diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index 8707723e36da7a89fa680e4367efa9cf50435358..3e848ee9a18abbe57e58e9481ab219c134b644a2 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -1307,7 +1307,6 @@ static int __init sdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dma_cap_set(DMA_CYCLIC, sdma->dma_device.cap_mask);
 
 		sdmac->chan.device = &sdma->dma_device;
-		sdmac->chan.chan_id = i;
 		sdmac->channel = i;
 
 		/* Add the channel to the DMAC list */