diff --git a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
index 5dd97f450925..d79688d64886 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
@@ -1502,13 +1502,7 @@ bool pl08x_filter_id(struct dma_chan *chan, void *chan_id)
  */
 static void pl08x_ensure_on(struct pl08x_driver_data *pl08x)
 {
-	u32 val;
-
-	val = readl(pl08x->base + PL080_CONFIG);
-	val &= ~(PL080_CONFIG_M2_BE | PL080_CONFIG_M1_BE | PL080_CONFIG_ENABLE);
-	/* We implicitly clear bit 1 and that means little-endian mode */
-	val |= PL080_CONFIG_ENABLE;
-	writel(val, pl08x->base + PL080_CONFIG);
+	writel(PL080_CONFIG_ENABLE, pl08x->base + PL080_CONFIG);
 }
 
 static void pl08x_unmap_buffers(struct pl08x_txd *txd)