diff --git a/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c b/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c
index 500de6d16d09..534faec4c111 100644
--- a/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c
+++ b/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
 #define   CTRL_CMD_MASK            0xff
 #define   CTRL_DUMMY_HIGH_SHIFT    14
 #define   CTRL_AST2400_SPI_4BYTE   (1 << 13)
+#define CE_CTRL_CLOCK_FREQ_SHIFT   8
+#define CE_CTRL_CLOCK_FREQ_MASK    0xf
+#define CE_CTRL_CLOCK_FREQ(div)                                         \
+    (((div) & CE_CTRL_CLOCK_FREQ_MASK) << CE_CTRL_CLOCK_FREQ_SHIFT)
 #define   CTRL_DUMMY_LOW_SHIFT     6 /* 2 bits [7:6] */
 #define   CTRL_CE_STOP_ACTIVE      (1 << 2)
 #define   CTRL_CMD_MODE_MASK       0x3
@@ -107,10 +111,10 @@
 #define   DMA_CTRL_DELAY_SHIFT  8
 #define   DMA_CTRL_FREQ_MASK    0xf
 #define   DMA_CTRL_FREQ_SHIFT   4
-#define   DMA_CTRL_MODE         (1 << 3)
+#define   DMA_CTRL_CALIB        (1 << 3)
 #define   DMA_CTRL_CKSUM        (1 << 2)
-#define   DMA_CTRL_DIR          (1 << 1)
-#define   DMA_CTRL_EN           (1 << 0)
+#define   DMA_CTRL_WRITE        (1 << 1)
+#define   DMA_CTRL_ENABLE       (1 << 0)
 
 /* DMA Flash Side Address */
 #define R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR  (0x84 / 4)
@@ -142,6 +146,21 @@
 #define ASPEED_SOC_SPI_FLASH_BASE   0x30000000
 #define ASPEED_SOC_SPI2_FLASH_BASE  0x38000000
 
+/*
+ * DMA DRAM addresses should be 4 bytes aligned and the valid address
+ * range is the full address space of the SoC
+ *
+ * DMA flash addresses should be 4 bytes aligned and the valid address
+ * range is 0x20000000 - 0x2FFFFFFF.
+ *
+ * DMA length is from 4 bytes to 32MB
+ *   0: 4 bytes
+ *   0x7FFFFF: 32M bytes
+ */
+#define DMA_DRAM_MASK(s)        ((s)->max_ram_size - 4)
+#define DMA_FLASH_MASK          0x0FFFFFFC
+#define DMA_LENGTH_MASK         0x01FFFFFC
+
 /* Flash opcodes. */
 #define SPI_OP_READ       0x03    /* Read data bytes (low frequency) */
 
@@ -625,9 +644,6 @@ static void aspeed_smc_reset(DeviceState *d)
 
     memset(s->regs, 0, sizeof s->regs);
 
-    /* Pretend DMA is done (u-boot initialization) */
-    s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] = INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS;
-
     /* Unselect all slaves */
     for (i = 0; i < s->num_cs; ++i) {
         s->regs[s->r_ctrl0 + i] |= CTRL_CE_STOP_ACTIVE;
@@ -664,6 +680,11 @@ static uint64_t aspeed_smc_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
         addr == s->r_timings ||
         addr == s->r_ce_ctrl ||
         addr == R_INTR_CTRL ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_CTRL) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_LEN) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_CHECKSUM) ||
         (addr >= R_SEG_ADDR0 && addr < R_SEG_ADDR0 + s->ctrl->max_slaves) ||
         (addr >= s->r_ctrl0 && addr < s->r_ctrl0 + s->ctrl->max_slaves)) {
         return s->regs[addr];
@@ -674,6 +695,115 @@ static uint64_t aspeed_smc_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Accumulate the result of the reads to provide a checksum that will
+ * be used to validate the read timing settings.
+ */
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_checksum(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    uint32_t data;
+
+    if (s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_WRITE) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+                      "%s: invalid direction for DMA checksum\n",  __func__);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (s->regs[R_DMA_LEN]) {
+        cpu_physical_memory_read(s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR], &data, 4);
+
+        /*
+         * When the DMA is on-going, the DMA registers are updated
+         * with the current working addresses and length.
+         */
+        s->regs[R_DMA_CHECKSUM] += data;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR] += 4;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_LEN] -= 4;
+    }
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_rw(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    uint32_t data;
+
+    while (s->regs[R_DMA_LEN]) {
+        if (s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_WRITE) {
+            cpu_physical_memory_read(s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR], &data, 4);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write(s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR], &data, 4);
+        } else {
+            cpu_physical_memory_read(s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR], &data, 4);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write(s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR], &data, 4);
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * When the DMA is on-going, the DMA registers are updated
+         * with the current working addresses and length.
+         */
+        s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR] += 4;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR] += 4;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_LEN] -= 4;
+    }
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_stop(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    /*
+     * When the DMA is disabled, INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS=0 means the
+     * engine is idle
+     */
+    s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] &= ~INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS;
+    s->regs[R_DMA_CHECKSUM] = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * Lower the DMA irq in any case. The IRQ control register could
+     * have been cleared before disabling the DMA.
+     */
+    qemu_irq_lower(s->irq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * When INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS=1, the DMA has completed and a new DMA
+ * can start even if the result of the previous was not collected.
+ */
+static bool aspeed_smc_dma_in_progress(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    return s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_ENABLE &&
+        !(s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] & INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS);
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_done(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] |= INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS;
+    if (s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] & INTR_CTRL_DMA_EN) {
+        qemu_irq_raise(s->irq);
+    }
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_ctrl(AspeedSMCState *s, uint64_t dma_ctrl)
+{
+    if (!(dma_ctrl & DMA_CTRL_ENABLE)) {
+        s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] = dma_ctrl;
+
+        aspeed_smc_dma_stop(s);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (aspeed_smc_dma_in_progress(s)) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: DMA in progress\n",  __func__);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] = dma_ctrl;
+
+    if (s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_CKSUM) {
+        aspeed_smc_dma_checksum(s);
+    } else {
+        aspeed_smc_dma_rw(s);
+    }
+
+    aspeed_smc_dma_done(s);
+}
+
 static void aspeed_smc_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
                              unsigned int size)
 {
@@ -697,6 +827,19 @@ static void aspeed_smc_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
         if (value != s->regs[R_SEG_ADDR0 + cs]) {
             aspeed_smc_flash_set_segment(s, cs, value);
         }
+    } else if (addr == R_INTR_CTRL) {
+        s->regs[addr] = value;
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_CTRL) {
+        aspeed_smc_dma_ctrl(s, value);
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR) {
+        value &= DMA_DRAM_MASK(s);
+        s->regs[addr] = s->sdram_base | value;
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR) {
+        value &= DMA_FLASH_MASK;
+        s->regs[addr] = ASPEED_SOC_FMC_FLASH_BASE | value;
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_LEN) {
+        value &= DMA_LENGTH_MASK;
+        s->regs[addr] = value;
     } else {
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_UNIMP, "%s: not implemented: 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx "\n",
                       __func__, addr);
@@ -729,6 +872,9 @@ static void aspeed_smc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     s->r_timings = s->ctrl->r_timings;
     s->conf_enable_w0 = s->ctrl->conf_enable_w0;
 
+    /* DMA irq */
+    sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq);
+
     /* Enforce some real HW limits */
     if (s->num_cs > s->ctrl->max_slaves) {
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: num_cs cannot exceed: %d\n",
@@ -739,7 +885,6 @@ static void aspeed_smc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     s->spi = ssi_create_bus(dev, "spi");
 
     /* Setup cs_lines for slaves */
-    sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq);
     s->cs_lines = g_new0(qemu_irq, s->num_cs);
     ssi_auto_connect_slaves(dev, s->cs_lines, s->spi);
 
