diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am33xx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am33xx.dtsi
index f6ec85d58dd1..9a8698bd2852 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am33xx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am33xx.dtsi
@@ -461,8 +461,11 @@ cppi41dma: dma-controller@2000 {
 				interrupts = <17>;
 				interrupt-names = "glue";
 				#dma-cells = <2>;
+				/* For backwards compatibility: */
 				#dma-channels = <30>;
+				dma-channels = <30>;
 				#dma-requests = <256>;
+				dma-requests = <256>;
 			};
 		};