struct device *parent = device->dev.parent;
 
        WARN_ON_ONCE(!parent);
-       if (!device->dev.dma_ops)
-               device->dev.dma_ops = parent->dma_ops;
-       if (!device->dev.dma_mask)
-               device->dev.dma_mask = parent->dma_mask;
-       if (!device->dev.coherent_dma_mask)
-               device->dev.coherent_dma_mask = parent->coherent_dma_mask;
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(device->dma_device);
+       if (device->dev.dma_ops) {
+               /*
+                * The caller provided custom DMA operations. Copy the
+                * DMA-related fields that are used by e.g. dma_alloc_coherent()
+                * into device->dev.
+                */
+               device->dma_device = &device->dev;
+               if (!device->dev.dma_mask)
+                       device->dev.dma_mask = parent->dma_mask;
+               if (!device->dev.coherent_dma_mask)
+                       device->dev.coherent_dma_mask =
+                               parent->coherent_dma_mask;
+       } else {
+               /*
+                * The caller did not provide custom DMA operations. Use the
+                * DMA mapping operations of the parent device.
+                */
+               device->dma_device = parent;
+       }
 
        mutex_lock(&device_mutex);
 
 
 };
 
 struct ib_device {
+       /* Do not access @dma_device directly from ULP nor from HW drivers. */
+       struct device                *dma_device;
+
        char                          name[IB_DEVICE_NAME_MAX];
 
        struct list_head              event_handler_list;
  */
 static inline int ib_dma_mapping_error(struct ib_device *dev, u64 dma_addr)
 {
-       return dma_mapping_error(&dev->dev, dma_addr);
+       return dma_mapping_error(dev->dma_device, dma_addr);
 }
 
 /**
                                    void *cpu_addr, size_t size,
                                    enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
-       return dma_map_single(&dev->dev, cpu_addr, size, direction);
+       return dma_map_single(dev->dma_device, cpu_addr, size, direction);
 }
 
 /**
                                       u64 addr, size_t size,
                                       enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
-       dma_unmap_single(&dev->dev, addr, size, direction);
+       dma_unmap_single(dev->dma_device, addr, size, direction);
 }
 
 /**
                                  size_t size,
                                         enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
-       return dma_map_page(&dev->dev, page, offset, size, direction);
+       return dma_map_page(dev->dma_device, page, offset, size, direction);
 }
 
 /**
                                     u64 addr, size_t size,
                                     enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
-       dma_unmap_page(&dev->dev, addr, size, direction);
+       dma_unmap_page(dev->dma_device, addr, size, direction);
 }
 
 /**
                                struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
                                enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
-       return dma_map_sg(&dev->dev, sg, nents, direction);
+       return dma_map_sg(dev->dma_device, sg, nents, direction);
 }
 
 /**
                                   struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
                                   enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
-       dma_unmap_sg(&dev->dev, sg, nents, direction);
+       dma_unmap_sg(dev->dma_device, sg, nents, direction);
 }
 
 static inline int ib_dma_map_sg_attrs(struct ib_device *dev,
                                      enum dma_data_direction direction,
                                      unsigned long dma_attrs)
 {
-       return dma_map_sg_attrs(&dev->dev, sg, nents, direction, dma_attrs);
+       return dma_map_sg_attrs(dev->dma_device, sg, nents, direction,
+                               dma_attrs);
 }
 
 static inline void ib_dma_unmap_sg_attrs(struct ib_device *dev,
                                         enum dma_data_direction direction,
                                         unsigned long dma_attrs)
 {
-       dma_unmap_sg_attrs(&dev->dev, sg, nents, direction, dma_attrs);
+       dma_unmap_sg_attrs(dev->dma_device, sg, nents, direction, dma_attrs);
 }
 /**
  * ib_sg_dma_address - Return the DMA address from a scatter/gather entry
                                              size_t size,
                                              enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
-       dma_sync_single_for_cpu(&dev->dev, addr, size, dir);
+       dma_sync_single_for_cpu(dev->dma_device, addr, size, dir);
 }
 
 /**
                                                 size_t size,
                                                 enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
-       dma_sync_single_for_device(&dev->dev, addr, size, dir);
+       dma_sync_single_for_device(dev->dma_device, addr, size, dir);
 }
 
 /**
                                           dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
                                           gfp_t flag)
 {
-       return dma_alloc_coherent(&dev->dev, size, dma_handle, flag);
+       return dma_alloc_coherent(dev->dma_device, size, dma_handle, flag);
 }
 
 /**
                                        size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
                                        dma_addr_t dma_handle)
 {
-       dma_free_coherent(&dev->dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle);
+       dma_free_coherent(dev->dma_device, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle);
 }
 
 /**