diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 3885aca8a69e..8847bd60bbd9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "ste_dma40.h"
 #include "ste_dma40_ll.h"
 
+#define D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS	8
+
 /**
  * struct stedma40_platform_data - Configuration struct for the dma device.
  *
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
  * to use SoftLLI.
  * @use_esram_lcla: flag for mapping the lcla into esram region
  * @num_of_memcpy_chans: The number of channels reserved for memcpy.
+ * @memcpy_channels: The event lines used for memcpy.
  * @num_of_phy_chans: The number of physical channels implemented in HW.
  * 0 means reading the number of channels from DMA HW but this is only valid
  * for 'multiple of 4' channels, like 8.
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ struct stedma40_platform_data {
 	int				 num_of_soft_lli_chans;
 	bool				 use_esram_lcla;
 	int				 num_of_memcpy_chans;
+	u32				 memcpy_channels[D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS];
 	int				 num_of_phy_chans;
 };
 
@@ -89,25 +93,6 @@ struct stedma40_platform_data {
 #define D40_ALLOC_PHY		BIT(30)
 #define D40_ALLOC_LOG_FREE	0
 
-#define D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS	8
-
-/* Reserved event lines for memcpy only. */
-#define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_0	51
-#define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_1	56
-#define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_2	57
-#define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_3	58
-#define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_4	59
-#define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_5	60
-
-static int dma40_memcpy_channels[] = {
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_0,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_1,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_2,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_3,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_4,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_5,
-};
-
 /* Default configuration for physical memcpy */
 static const struct stedma40_chan_cfg dma40_memcpy_conf_phy = {
 	.mode = STEDMA40_MODE_PHYSICAL,
@@ -2149,7 +2134,8 @@ static int d40_config_memcpy(struct d40_chan *d40c)
 
 	if (dma_has_cap(DMA_MEMCPY, cap) && !dma_has_cap(DMA_SLAVE, cap)) {
 		d40c->dma_cfg = dma40_memcpy_conf_log;
-		d40c->dma_cfg.dev_type = dma40_memcpy_channels[d40c->chan.chan_id];
+		d40c->dma_cfg.dev_type =
+			d40c->base->plat_data->memcpy_channels[d40c->chan.chan_id];
 
 		d40_log_cfg(&d40c->dma_cfg,
 			    &d40c->log_def.lcsp1, &d40c->log_def.lcsp3);
@@ -3429,12 +3415,7 @@ static int __init d40_hw_detect_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	num_phy_chans = min(num_phy_chans, STEDMA40_MAX_PHYS);
 
 	/* The number of channels used for memcpy */
-	if (plat_data->num_of_memcpy_chans)
-		num_memcpy_chans = plat_data->num_of_memcpy_chans;
-	else
-		num_memcpy_chans = ARRAY_SIZE(dma40_memcpy_channels);
-
-	num_memcpy_chans = min(num_memcpy_chans, D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS);
+	num_memcpy_chans = plat_data->num_of_memcpy_chans;
 	num_log_chans = num_phy_chans * D40_MAX_LOG_CHAN_PER_PHY;
 
 	dev_info(dev,
@@ -3683,6 +3664,7 @@ static int __init d40_of_probe(struct device *dev,
 	struct stedma40_platform_data *pdata;
 	int num_phy = 0, num_memcpy = 0, num_disabled = 0;
 	const __be32 *list;
+	int ret;
 
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)
@@ -3696,18 +3678,19 @@ static int __init d40_of_probe(struct device *dev,
 	list = of_get_property(np, "memcpy-channels", &num_memcpy);
 	num_memcpy /= sizeof(*list);
 
-	if (num_memcpy > D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS || num_memcpy <= 0) {
+	if (num_memcpy > ARRAY_SIZE(pdata->memcpy_channels) ||
+	    num_memcpy <= 0) {
 		d40_err(dev,
 			"Invalid number of memcpy channels specified (%d)\n",
 			num_memcpy);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, "memcpy-channels",
+					 pdata->memcpy_channels, num_memcpy);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	pdata->num_of_memcpy_chans = num_memcpy;
 
-	of_property_read_u32_array(np, "memcpy-channels",
-				   dma40_memcpy_channels,
-				   num_memcpy);
-
 	list = of_get_property(np, "disabled-channels", &num_disabled);
 	num_disabled /= sizeof(*list);