diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index 45bb608a1b7c..87516246c445 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1502,8 +1502,11 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 	/* Force dma off, just in case */
 	dw_dma_off(dw);
 
+	/* Device and instance ID for IRQ and DMA pool */
+	snprintf(dw->name, sizeof(dw->name), "dw:dmac%d", chip->id);
+
 	/* Create a pool of consistent memory blocks for hardware descriptors */
-	dw->desc_pool = dmam_pool_create("dw_dmac_desc_pool", chip->dev,
+	dw->desc_pool = dmam_pool_create(dw->name, chip->dev,
 					 sizeof(struct dw_desc), 4, 0);
 	if (!dw->desc_pool) {
 		dev_err(chip->dev, "No memory for descriptors dma pool\n");
@@ -1514,7 +1517,7 @@ int dw_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 	tasklet_init(&dw->tasklet, dw_dma_tasklet, (unsigned long)dw);
 
 	err = request_irq(chip->irq, dw_dma_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED,
-			  "dw_dmac", dw);
+			  dw->name, dw);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_pdata;
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c b/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c
index 7558a9c38fda..47194372f738 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/pci.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static int dw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pid)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	chip->dev = &pdev->dev;
+	chip->id = pdev->devfn;
 	chip->regs = pcim_iomap_table(pdev)[0];
 	chip->irq = pdev->irq;
 	chip->pdata = pdata;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
index b1655e40cfa2..c639c60b825a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/platform.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static int dw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pdata = dw_dma_parse_dt(pdev);
 
 	chip->dev = dev;
+	chip->id = pdev->id;
 	chip->pdata = pdata;
 
 	chip->clk = devm_clk_get(chip->dev, "hclk");
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
index 4e0128c62704..6087eba2c275 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ static inline struct dw_dma_chan *to_dw_dma_chan(struct dma_chan *chan)
 
 struct dw_dma {
 	struct dma_device	dma;
+	char			name[20];
 	void __iomem		*regs;
 	struct dma_pool		*desc_pool;
 	struct tasklet_struct	tasklet;
diff --git a/include/linux/dma/dw.h b/include/linux/dma/dw.h
index ccfd0c3777df..b63b25814d77 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma/dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma/dw.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct dw_dma;
 /**
  * struct dw_dma_chip - representation of DesignWare DMA controller hardware
  * @dev:		struct device of the DMA controller
+ * @id:			instance ID
  * @irq:		irq line
  * @regs:		memory mapped I/O space
  * @clk:		hclk clock
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ struct dw_dma;
  */
 struct dw_dma_chip {
 	struct device	*dev;
+	int		id;
 	int		irq;
 	void __iomem	*regs;
 	struct clk	*clk;