diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
index 526ec77c7ba0..f238cfd33847 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ config TI_EDMA
 	depends on ARCH_DAVINCI || ARCH_OMAP
 	select DMA_ENGINE
 	select DMA_VIRTUAL_CHANNELS
+	select TI_PRIV_EDMA
 	default n
 	help
 	  Enable support for the TI EDMA controller. This DMA
diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c
index ff50ff4c6a57..098a8da450f0 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/edma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c
@@ -749,6 +749,6 @@ static void __exit edma_exit(void)
 }
 module_exit(edma_exit);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Matt Porter <mporter@ti.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Matt Porter <matt.porter@linaro.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TI EDMA DMA engine driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
index 78f8ca5fccee..55852c026791 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
@@ -437,17 +437,18 @@ static void dma_irq_handle_channel(struct imxdma_channel *imxdmac)
 	struct imxdma_engine *imxdma = imxdmac->imxdma;
 	int chno = imxdmac->channel;
 	struct imxdma_desc *desc;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&imxdma->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&imxdma->lock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&imxdmac->ld_active)) {
-		spin_unlock(&imxdma->lock);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imxdma->lock, flags);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	desc = list_first_entry(&imxdmac->ld_active,
 				struct imxdma_desc,
 				node);
-	spin_unlock(&imxdma->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imxdma->lock, flags);
 
 	if (desc->sg) {
 		u32 tmp;
@@ -519,7 +520,6 @@ static int imxdma_xfer_desc(struct imxdma_desc *d)
 {
 	struct imxdma_channel *imxdmac = to_imxdma_chan(d->desc.chan);
 	struct imxdma_engine *imxdma = imxdmac->imxdma;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int slot = -1;
 	int i;
 
@@ -527,7 +527,6 @@ static int imxdma_xfer_desc(struct imxdma_desc *d)
 	switch (d->type) {
 	case IMXDMA_DESC_INTERLEAVED:
 		/* Try to get a free 2D slot */
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&imxdma->lock, flags);
 		for (i = 0; i < IMX_DMA_2D_SLOTS; i++) {
 			if ((imxdma->slots_2d[i].count > 0) &&
 			((imxdma->slots_2d[i].xsr != d->x) ||
@@ -537,10 +536,8 @@ static int imxdma_xfer_desc(struct imxdma_desc *d)
 			slot = i;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (slot < 0) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imxdma->lock, flags);
+		if (slot < 0)
 			return -EBUSY;
-		}
 
 		imxdma->slots_2d[slot].xsr = d->x;
 		imxdma->slots_2d[slot].ysr = d->y;
@@ -549,7 +546,6 @@ static int imxdma_xfer_desc(struct imxdma_desc *d)
 
 		imxdmac->slot_2d = slot;
 		imxdmac->enabled_2d = true;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imxdma->lock, flags);
 
 		if (slot == IMX_DMA_2D_SLOT_A) {
 			d->config_mem &= ~CCR_MSEL_B;
@@ -625,18 +621,17 @@ static void imxdma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 	struct imxdma_channel *imxdmac = (void *)data;
 	struct imxdma_engine *imxdma = imxdmac->imxdma;
 	struct imxdma_desc *desc;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&imxdma->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&imxdma->lock, flags);
 
 	if (list_empty(&imxdmac->ld_active)) {
 		/* Someone might have called terminate all */
-		goto out;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imxdma->lock, flags);
+		return;
 	}
 	desc = list_first_entry(&imxdmac->ld_active, struct imxdma_desc, node);
 
-	if (desc->desc.callback)
-		desc->desc.callback(desc->desc.callback_param);
-
 	/* If we are dealing with a cyclic descriptor, keep it on ld_active
 	 * and dont mark the descriptor as complete.
 	 * Only in non-cyclic cases it would be marked as complete
@@ -663,7 +658,11 @@ static void imxdma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 				 __func__, imxdmac->channel);
 	}
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&imxdma->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imxdma->lock, flags);
+
+	if (desc->desc.callback)
+		desc->desc.callback(desc->desc.callback_param);
+
 }
 
 static int imxdma_control(struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_ctrl_cmd cmd,
@@ -883,7 +882,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *imxdma_prep_dma_cyclic(
 	kfree(imxdmac->sg_list);
 
 	imxdmac->sg_list = kcalloc(periods + 1,
-			sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_KERNEL);
+			sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!imxdmac->sg_list)
 		return NULL;