diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d5787492e780..4d38f34a9711 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c0fa6c8af7ab4f5d69d512a0d5fc3de512f337ae
+refs/heads/master: 5b3168763f507fd46285b7310fc2d18dafe7f1c7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/trunk/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
index e4383ee2c9ac..3296a7337f25 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ static dma_cookie_t imxdma_tx_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 
 	cookie = imxdma_assign_cookie(imxdmac);
 
-	imx_dma_enable(imxdmac->imxdma_channel);
-
 	spin_unlock_irq(&imxdmac->lock);
 
 	return cookie;
@@ -332,9 +330,10 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *imxdma_prep_dma_cyclic(
 
 static void imxdma_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Nothing to do. We only have a single descriptor
-	 */
+	struct imxdma_channel *imxdmac = to_imxdma_chan(chan);
+
+	if (imxdmac->status == DMA_IN_PROGRESS)
+		imx_dma_enable(imxdmac->imxdma_channel);
 }
 
 static int __init imxdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)