case DMA_SLAVE_CONFIG:
                if (dmaengine_cfg->direction == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM) {
                        sdmac->per_address = dmaengine_cfg->src_addr;
-                       sdmac->watermark_level = dmaengine_cfg->src_maxburst;
+                       sdmac->watermark_level = dmaengine_cfg->src_maxburst *
+                                               dmaengine_cfg->src_addr_width;
                        sdmac->word_size = dmaengine_cfg->src_addr_width;
                } else {
                        sdmac->per_address = dmaengine_cfg->dst_addr;
-                       sdmac->watermark_level = dmaengine_cfg->dst_maxburst;
+                       sdmac->watermark_level = dmaengine_cfg->dst_maxburst *
+                                               dmaengine_cfg->dst_addr_width;
                        sdmac->word_size = dmaengine_cfg->dst_addr_width;
                }
                sdmac->direction = dmaengine_cfg->direction;