diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/adi,axi-dmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/adi,axi-dmac.txt
index 47cb1d14b690..b38ee732efa9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/adi,axi-dmac.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/adi,axi-dmac.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Required properties for adi,channels sub-node:
 
 Required channel sub-node properties:
  - reg: Which channel this node refers to.
- - adi,length-width: Width of the DMA transfer length register.
  - adi,source-bus-width,
    adi,destination-bus-width: Width of the source or destination bus in bits.
  - adi,source-bus-type,
@@ -28,7 +27,8 @@ Required channel sub-node properties:
 	1 (AXI_DMAC_TYPE_AXI_STREAM): Streaming AXI interface
 	2 (AXI_DMAC_TYPE_AXI_FIFO): FIFO interface
 
-Optional channel properties:
+Deprecated optional channel properties:
+ - adi,length-width: Width of the DMA transfer length register.
  - adi,cyclic: Must be set if the channel supports hardware cyclic DMA
    transfers.
  - adi,2d: Must be set if the channel supports hardware 2D DMA transfers.
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
index 0fe3a931d8d5..eecb367b4f3e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
@@ -618,15 +618,6 @@ static int axi_dmac_parse_chan_dt(struct device_node *of_chan,
 		return ret;
 	chan->dest_width = val / 8;
 
-	ret = of_property_read_u32(of_chan, "adi,length-width", &val);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (val >= 32)
-		chan->max_length = UINT_MAX;
-	else
-		chan->max_length = (1ULL << val) - 1;
-
 	chan->align_mask = max(chan->dest_width, chan->src_width) - 1;
 
 	if (axi_dmac_dest_is_mem(chan) && axi_dmac_src_is_mem(chan))
@@ -638,12 +629,27 @@ static int axi_dmac_parse_chan_dt(struct device_node *of_chan,
 	else
 		chan->direction = DMA_DEV_TO_DEV;
 
-	chan->hw_cyclic = of_property_read_bool(of_chan, "adi,cyclic");
-	chan->hw_2d = of_property_read_bool(of_chan, "adi,2d");
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void axi_dmac_detect_caps(struct axi_dmac *dmac)
+{
+	struct axi_dmac_chan *chan = &dmac->chan;
+
+	axi_dmac_write(dmac, AXI_DMAC_REG_FLAGS, AXI_DMAC_FLAG_CYCLIC);
+	if (axi_dmac_read(dmac, AXI_DMAC_REG_FLAGS) == AXI_DMAC_FLAG_CYCLIC)
+		chan->hw_cyclic = true;
+
+	axi_dmac_write(dmac, AXI_DMAC_REG_Y_LENGTH, 1);
+	if (axi_dmac_read(dmac, AXI_DMAC_REG_Y_LENGTH) == 1)
+		chan->hw_2d = true;
+
+	axi_dmac_write(dmac, AXI_DMAC_REG_X_LENGTH, 0xffffffff);
+	chan->max_length = axi_dmac_read(dmac, AXI_DMAC_REG_X_LENGTH);
+	if (chan->max_length != UINT_MAX)
+		chan->max_length++;
+}
+
 static int axi_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device_node *of_channels, *of_chan;
@@ -716,6 +722,8 @@ static int axi_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	axi_dmac_detect_caps(dmac);
+
 	axi_dmac_write(dmac, AXI_DMAC_REG_IRQ_MASK, 0x00);
 
 	ret = dma_async_device_register(dma_dev);