diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/devices-db8500.c b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/devices-db8500.c
index 1cf94ce0feec..159855fae55b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/devices-db8500.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/devices-db8500.c
@@ -146,22 +146,10 @@ static const dma_addr_t dma40_rx_map[DB8500_DMA_NR_DEV] = {
 	[DB8500_DMA_DEV48_CAC1_RX] = U8500_CRYP1_BASE + CRYP1_RX_REG_OFFSET,
 };
 
-/* Reserved event lines for memcpy only */
-static int dma40_memcpy_event[] = {
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_TX_0,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_TX_1,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_TX_2,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_TX_3,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_TX_4,
-	DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_TX_5,
-};
-
 static struct stedma40_platform_data dma40_plat_data = {
 	.dev_len = DB8500_DMA_NR_DEV,
 	.dev_rx = dma40_rx_map,
 	.dev_tx = dma40_tx_map,
-	.memcpy = dma40_memcpy_event,
-	.memcpy_len = ARRAY_SIZE(dma40_memcpy_event),
 	.memcpy_conf_phy = &dma40_memcpy_conf_phy,
 	.memcpy_conf_log = &dma40_memcpy_conf_log,
 	.disabled_channels = {-1},
diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 1734feec47b1..12de79e84b15 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 
 #define MAX(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (b) : (a))
 
+/* Reserved event lines for memcpy only. */
+static int dma40_memcpy_channels[] = { 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 };
+
 /**
  * enum 40_command - The different commands and/or statuses.
  *
@@ -2014,8 +2017,7 @@ static int d40_config_memcpy(struct d40_chan *d40c)
 	if (dma_has_cap(DMA_MEMCPY, cap) && !dma_has_cap(DMA_SLAVE, cap)) {
 		d40c->dma_cfg = *d40c->base->plat_data->memcpy_conf_log;
 		d40c->dma_cfg.src_dev_type = STEDMA40_DEV_SRC_MEMORY;
-		d40c->dma_cfg.dst_dev_type = d40c->base->plat_data->
-			memcpy[d40c->chan.chan_id];
+		d40c->dma_cfg.dst_dev_type = dma40_memcpy_channels[d40c->chan.chan_id];
 
 	} else if (dma_has_cap(DMA_MEMCPY, cap) &&
 		   dma_has_cap(DMA_SLAVE, cap)) {
@@ -2927,7 +2929,7 @@ static int __init d40_dmaengine_init(struct d40_base *base,
 	}
 
 	d40_chan_init(base, &base->dma_memcpy, base->log_chans,
-		      base->num_log_chans, base->plat_data->memcpy_len);
+		      base->num_log_chans, ARRAY_SIZE(dma40_memcpy_channels));
 
 	dma_cap_zero(base->dma_memcpy.cap_mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_MEMCPY, base->dma_memcpy.cap_mask);
@@ -3215,7 +3217,7 @@ static struct d40_base * __init d40_hw_detect_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			num_log_chans++;
 
 	base = kzalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(struct d40_base), 4) +
-		       (num_phy_chans + num_log_chans + plat_data->memcpy_len) *
+		       (num_phy_chans + num_log_chans + ARRAY_SIZE(dma40_memcpy_channels)) *
 		       sizeof(struct d40_chan), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (base == NULL) {
@@ -3276,7 +3278,7 @@ static struct d40_base * __init d40_hw_detect_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!base->lookup_phy_chans)
 		goto failure;
 
-	if (num_log_chans + plat_data->memcpy_len) {
+	if (num_log_chans + ARRAY_SIZE(dma40_memcpy_channels)) {
 		/*
 		 * The max number of logical channels are event lines for all
 		 * src devices and dst devices
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-ste-dma40.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-ste-dma40.h
index 4b781014b0a0..a8087843a99b 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-ste-dma40.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-ste-dma40.h
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ struct stedma40_chan_cfg {
  * @dev_len: length of dev_tx and dev_rx
  * @dev_tx: mapping between destination event line and io address
  * @dev_rx: mapping between source event line and io address
- * @memcpy: list of memcpy event lines
- * @memcpy_len: length of memcpy
  * @memcpy_conf_phy: default configuration of physical channel memcpy
  * @memcpy_conf_log: default configuration of logical channel memcpy
  * @disabled_channels: A vector, ending with -1, that marks physical channels
@@ -162,8 +160,6 @@ struct stedma40_platform_data {
 	u32				 dev_len;
 	const dma_addr_t		*dev_tx;
 	const dma_addr_t		*dev_rx;
-	int				*memcpy;
-	u32				 memcpy_len;
 	struct stedma40_chan_cfg	*memcpy_conf_phy;
 	struct stedma40_chan_cfg	*memcpy_conf_log;
 	int				 disabled_channels[STEDMA40_MAX_PHYS];