diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 9d31d5eb95c1..db403b8ccabd 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -690,6 +690,8 @@ int dma_async_device_register(struct dma_device *device)
 		!device->device_prep_dma_memset);
 	BUG_ON(dma_has_cap(DMA_INTERRUPT, device->cap_mask) &&
 		!device->device_prep_dma_interrupt);
+	BUG_ON(dma_has_cap(DMA_SG, device->cap_mask) &&
+		!device->device_prep_dma_sg);
 	BUG_ON(dma_has_cap(DMA_SLAVE, device->cap_mask) &&
 		!device->device_prep_slave_sg);
 	BUG_ON(dma_has_cap(DMA_SLAVE, device->cap_mask) &&
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index e2106495cc11..2c9ee98f6c77 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum dma_transaction_type {
 	DMA_PQ_VAL,
 	DMA_MEMSET,
 	DMA_INTERRUPT,
+	DMA_SG,
 	DMA_PRIVATE,
 	DMA_ASYNC_TX,
 	DMA_SLAVE,
@@ -473,6 +474,11 @@ struct dma_device {
 		unsigned long flags);
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *(*device_prep_dma_interrupt)(
 		struct dma_chan *chan, unsigned long flags);
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *(*device_prep_dma_sg)(
+		struct dma_chan *chan,
+		struct scatterlist *dst_sg, unsigned int dst_nents,
+		struct scatterlist *src_sg, unsigned int src_nents,
+		unsigned long flags);
 
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *(*device_prep_slave_sg)(
 		struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl,