diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h
index b4b0d83f9ef6437dfb97f33037aaee1acf7bda59..7061ac0ad4287c0d84edb39058ef6abc295e43ce 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ struct tsi721_bdma_chan {
 	struct list_head	free_list;
 	dma_cookie_t		completed_cookie;
 	struct tasklet_struct	tasklet;
+	bool			active;
 };
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE */
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
index 502663f5f7c65a847f45881dcac4821081a314cf..91245f5dbe81a7d235f13a2dd2edbe741508d584 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ void tsi721_bdma_handler(struct tsi721_bdma_chan *bdma_chan)
 {
 	/* Disable BDMA channel interrupts */
 	iowrite32(0, bdma_chan->regs + TSI721_DMAC_INTE);
-
-	tasklet_schedule(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
+	if (bdma_chan->active)
+		tasklet_schedule(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static int tsi721_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *dchan)
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI_MSI */
 
-	tasklet_enable(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
+	bdma_chan->active = true;
 	tsi721_bdma_interrupt_enable(bdma_chan, 1);
 
 	return bdma_chan->bd_num - 1;
@@ -576,9 +576,7 @@ static int tsi721_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *dchan)
 static void tsi721_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *dchan)
 {
 	struct tsi721_bdma_chan *bdma_chan = to_tsi721_chan(dchan);
-#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
 	struct tsi721_device *priv = to_tsi721(dchan->device);
-#endif
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
 	dev_dbg(dchan->device->dev, "%s: Entry\n", __func__);
@@ -589,14 +587,25 @@ static void tsi721_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *dchan)
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&bdma_chan->active_list));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&bdma_chan->queue));
 
-	tasklet_disable(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
+	tsi721_bdma_interrupt_enable(bdma_chan, 0);
+	bdma_chan->active = false;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
+	if (priv->flags & TSI721_USING_MSIX) {
+		synchronize_irq(priv->msix[TSI721_VECT_DMA0_DONE +
+					   bdma_chan->id].vector);
+		synchronize_irq(priv->msix[TSI721_VECT_DMA0_INT +
+					   bdma_chan->id].vector);
+	} else
+#endif
+	synchronize_irq(priv->pdev->irq);
+
+	tasklet_kill(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bdma_chan->lock);
 	list_splice_init(&bdma_chan->free_list, &list);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&bdma_chan->lock);
 
-	tsi721_bdma_interrupt_enable(bdma_chan, 0);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
 	if (priv->flags & TSI721_USING_MSIX) {
 		free_irq(priv->msix[TSI721_VECT_DMA0_DONE +
@@ -790,6 +799,7 @@ int tsi721_register_dma(struct tsi721_device *priv)
 		bdma_chan->dchan.cookie = 1;
 		bdma_chan->dchan.chan_id = i;
 		bdma_chan->id = i;
+		bdma_chan->active = false;
 
 		spin_lock_init(&bdma_chan->lock);
 
@@ -799,7 +809,6 @@ int tsi721_register_dma(struct tsi721_device *priv)
 
 		tasklet_init(&bdma_chan->tasklet, tsi721_dma_tasklet,
 			     (unsigned long)bdma_chan);
-		tasklet_disable(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
 		list_add_tail(&bdma_chan->dchan.device_node,
 			      &mport->dma.channels);
 	}