diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index 5589358b684d..7e1b0aa0ca50 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -285,7 +285,12 @@ static int dmatest_func(void *data)
 
 	set_user_nice(current, 10);
 
-	flags = DMA_CTRL_ACK | DMA_COMPL_SKIP_DEST_UNMAP | DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT;
+	/*
+	 * src buffers are freed by the DMAEngine code with dma_unmap_single()
+	 * dst buffers are freed by ourselves below
+	 */
+	flags = DMA_CTRL_ACK | DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT
+	      | DMA_COMPL_SKIP_DEST_UNMAP | DMA_COMPL_SRC_UNMAP_SINGLE;
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()
 	       && !(iterations && total_tests >= iterations)) {