diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
index edc2bb8f0523c..48ac51447baee 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
@@ -2861,6 +2861,8 @@ static int xilinx_dma_chan_probe(struct xilinx_dma_device *xdev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	xdev->common.directions |= chan->direction;
+
 	/* Request the interrupt */
 	chan->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, chan->tdest);
 	err = request_irq(chan->irq, xdev->dma_config->irq_handler,