diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index 7704b016aed8..0ef6ed1f936e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_dma_memcpy(
 	if (!txd)
 		return NULL;
 
-	v_lli = dma_pool_alloc(sdev->pool, GFP_DMA32 | GFP_NOWAIT, &p_lli);
+	v_lli = dma_pool_alloc(sdev->pool, GFP_NOWAIT, &p_lli);
 	if (!v_lli) {
 		dev_err(sdev->slave.dev, "Failed to alloc lli memory\n");
 		goto err_txd_free;
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_slave_sg(
 		return NULL;
 
 	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, sg_len, i) {
-		v_lli = dma_pool_alloc(sdev->pool, GFP_DMA32 | GFP_NOWAIT, &p_lli);
+		v_lli = dma_pool_alloc(sdev->pool, GFP_NOWAIT, &p_lli);
 		if (!v_lli)
 			goto err_lli_free;
 
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_dma_cyclic(
 		return NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < periods; i++) {
-		v_lli = dma_pool_alloc(sdev->pool, GFP_DMA32 | GFP_NOWAIT, &p_lli);
+		v_lli = dma_pool_alloc(sdev->pool, GFP_NOWAIT, &p_lli);
 		if (!v_lli) {
 			dev_err(sdev->slave.dev, "Failed to alloc lli memory\n");
 			goto err_lli_free;
@@ -1345,6 +1345,11 @@ static int sun6i_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(sdc->rstc);
 	}
 
+	/* This driver uses unextended 32-bit addresses for descriptor links. */
+	ret = dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	sdc->pool = dmam_pool_create(dev_name(&pdev->dev), &pdev->dev,
 				     sizeof(struct sun6i_dma_lli), 4, 0);
 	if (!sdc->pool) {