diff --git a/drivers/mfd/motorola-cpcap.c b/drivers/mfd/motorola-cpcap.c
index 30d82bfe5b02f..6fb206da27298 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/motorola-cpcap.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/motorola-cpcap.c
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ static int cpcap_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* Parent SPI controller uses DMA, CPCAP and child devices do not */
+	spi->dev.coherent_dma_mask = 0;
+	spi->dev.dma_mask = &spi->dev.coherent_dma_mask;
+
 	return devm_mfd_add_devices(&spi->dev, 0, cpcap_mfd_devices,
 				    ARRAY_SIZE(cpcap_mfd_devices), NULL, 0, NULL);
 }