diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
index 670db04b07571..52e361ed43e3b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
@@ -831,6 +831,8 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *imxdma_prep_slave_sg(
 		dma_length += sg_dma_len(sg);
 	}
 
+	imxdma_config_write(chan, &imxdmac->config, direction);
+
 	switch (imxdmac->word_size) {
 	case DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES:
 		if (sg_dma_len(sgl) & 3 || sgl->dma_address & 3)