diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index 164cc719be54..1e24395a04f2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static int davinci_spi_of_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct davinci_spi_config *spicfg = spi->controller_data;
 	struct device_node *np = spi->dev.of_node;
+	struct davinci_spi *dspi = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
 	u32 prop;
 
 	if (spicfg == NULL && np) {
@@ -400,6 +401,9 @@ static int davinci_spi_of_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 		if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "ti,spi-wdelay", &prop))
 			spicfg->wdelay = (u8)prop;
 		spi->controller_data = spicfg;
+
+		if (dspi->dma_rx && dspi->dma_tx)
+			spicfg->io_type = SPI_IO_TYPE_DMA;
 	}
 
 	return 0;