diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index 67736c801f3c..d1220899735e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@ struct sdma_channel {
 	unsigned long			watermark_level;
 	u32				shp_addr, per_addr;
 	enum dma_status			status;
-	bool				context_loaded;
 	struct imx_dma_data		data;
 	struct work_struct		terminate_worker;
 };
@@ -988,9 +987,6 @@ static int sdma_load_context(struct sdma_channel *sdmac)
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (sdmac->context_loaded)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (sdmac->direction == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM)
 		load_address = sdmac->pc_from_device;
 	else if (sdmac->direction == DMA_DEV_TO_DEV)
@@ -1033,8 +1029,6 @@ static int sdma_load_context(struct sdma_channel *sdmac)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdma->channel_0_lock, flags);
 
-	sdmac->context_loaded = true;
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1074,7 +1068,6 @@ static void sdma_channel_terminate_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	sdmac->desc = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdmac->vc.lock, flags);
 	vchan_dma_desc_free_list(&sdmac->vc, &head);
-	sdmac->context_loaded = false;
 }
 
 static int sdma_disable_channel_async(struct dma_chan *chan)
@@ -1335,7 +1328,6 @@ static void sdma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 
 	sdmac->event_id0 = 0;
 	sdmac->event_id1 = 0;
-	sdmac->context_loaded = false;
 
 	sdma_set_channel_priority(sdmac, 0);