diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
index bec8e363d545..47ec77af4ccb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ int omap_request_dma(int dev_id, const char *dev_name,
 	chan->dev_name = dev_name;
 	chan->callback = callback;
 	chan->data = data;
+	chan->flags = 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP1
 	if (cpu_class_is_omap2()) {