diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
index a5f8a80c1f28..76364d1345df 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
@@ -403,16 +403,13 @@ static struct resource dm355_spi0_resources[] = {
 		.start = 16,
 		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
 	},
-	{
-		.start = EVENTQ_1,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
-	},
 };
 
 static struct davinci_spi_platform_data dm355_spi0_pdata = {
 	.version 	= SPI_VERSION_1,
 	.num_chipselect = 2,
 	.cshold_bug	= true,
+	.dma_event_q	= EVENTQ_1,
 };
 static struct platform_device dm355_spi0_device = {
 	.name = "spi_davinci",
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
index 02d2cc380df7..4604e72d7d99 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ static u64 dm365_spi0_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 static struct davinci_spi_platform_data dm365_spi0_pdata = {
 	.version 	= SPI_VERSION_1,
 	.num_chipselect = 2,
+	.dma_event_q	= EVENTQ_3,
 };
 
 static struct resource dm365_spi0_resources[] = {
@@ -645,10 +646,6 @@ static struct resource dm365_spi0_resources[] = {
 		.start = 16,
 		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
 	},
-	{
-		.start = EVENTQ_3,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_DMA,
-	},
 };
 
 static struct platform_device dm365_spi0_device = {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h
index 38f4da5ca135..7af305b37868 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/spi.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #ifndef __ARCH_ARM_DAVINCI_SPI_H
 #define __ARCH_ARM_DAVINCI_SPI_H
 
+#include <mach/edma.h>
+
 #define SPI_INTERN_CS	0xFF
 
 enum {
@@ -39,13 +41,16 @@ enum {
  *		to populate if all chip-selects are internal.
  * @cshold_bug:	set this to true if the SPI controller on your chip requires
  *		a write to CSHOLD bit in between transfers (like in DM355).
+ * @dma_event_q: DMA event queue to use if SPI_IO_TYPE_DMA is used for any
+ *		device on the bus.
  */
 struct davinci_spi_platform_data {
-	u8	version;
-	u8	num_chipselect;
-	u8	intr_line;
-	u8	*chip_sel;
-	bool	cshold_bug;
+	u8			version;
+	u8			num_chipselect;
+	u8			intr_line;
+	u8			*chip_sel;
+	bool			cshold_bug;
+	enum dma_event_q	dma_event_q;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/spi/davinci_spi.c b/drivers/spi/davinci_spi.c
index 6beab99bf95b..166a879fd9e8 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/davinci_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/davinci_spi.c
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *r, *mem;
 	resource_size_t dma_rx_chan = SPI_NO_RESOURCE;
 	resource_size_t	dma_tx_chan = SPI_NO_RESOURCE;
-	resource_size_t	dma_eventq = SPI_NO_RESOURCE;
 	int i = 0, ret = 0;
 	u32 spipc0;
 
@@ -878,17 +877,13 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	r = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_DMA, 1);
 	if (r)
 		dma_tx_chan = r->start;
-	r = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_DMA, 2);
-	if (r)
-		dma_eventq = r->start;
 
 	dspi->bitbang.txrx_bufs = davinci_spi_bufs;
 	if (dma_rx_chan != SPI_NO_RESOURCE &&
-	    dma_tx_chan != SPI_NO_RESOURCE &&
-	    dma_eventq != SPI_NO_RESOURCE) {
+	    dma_tx_chan != SPI_NO_RESOURCE) {
 		dspi->dma.rx_channel = dma_rx_chan;
 		dspi->dma.tx_channel = dma_tx_chan;
-		dspi->dma.eventq = dma_eventq;
+		dspi->dma.eventq = pdata->dma_event_q;
 
 		ret = davinci_spi_request_dma(dspi);
 		if (ret)
@@ -897,7 +892,7 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "DMA: supported\n");
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "DMA: RX channel: %d, TX channel: %d, "
 				"event queue: %d\n", dma_rx_chan, dma_tx_chan,
-				dma_eventq);
+				pdata->dma_event_q);
 	}
 
 	dspi->get_rx = davinci_spi_rx_buf_u8;