diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst
index 85ecec2c40005..9ae489a4ca97f 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ The details of these operations are:
 
       dma_cookie_t dmaengine_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc)
 
-   This returns a cookie can be used to check the progress of DMA engine
-   activity via other DMA engine calls not covered in this document.
+   This returns a cookie that can be used to check the progress of a transaction
+   via dmaengine_async_is_tx_complete().
 
    dmaengine_submit() will not start the DMA operation, it merely adds
    it to the pending queue. For this, see step 5, dma_async_issue_pending.
@@ -339,23 +339,12 @@ Further APIs
 
    .. code-block:: c
 
-      enum dma_status dma_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan,
-		dma_cookie_t cookie, dma_cookie_t *last, dma_cookie_t *used)
-
-   This can be used to check the status of the channel. Please see
-   the documentation in include/linux/dmaengine.h for a more complete
-   description of this API.
+      enum dma_status dmaengine_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan,
+		dma_cookie_t cookie)
 
    This can be used with the cookie returned from dmaengine_submit()
    to check for completion of a specific DMA transaction.
 
-   .. note::
-
-      Not all DMA engine drivers can return reliable information for
-      a running DMA channel. It is recommended that DMA engine users
-      pause or stop (via dmaengine_terminate_all()) the channel before
-      using this API.
-
 5. Synchronize termination API
 
    .. code-block:: c
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
index ceac2a300e328..1d0da2777921d 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
@@ -539,10 +539,10 @@ where to put them)
 
 dma_cookie_t
 
-- it's a DMA transaction ID that will increment over time.
+- it's a DMA transaction ID.
 
-- Not really relevant any more since the introduction of ``virt-dma``
-  that abstracts it away.
+- The value can be chosen by the provider, or use the helper APIs
+  such as dma_cookie_assign() and dma_cookie_complete().
 
 DMA_CTRL_ACK
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index c741b6431958c..2816b8f492dab 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ enum dma_status dma_sync_wait(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie)
 
 	dma_async_issue_pending(chan);
 	do {
-		status = dma_async_is_tx_complete(chan, cookie, NULL, NULL);
+		status = dmaengine_async_is_tx_complete(chan, cookie);
 		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, dma_sync_wait_timeout)) {
 			dev_err(chan->device->dev, "%s: timeout!\n", __func__);
 			return DMA_ERROR;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index 9fe2ae7943169..dde7b9b626336 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -831,8 +831,7 @@ static int dmatest_func(void *data)
 					done->done,
 					msecs_to_jiffies(params->timeout));
 
-			status = dma_async_is_tx_complete(chan, cookie, NULL,
-							  NULL);
+			status = dmaengine_async_is_tx_complete(chan, cookie);
 		}
 
 		if (!done->done) {
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 5ae881729b620..0ee21887b3924 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -1426,6 +1426,8 @@ static inline void dma_async_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *chan)
  * @last: returns last completed cookie, can be NULL
  * @used: returns last issued cookie, can be NULL
  *
+ * Note: This is deprecated. Use dmaengine_async_is_tx_complete instead.
+ *
  * If @last and @used are passed in, upon return they reflect the most
  * recently submitted (used) cookie and the most recently completed
  * cookie.
@@ -1444,6 +1446,20 @@ static inline enum dma_status dma_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan,
 	return status;
 }
 
+/**
+ * dmaengine_async_is_tx_complete - poll for transaction completion
+ * @chan: DMA channel
+ * @cookie: transaction identifier to check status of
+ *
+ */
+static inline enum dma_status dmaengine_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan,
+	dma_cookie_t cookie)
+{
+	struct dma_tx_state state;
+
+	return chan->device->device_tx_status(chan, cookie, &state);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE
 struct dma_chan *dma_find_channel(enum dma_transaction_type tx_type);
 enum dma_status dma_sync_wait(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie);
