diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index c923f4e60f24..3576c6e89fea 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -954,7 +954,8 @@ static inline int dmaengine_slave_config(struct dma_chan *chan,
 
 static inline bool is_slave_direction(enum dma_transfer_direction direction)
 {
-	return (direction == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV) || (direction == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM);
+	return (direction == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV) || (direction == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM) ||
+	       (direction == DMA_DEV_TO_DEV);
 }
 
 static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_single(