diff --git a/drivers/dma/idma64.c b/drivers/dma/idma64.c
index 1953e57505f4..f17a4c7a1781 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idma64.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idma64.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ static int idma64_probe(struct idma64_chip *chip)
 	idma64->dma.directions = BIT(DMA_DEV_TO_MEM) | BIT(DMA_MEM_TO_DEV);
 	idma64->dma.residue_granularity = DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_BURST;
 
-	idma64->dma.dev = chip->dev;
+	idma64->dma.dev = chip->sysdev;
 
 	dma_set_max_seg_size(idma64->dma.dev, IDMA64C_CTLH_BLOCK_TS_MASK);
 
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ static int idma64_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct idma64_chip *chip;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	struct device *sysdev = dev->parent;
 	struct resource *mem;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -645,11 +646,12 @@ static int idma64_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(chip->regs))
 		return PTR_ERR(chip->regs);
 
-	ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
+	ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(sysdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	chip->dev = dev;
+	chip->sysdev = sysdev;
 
 	ret = idma64_probe(chip);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idma64.h b/drivers/dma/idma64.h
index 6b816878e5e7..baa32e1425de 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idma64.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/idma64.h
@@ -216,12 +216,14 @@ static inline void idma64_writel(struct idma64 *idma64, int offset, u32 value)
 /**
  * struct idma64_chip - representation of iDMA 64-bit controller hardware
  * @dev:		struct device of the DMA controller
+ * @sysdev:		struct device of the physical device that does DMA
  * @irq:		irq line
  * @regs:		memory mapped I/O space
  * @idma64:		struct idma64 that is filed by idma64_probe()
  */
 struct idma64_chip {
 	struct device	*dev;
+	struct device	*sysdev;
 	int		irq;
 	void __iomem	*regs;
 	struct idma64	*idma64;
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index efdae686a761..9bf3e5f945c7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -1505,12 +1505,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pxa2xx_spi_pci_compound_match[] = {
 
 static bool pxa2xx_spi_idma_filter(struct dma_chan *chan, void *param)
 {
-	struct device *dev = param;
-
-	if (dev != chan->device->dev->parent)
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
+	return param == chan->device->dev;
 }
 
 static struct pxa2xx_spi_master *
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 27c5b2b46b8d..4ca46aa64699 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static bool dw8250_fallback_dma_filter(struct dma_chan *chan, void *param)
 
 static bool dw8250_idma_filter(struct dma_chan *chan, void *param)
 {
-	return param == chan->device->dev->parent;
+	return param == chan->device->dev;
 }
 
 static void dw8250_quirks(struct uart_port *p, struct dw8250_data *data)
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void dw8250_quirks(struct uart_port *p, struct dw8250_data *data)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Platforms with iDMA */
+	/* Platforms with iDMA 64-bit */
 	if (platform_get_resource_byname(to_platform_device(p->dev),
 					 IORESOURCE_MEM, "lpss_priv")) {
 		data->dma.rx_param = p->dev->parent;