diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c
index d38982abd26d8109ba05985e0a75fba5ddd71521..3a9333475a2b3c3eb0d06806ed01e740a8fa87d9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c
@@ -710,17 +710,19 @@ static int pxamci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, mmc);
 
-	host->dma_chan_rx = dma_request_slave_channel(dev, "rx");
-	if (host->dma_chan_rx == NULL) {
+	host->dma_chan_rx = dma_request_chan(dev, "rx");
+	if (IS_ERR(host->dma_chan_rx)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "unable to request rx dma channel\n");
-		ret = -ENODEV;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(host->dma_chan_rx);
+		host->dma_chan_rx = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	host->dma_chan_tx = dma_request_slave_channel(dev, "tx");
-	if (host->dma_chan_tx == NULL) {
+	host->dma_chan_tx = dma_request_chan(dev, "tx");
+	if (IS_ERR(host->dma_chan_tx)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "unable to request tx dma channel\n");
-		ret = -ENODEV;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(host->dma_chan_tx);
+		host->dma_chan_tx = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}