diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index e893318560db9f79300579ff01e73b07b5baae38..5ad0ec1f0e29f750eee5c70889df5427d7413556 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ static void dwc_initialize(struct dw_dma_chan *dwc)
 
 	/* Enable interrupts */
 	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.XFER, dwc->mask);
-	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.BLOCK, dwc->mask);
 	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.ERROR, dwc->mask);
 
 	dwc->initialized = true;
@@ -588,6 +587,9 @@ static void dwc_handle_cyclic(struct dw_dma *dw, struct dw_dma_chan *dwc,
 
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dwc->lock, flags);
 	}
+
+	/* Re-enable interrupts */
+	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.BLOCK, dwc->mask);
 }
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -618,11 +620,8 @@ static void dw_dma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 			dwc_scan_descriptors(dw, dwc);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Re-enable interrupts.
-	 */
+	/* Re-enable interrupts */
 	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.XFER, dw->all_chan_mask);
-	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.BLOCK, dw->all_chan_mask);
 	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.ERROR, dw->all_chan_mask);
 }
 
@@ -1261,6 +1260,7 @@ static void dwc_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 int dw_dma_cyclic_start(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
 	struct dw_dma_chan	*dwc = to_dw_dma_chan(chan);
+	struct dw_dma		*dw = to_dw_dma(chan->device);
 	unsigned long		flags;
 
 	if (!test_bit(DW_DMA_IS_CYCLIC, &dwc->flags)) {
@@ -1269,7 +1269,12 @@ int dw_dma_cyclic_start(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dwc->lock, flags);
+
+	/* Enable interrupts to perform cyclic transfer */
+	channel_set_bit(dw, MASK.BLOCK, dwc->mask);
+
 	dwc_dostart(dwc, dwc->cdesc->desc[0]);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dwc->lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;