#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/dmapool.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
        u32                             shp_addr, per_addr;
        enum dma_status                 status;
        struct imx_dma_data             data;
+       struct dma_pool                 *bd_pool;
 };
 
 #define IMX_DMA_SG_LOOP                BIT(0)
 
 static int sdma_alloc_bd(struct sdma_desc *desc)
 {
-       u32 bd_size = desc->num_bd * sizeof(struct sdma_buffer_descriptor);
        int ret = 0;
 
-       desc->bd = dma_zalloc_coherent(NULL, bd_size, &desc->bd_phys,
-                                       GFP_ATOMIC);
+       desc->bd = dma_pool_alloc(desc->sdmac->bd_pool, GFP_ATOMIC,
+                                       &desc->bd_phys);
        if (!desc->bd) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto out;
 
 static void sdma_free_bd(struct sdma_desc *desc)
 {
-       u32 bd_size = desc->num_bd * sizeof(struct sdma_buffer_descriptor);
-
-       dma_free_coherent(NULL, bd_size, desc->bd, desc->bd_phys);
+       dma_pool_free(desc->sdmac->bd_pool, desc->bd, desc->bd_phys);
 }
 
 static void sdma_desc_free(struct virt_dma_desc *vd)
        if (ret)
                goto disable_clk_ahb;
 
+       sdmac->bd_pool = dma_pool_create("bd_pool", chan->device->dev,
+                               sizeof(struct sdma_buffer_descriptor),
+                               32, 0);
+
        return 0;
 
 disable_clk_ahb:
 
        clk_disable(sdma->clk_ipg);
        clk_disable(sdma->clk_ahb);
+
+       dma_pool_destroy(sdmac->bd_pool);
+       sdmac->bd_pool = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct sdma_desc *sdma_transfer_init(struct sdma_channel *sdmac,