diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
index bda49519b6de..370c661c7d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ at_xdmac_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dest, dma_addr_t src,
 		/* Check remaining length and change data width if needed. */
 		dwidth = at_xdmac_align_width(chan,
 					      src_addr | dst_addr | xfer_size);
+		chan_cc &= ~AT_XDMAC_CC_DWIDTH_MASK;
 		chan_cc |= AT_XDMAC_CC_DWIDTH(dwidth);
 
 		ublen = xfer_size >> dwidth;