diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
index 0f55832..aeb90d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Optional properties:
   that services interrupts for this device
 - is_private: The device channels should be marked as private and not for by the
   general purpose DMA channel allocator. False if not passed.
+- multi-block: Multi block transfers supported by hardware. Array property with
+  one cell per channel. 0 (default): not supported, 1: supported.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi
index de53f5c..3121536 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 			data-width = <4>;
 			clocks = <&ahb_clk>;
 			clock-names = "hclk";
+			multi-block = <1 1 1 1 1 1>;
 		};
 
 		i2c0: i2c@FF120000 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi
index 449acf0..17ea0ab 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 			block_size = <0xfff>;
 			dma-masters = <2>;
 			data-width = <8 8>;
+			multi-block = <1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1>;
 		};
 
 		dma@eb000000 {
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@
 			chan_priority = <1>;
 			block_size = <0xfff>;
 			data-width = <8 8>;
+			multi-block = <1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1>;
 		};
 
 		fsmc: flash@b0000000 {
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index c2c0a61..e5adf5d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN & 0x1) == 0;
 		} else {
 			dwc->block_size = pdata->block_size;
-			dwc->nollp = pdata->is_nollp;
+			dwc->nollp = !pdata->multi_block[i];
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
index aa7a5c1..80e161f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ dw_dma_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct dw_dma_platform_data *pdata;
-	u32 tmp, arr[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS];
+	u32 tmp, arr[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS], chan[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS];
 	u32 nr_masters;
 	u32 nr_channels;
 
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ dw_dma_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "dma-channels", &nr_channels))
 		return NULL;
+	if (nr_channels > DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS)
+		return NULL;
 
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)
@@ -152,6 +154,11 @@ dw_dma_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			pdata->data_width[tmp] = BIT(arr[tmp] & 0x07);
 	}
 
+	if (!of_property_read_u32_array(np, "multi-block", chan, nr_channels)) {
+		for (tmp = 0; tmp < nr_channels; tmp++)
+			pdata->multi_block[tmp] = chan[tmp];
+	}
+
 	return pdata;
 }
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
index f65dd10..4e0128c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/dmaengine.h>
 
-#define DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS	8
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #define DW_DMA_MAX_NR_REQUESTS	16
 
 /* flow controller */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c
index f607946..58cbb30 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ static int byt_serial_setup(struct lpss8250 *lpss, struct uart_port *port)
 static const struct dw_dma_platform_data qrk_serial_dma_pdata = {
 	.nr_channels = 2,
 	.is_private = true,
-	.is_nollp = true,
 	.chan_allocation_order = CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING,
 	.chan_priority = CHAN_PRIORITY_ASCENDING,
 	.block_size = 4095,
 	.nr_masters = 1,
 	.data_width = {4},
+	.multi_block = {0},
 };
 
 static void qrk_serial_setup_dma(struct lpss8250 *lpss, struct uart_port *port)
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
index 5f0e11e..e69e415 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 
 #define DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS	4
+#define DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS	8
 
 /**
  * struct dw_dma_slave - Controller-specific information about a slave
@@ -40,19 +41,18 @@ 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.
- * @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.
  * @block_size: Maximum block size supported by the controller
  * @nr_masters: Number of AHB masters supported by the controller
  * @data_width: Maximum data width supported by hardware per AHB master
  *		(in bytes, power of 2)
+ * @multi_block: Multi block transfers supported by hardware per channel.
  */
 struct dw_dma_platform_data {
 	unsigned int	nr_channels;
 	bool		is_private;
 	bool		is_memcpy;
-	bool		is_nollp;
 #define CHAN_ALLOCATION_ASCENDING	0	/* zero to seven */
 #define CHAN_ALLOCATION_DESCENDING	1	/* seven to zero */
 	unsigned char	chan_allocation_order;
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct dw_dma_platform_data {
 	unsigned int	block_size;
 	unsigned char	nr_masters;
 	unsigned char	data_width[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS];
+	unsigned char	multi_block[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS];
 };
 
 #endif /* _PLATFORM_DATA_DMA_DW_H */
