0e11e..6cc1d7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ struct dw_dma_slave {
  * @is_private: The device channels should be marked as private and not for
  *	by the general purpose DMA channel allocator.
  * @is_memcpy: The device channels do support memory-to-memory transfers.
+ * @only_quirks_used: Only read quirks from platform data structure.
+ *	Read other parameters from device tree node (if exists) or from
+ *	hardware autoconfig registers. Only properties "is_private" and
+ *	"is_memcpy" are quirks for now. Note that all listed quirks will
+ *	be copied from platform data.
  * @is_nollp: The device channels does not support multi block transfers.
  * @chan_allocation_order: Allocate channels starting from 0 or 7
  * @chan_priority: Set channel priority increasing from 0 to 7 or 7 to 0.
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ struct dw_dma_platform_data {
 	unsigned int	nr_channels;
 	bool		is_private;
 	bool		is_memcpy;
+	bool		only_quirks_used;
 	bool		is_nollp;
 #define CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING	0	/* zero to seven */
 #define CHAN_ALLOCATION_DESCENDING	1	/* seven to zero */
