diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c
index 37ba708ac781..6614fa3089b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
 	struct cpdma_chan		*chan = si->chan;
 	struct cpdma_ctlr		*ctlr = chan->ctlr;
 	int				len = si->len;
-	int				swlen = len;
 	struct cpdma_desc __iomem	*desc;
 	dma_addr_t			buffer;
 	u32				mode;
@@ -1046,7 +1045,6 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
 	if (si->data_dma) {
 		buffer = si->data_dma;
 		dma_sync_single_for_device(ctlr->dev, buffer, len, chan->dir);
-		swlen |= CPDMA_DMA_EXT_MAP;
 	} else {
 		buffer = dma_map_single(ctlr->dev, si->data_virt, len, chan->dir);
 		ret = dma_mapping_error(ctlr->dev, buffer);
@@ -1065,7 +1063,8 @@ static int cpdma_chan_submit_si(struct submit_info *si)
 	writel_relaxed(mode | len, &desc->hw_mode);
 	writel_relaxed((uintptr_t)si->token, &desc->sw_token);
 	writel_relaxed(buffer, &desc->sw_buffer);
-	writel_relaxed(swlen, &desc->sw_len);
+	writel_relaxed(si->data_dma ? len | CPDMA_DMA_EXT_MAP : len,
+		       &desc->sw_len);
 	desc_read(desc, sw_len);
 
 	__cpdma_chan_submit(chan, desc);