diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
index 648fbb760ae1..5a71f4d1c5c5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ int edma_alloc_channel(int channel,
 
 	map_dmach_queue(ctlr, channel, eventq_no);
 
-	return channel;
+	return EDMA_CTLR_CHAN(ctlr, channel);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(edma_alloc_channel);