diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cc0b32c04ab9..e73570e8b808 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0e7264cc79a2d5c0ffa32c08d8f1cf84b2ec4fef
+refs/heads/master: f44b92f4dd2f6caf326b149e0b9636a1d4e50184
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c b/trunk/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
index 6c9e20a7ff51..ca996bc5ccaf 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
@@ -1355,6 +1355,9 @@ struct dw_cyclic_desc *dw_dma_cyclic_prep(struct dma_chan *chan,
 
 	retval = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	if (unlikely(!is_slave_direction(direction)))
+		goto out_err;
+
 	if (direction == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV)
 		reg_width = __ffs(sconfig->dst_addr_width);
 	else
@@ -1369,8 +1372,6 @@ struct dw_cyclic_desc *dw_dma_cyclic_prep(struct dma_chan *chan,
 		goto out_err;
 	if (unlikely(buf_addr & ((1 << reg_width) - 1)))
 		goto out_err;
-	if (unlikely(!(direction & (DMA_MEM_TO_DEV | DMA_DEV_TO_MEM))))
-		goto out_err;
 
 	retval = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);