diff --git a/drivers/dma/bcm2835-dma.c b/drivers/dma/bcm2835-dma.c
index 6e05e888c5ac56..090b02f4707cd5 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/bcm2835-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/bcm2835-dma.c
@@ -58,11 +58,14 @@ struct bcm2835_dma_cfg_data {
  * @ddev: DMA device
  * @base: base address of register map
  * @dma_parms: DMA parameters (to convey 1 GByte max segment size to clients)
+ * @zero_page: bus address of zero page (to detect transactions copying from
+ *	zero page and avoid accessing memory if so)
  */
 struct bcm2835_dmadev {
 	struct dma_device ddev;
 	void __iomem *base;
 	struct device_dma_parameters dma_parms;
+	dma_addr_t zero_page;
 	const struct bcm2835_dma_cfg_data *cfg_data;
 };
 
@@ -925,6 +928,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *bcm2835_dma_prep_dma_cyclic(
 	size_t period_len, enum dma_transfer_direction direction,
 	unsigned long flags)
 {
+	struct bcm2835_dmadev *od = to_bcm2835_dma_dev(chan->device);
 	struct bcm2835_chan *c = to_bcm2835_dma_chan(chan);
 	struct bcm2835_desc *d;
 	dma_addr_t src, dst;
@@ -975,6 +979,10 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *bcm2835_dma_prep_dma_cyclic(
 		dst = c->cfg.dst_addr;
 		src = buf_addr;
 		info |= BCM2835_DMA_D_DREQ | BCM2835_DMA_S_INC;
+
+		/* non-lite channels can write zeroes w/o accessing memory */
+		if (buf_addr == od->zero_page && !c->is_lite_channel)
+			info |= BCM2835_DMA_S_IGNORE;
 	}
 
 	/* calculate number of frames */
@@ -1080,6 +1088,9 @@ static void bcm2835_dma_free(struct bcm2835_dmadev *od)
 		list_del(&c->vc.chan.device_node);
 		tasklet_kill(&c->vc.task);
 	}
+
+	dma_unmap_page_attrs(od->ddev.dev, od->zero_page, PAGE_SIZE,
+			     DMA_TO_DEVICE, DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC);
 }
 
 int bcm2838_dma40_memcpy_init(void)
@@ -1224,6 +1235,14 @@ static int bcm2835_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, od);
 
+	od->zero_page = dma_map_page_attrs(od->ddev.dev, ZERO_PAGE(0), 0,
+					   PAGE_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE,
+					   DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC);
+	if (dma_mapping_error(od->ddev.dev, od->zero_page)) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to map zero page\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	of_id = of_match_node(bcm2835_dma_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node);
 	if (!of_id) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to match compatible string\n");