diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
index fd33919c95d4..95ce019c9b98 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
@@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ static int reserve_contiguous_slots(int ctlr, unsigned int id,
 	if (i == edma_cc[ctlr]->num_slots)
 		stop_slot = i;
 
-	for (j = start_slot; j < stop_slot; j++)
-		if (test_bit(j, tmp_inuse))
-			clear_bit(j, edma_cc[ctlr]->edma_inuse);
+	j = start_slot;
+	for_each_set_bit_from(j, tmp_inuse, stop_slot)
+		clear_bit(j, edma_cc[ctlr]->edma_inuse);
 
 	if (count)
 		return -EBUSY;