diff --git a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
index c81ef7e10e08..655d4ce6ed0d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ static struct mxs_dma_chan *to_mxs_dma_chan(struct dma_chan *chan)
 
 static dma_cookie_t mxs_dma_tx_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 {
-	struct mxs_dma_chan *mxs_chan = to_mxs_dma_chan(tx->chan);
-
-	mxs_dma_enable_chan(mxs_chan);
-
 	return dma_cookie_assign(tx);
 }
 
@@ -558,9 +554,9 @@ static enum dma_status mxs_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
 
 static void mxs_dma_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Nothing to do. We only have a single descriptor.
-	 */
+	struct mxs_dma_chan *mxs_chan = to_mxs_dma_chan(chan);
+
+	mxs_dma_enable_chan(mxs_chan);
 }
 
 static int __init mxs_dma_init(struct mxs_dma_engine *mxs_dma)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
index b0f2ef988188..e3f5af96ab87 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ static void mxs_mmc_bc(struct mxs_mmc_host *host)
 		goto out;
 
 	dmaengine_submit(desc);
+	dma_async_issue_pending(host->dmach);
 	return;
 
 out:
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ static void mxs_mmc_ac(struct mxs_mmc_host *host)
 		goto out;
 
 	dmaengine_submit(desc);
+	dma_async_issue_pending(host->dmach);
 	return;
 
 out:
@@ -531,6 +533,7 @@ static void mxs_mmc_adtc(struct mxs_mmc_host *host)
 		goto out;
 
 	dmaengine_submit(desc);
+	dma_async_issue_pending(host->dmach);
 	return;
 out:
 	dev_warn(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
index 75b1dde16358..9ec51cec2e14 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ int start_dma_without_bch_irq(struct gpmi_nand_data *this,
 	desc->callback		= dma_irq_callback;
 	desc->callback_param	= this;
 	dmaengine_submit(desc);
+	dma_async_issue_pending(get_dma_chan(this));
 
 	/* Wait for the interrupt from the DMA block. */
 	err = wait_for_completion_timeout(dma_c, msecs_to_jiffies(1000));