diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index aed44888cad3b..68130f5f599e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -357,11 +357,14 @@ struct dma_chan {
  * @chan: driver channel device
  * @device: sysfs device
  * @dev_id: parent dma_device dev_id
+ * @chan_dma_dev: The channel is using custom/different dma-mapping
+ * compared to the parent dma_device
  */
 struct dma_chan_dev {
 	struct dma_chan *chan;
 	struct device device;
 	int dev_id;
+	bool chan_dma_dev;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1618,4 +1621,13 @@ dmaengine_get_direction_text(enum dma_transfer_direction dir)
 		return "invalid";
 	}
 }
+
+static inline struct device *dmaengine_get_dma_device(struct dma_chan *chan)
+{
+	if (chan->dev->chan_dma_dev)
+		return &chan->dev->device;
+
+	return chan->device->dev;
+}
+
 #endif /* DMAENGINE_H */