diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
index be44c86a1e03..5b5cbea997ff 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
@@ -2490,6 +2490,8 @@ static int xilinx_dma_chan_probe(struct xilinx_dma_device *xdev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	xdev->common.directions |= chan->direction;
+
 	/* Request the interrupt */
 	chan->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, 0);
 	err = request_irq(chan->irq, xilinx_dma_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED,