diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index 8fb0cd293b54..237a9c165072 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -2113,6 +2113,7 @@ static int sdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	sdma->dma_device.device_prep_dma_memcpy = sdma_prep_memcpy;
 	sdma->dma_device.device_issue_pending = sdma_issue_pending;
 	sdma->dma_device.dev->dma_parms = &sdma->dma_parms;
+	sdma->dma_device.copy_align = 2;
 	dma_set_max_seg_size(sdma->dma_device.dev, SDMA_BD_MAX_CNT);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, sdma);