diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
index cd303901eb5b..904e57558bb5 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ config DW_DMAC
 	  can be integrated in chips such as the Atmel AT32ap7000.
 
 config FSL_DMA
-	bool "Freescale MPC85xx/MPC83xx DMA support"
-	depends on PPC
+	tristate "Freescale Elo and Elo Plus DMA support"
+	depends on FSL_SOC
 	select DMA_ENGINE
 	---help---
-	  Enable support for the Freescale DMA engine. Now, it support
-	  MPC8560/40, MPC8555, MPC8548 and MPC8641 processors.
-	  The MPC8349, MPC8360 is also supported.
+	  Enable support for the Freescale Elo and Elo Plus DMA controllers.
+	  The Elo is the DMA controller on some 82xx and 83xx parts, and the
+	  Elo Plus is the DMA controller on 85xx and 86xx parts.
 
 config MV_XOR
 	bool "Marvell XOR engine support"
diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
index e9b263897c03..0b95dcce447e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
@@ -370,7 +370,10 @@ static int fsl_dma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan,
 					struct dma_client *client)
 {
 	struct fsl_dma_chan *fsl_chan = to_fsl_chan(chan);
-	LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
+
+	/* Has this channel already been allocated? */
+	if (fsl_chan->desc_pool)
+		return 1;
 
 	/* We need the descriptor to be aligned to 32bytes
 	 * for meeting FSL DMA specification requirement.
@@ -410,6 +413,8 @@ static void fsl_dma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fsl_chan->desc_lock, flags);
 	dma_pool_destroy(fsl_chan->desc_pool);
+
+	fsl_chan->desc_pool = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
@@ -786,33 +791,29 @@ static void dma_do_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 	fsl_chan_ld_cleanup(fsl_chan);
 }
 
-static int __devinit of_fsl_dma_chan_probe(struct of_device *dev,
-			const struct of_device_id *match)
+static int __devinit fsl_dma_chan_probe(struct fsl_dma_device *fdev,
+	struct device_node *node, u32 feature, const char *compatible)
 {
-	struct fsl_dma_device *fdev;
 	struct fsl_dma_chan *new_fsl_chan;
 	int err;
 
-	fdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev->dev.parent);
-	BUG_ON(!fdev);
-
 	/* alloc channel */
 	new_fsl_chan = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fsl_dma_chan), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_fsl_chan) {
-		dev_err(&dev->dev, "No free memory for allocating "
+		dev_err(fdev->dev, "No free memory for allocating "
 				"dma channels!\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	/* get dma channel register base */
-	err = of_address_to_resource(dev->node, 0, &new_fsl_chan->reg);
+	err = of_address_to_resource(node, 0, &new_fsl_chan->reg);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(&dev->dev, "Can't get %s property 'reg'\n",
-				dev->node->full_name);
+		dev_err(fdev->dev, "Can't get %s property 'reg'\n",
+				node->full_name);
 		goto err_no_reg;
 	}
 
-	new_fsl_chan->feature = *(u32 *)match->data;
+	new_fsl_chan->feature = feature;
 
 	if (!fdev->feature)
 		fdev->feature = new_fsl_chan->feature;
@@ -822,13 +823,13 @@ static int __devinit of_fsl_dma_chan_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 	 */
 	WARN_ON(fdev->feature != new_fsl_chan->feature);
 
-	new_fsl_chan->dev = &dev->dev;
+	new_fsl_chan->dev = &new_fsl_chan->common.dev;
 	new_fsl_chan->reg_base = ioremap(new_fsl_chan->reg.start,
 			new_fsl_chan->reg.end - new_fsl_chan->reg.start + 1);
 
 	new_fsl_chan->id = ((new_fsl_chan->reg.start - 0x100) & 0xfff) >> 7;
 	if (new_fsl_chan->id > FSL_DMA_MAX_CHANS_PER_DEVICE) {
-		dev_err(&dev->dev, "There is no %d channel!\n",
+		dev_err(fdev->dev, "There is no %d channel!\n",
 				new_fsl_chan->id);
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_no_chan;
@@ -862,20 +863,20 @@ static int __devinit of_fsl_dma_chan_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 			&fdev->common.channels);
 	fdev->common.chancnt++;
 
-	new_fsl_chan->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->node, 0);
+	new_fsl_chan->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, 0);
 	if (new_fsl_chan->irq != NO_IRQ) {
 		err = request_irq(new_fsl_chan->irq,
 					&fsl_dma_chan_do_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED,
 					"fsldma-channel", new_fsl_chan);
 		if (err) {
-			dev_err(&dev->dev, "DMA channel %s request_irq error "
-				"with return %d\n", dev->node->full_name, err);
+			dev_err(fdev->dev, "DMA channel %s request_irq error "
+				"with return %d\n", node->full_name, err);
 			goto err_no_irq;
 		}
 	}
 
-	dev_info(&dev->dev, "#%d (%s), irq %d\n", new_fsl_chan->id,
-				match->compatible, new_fsl_chan->irq);
+	dev_info(fdev->dev, "#%d (%s), irq %d\n", new_fsl_chan->id,
+				compatible, new_fsl_chan->irq);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -888,38 +889,20 @@ err_no_reg:
 	return err;
 }
 
-const u32 mpc8540_dma_ip_feature = FSL_DMA_IP_85XX | FSL_DMA_BIG_ENDIAN;
-const u32 mpc8349_dma_ip_feature = FSL_DMA_IP_83XX | FSL_DMA_LITTLE_ENDIAN;
-
-static struct of_device_id of_fsl_dma_chan_ids[] = {
-	{
-		.compatible = "fsl,eloplus-dma-channel",
-		.data = (void *)&mpc8540_dma_ip_feature,
-	},
-	{
-		.compatible = "fsl,elo-dma-channel",
-		.data = (void *)&mpc8349_dma_ip_feature,
-	},
-	{}
-};
-
-static struct of_platform_driver of_fsl_dma_chan_driver = {
-	.name = "of-fsl-dma-channel",
-	.match_table = of_fsl_dma_chan_ids,
-	.probe = of_fsl_dma_chan_probe,
-};
-
-static __init int of_fsl_dma_chan_init(void)
+static void fsl_dma_chan_remove(struct fsl_dma_chan *fchan)
 {
-	return of_register_platform_driver(&of_fsl_dma_chan_driver);
+	free_irq(fchan->irq, fchan);
+	list_del(&fchan->common.device_node);
+	iounmap(fchan->reg_base);
+	kfree(fchan);
 }
 
 static int __devinit of_fsl_dma_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 			const struct of_device_id *match)
 {
 	int err;
-	unsigned int irq;
 	struct fsl_dma_device *fdev;
+	struct device_node *child;
 
 	fdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fsl_dma_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fdev) {
@@ -953,9 +936,9 @@ static int __devinit of_fsl_dma_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 	fdev->common.device_issue_pending = fsl_dma_memcpy_issue_pending;
 	fdev->common.dev = &dev->dev;
 
-	irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->node, 0);
-	if (irq != NO_IRQ) {
-		err = request_irq(irq, &fsl_dma_do_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED,
+	fdev->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->node, 0);
+	if (fdev->irq != NO_IRQ) {
+		err = request_irq(fdev->irq, &fsl_dma_do_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED,
 					"fsldma-device", fdev);
 		if (err) {
 			dev_err(&dev->dev, "DMA device request_irq error "
@@ -965,7 +948,21 @@ static int __devinit of_fsl_dma_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&(dev->dev), fdev);
-	of_platform_bus_probe(dev->node, of_fsl_dma_chan_ids, &dev->dev);
+
+	/* We cannot use of_platform_bus_probe() because there is no
+	 * of_platform_bus_remove.  Instead, we manually instantiate every DMA
+	 * channel object.
+	 */
+	for_each_child_of_node(dev->node, child) {
+		if (of_device_is_compatible(child, "fsl,eloplus-dma-channel"))
+			fsl_dma_chan_probe(fdev, child,
+				FSL_DMA_IP_85XX | FSL_DMA_BIG_ENDIAN,
+				"fsl,eloplus-dma-channel");
+		if (of_device_is_compatible(child, "fsl,elo-dma-channel"))
+			fsl_dma_chan_probe(fdev, child,
+				FSL_DMA_IP_83XX | FSL_DMA_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
+				"fsl,elo-dma-channel");
+	}
 
 	dma_async_device_register(&fdev->common);
 	return 0;
@@ -977,6 +974,30 @@ err_no_reg:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int of_fsl_dma_remove(struct of_device *of_dev)
+{
+	struct fsl_dma_device *fdev;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	fdev = dev_get_drvdata(&of_dev->dev);
+
+	dma_async_device_unregister(&fdev->common);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < FSL_DMA_MAX_CHANS_PER_DEVICE; i++)
+		if (fdev->chan[i])
+			fsl_dma_chan_remove(fdev->chan[i]);
+
+	if (fdev->irq != NO_IRQ)
+		free_irq(fdev->irq, fdev);
+
+	iounmap(fdev->reg_base);
+
+	kfree(fdev);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&of_dev->dev, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct of_device_id of_fsl_dma_ids[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "fsl,eloplus-dma", },
 	{ .compatible = "fsl,elo-dma", },
@@ -984,15 +1005,32 @@ static struct of_device_id of_fsl_dma_ids[] = {
 };
 
 static struct of_platform_driver of_fsl_dma_driver = {
-	.name = "of-fsl-dma",
+	.name = "fsl-elo-dma",
 	.match_table = of_fsl_dma_ids,
 	.probe = of_fsl_dma_probe,
+	.remove = of_fsl_dma_remove,
 };
 
 static __init int of_fsl_dma_init(void)
 {
-	return of_register_platform_driver(&of_fsl_dma_driver);
+	int ret;
+
+	pr_info("Freescale Elo / Elo Plus DMA driver\n");
+
+	ret = of_register_platform_driver(&of_fsl_dma_driver);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("fsldma: failed to register platform driver\n");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit of_fsl_dma_exit(void)
+{
+	of_unregister_platform_driver(&of_fsl_dma_driver);
 }
 
-subsys_initcall(of_fsl_dma_chan_init);
 subsys_initcall(of_fsl_dma_init);
+module_exit(of_fsl_dma_exit);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale Elo / Elo Plus DMA driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsldma.h b/drivers/dma/fsldma.h
index 6faf07ba0d0e..4f21a512d848 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsldma.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsldma.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct fsl_dma_device {
 	struct dma_device common;
 	struct fsl_dma_chan *chan[FSL_DMA_MAX_CHANS_PER_DEVICE];
 	u32 feature;		/* The same as DMA channels */
+	int irq;		/* Channel IRQ */
 };
 
 /* Define macros for fsl_dma_chan->feature property */