diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index e17e9b22d85e..24095ff8a93b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -535,6 +535,34 @@ struct dma_chan *dma_get_slave_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_slave_channel);
 
+struct dma_chan *dma_get_any_slave_channel(struct dma_device *device)
+{
+	dma_cap_mask_t mask;
+	struct dma_chan *chan;
+	int err;
+
+	dma_cap_zero(mask);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
+
+	/* lock against __dma_request_channel */
+	mutex_lock(&dma_list_mutex);
+
+	chan = private_candidate(&mask, device, NULL, NULL);
+	if (chan) {
+		err = dma_chan_get(chan);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_debug("%s: failed to get %s: (%d)\n",
+				__func__, dma_chan_name(chan), err);
+			chan = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
+
+	return chan;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_any_slave_channel);
+
 /**
  * __dma_request_channel - try to allocate an exclusive channel
  * @mask: capabilities that the channel must satisfy
diff --git a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
index 3f7712c4d3fa..c1b7c3ac7676 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
@@ -898,20 +898,11 @@ static struct dma_chan *mmp_pdma_dma_xlate(struct of_phandle_args *dma_spec,
 					   struct of_dma *ofdma)
 {
 	struct mmp_pdma_device *d = ofdma->of_dma_data;
-	struct dma_chan *chan, *candidate;
+	struct dma_chan *chan;
+	struct mmp_pdma_chan *c;
 
-retry:
-	candidate = NULL;
-
-	/* walk the list of channels registered with the current instance and
-	 * find one that is currently unused */
-	list_for_each_entry(chan, &d->device.channels, device_node)
-		if (chan->client_count == 0) {
-			candidate = chan;
-			break;
-		}
-
-	if (!candidate)
+	chan = dma_get_any_slave_channel(&d->device);
+	if (!chan)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* dma_get_slave_channel will return NULL if we lost a race between
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index de550c61ba43..fa6b4285d8d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ int dma_async_device_register(struct dma_device *device);
 void dma_async_device_unregister(struct dma_device *device);
 void dma_run_dependencies(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx);
 struct dma_chan *dma_get_slave_channel(struct dma_chan *chan);
+struct dma_chan *dma_get_any_slave_channel(struct dma_device *device);
 struct dma_chan *net_dma_find_channel(void);
 #define dma_request_channel(mask, x, y) __dma_request_channel(&(mask), x, y)
 #define dma_request_slave_channel_compat(mask, x, y, dev, name) \