diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c
index 6d89fb6a6a92..8fbf175fdcc7 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ struct bam_device {
 	struct device_dma_parameters dma_parms;
 	struct bam_chan *channels;
 	u32 num_channels;
+	u32 num_ees;
 
 	/* execution environment ID, from DT */
 	u32 ee;
@@ -1080,15 +1081,19 @@ static int bam_init(struct bam_device *bdev)
 	u32 val;
 
 	/* read revision and configuration information */
-	val = readl_relaxed(bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_REVISION)) >> NUM_EES_SHIFT;
-	val &= NUM_EES_MASK;
+	if (!bdev->num_ees) {
+		val = readl_relaxed(bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_REVISION));
+		bdev->num_ees = (val >> NUM_EES_SHIFT) & NUM_EES_MASK;
+	}
 
 	/* check that configured EE is within range */
-	if (bdev->ee >= val)
+	if (bdev->ee >= bdev->num_ees)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	val = readl_relaxed(bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_NUM_PIPES));
-	bdev->num_channels = val & BAM_NUM_PIPES_MASK;
+	if (!bdev->num_channels) {
+		val = readl_relaxed(bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_NUM_PIPES));
+		bdev->num_channels = val & BAM_NUM_PIPES_MASK;
+	}
 
 	if (bdev->controlled_remotely)
 		return 0;
@@ -1183,6 +1188,18 @@ static int bam_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	bdev->controlled_remotely = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
 						"qcom,controlled-remotely");
 
+	if (bdev->controlled_remotely) {
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "num-channels",
+					   &bdev->num_channels);
+		if (ret)
+			dev_err(bdev->dev, "num-channels unspecified in dt\n");
+
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "qcom,num-ees",
+					   &bdev->num_ees);
+		if (ret)
+			dev_err(bdev->dev, "num-ees unspecified in dt\n");
+	}
+
 	bdev->bamclk = devm_clk_get(bdev->dev, "bam_clk");
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev->bamclk))
 		return PTR_ERR(bdev->bamclk);