diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
index 54810ffd95e24fac38bdcbc0c2b99267876746ab..e2a5398f89b51129345fbb076710083ef24f9188 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
@@ -1282,6 +1282,9 @@ static unsigned int rcar_dmac_chan_get_residue(struct rcar_dmac_chan *chan,
 	enum dma_status status;
 	unsigned int residue = 0;
 	unsigned int dptr = 0;
+	unsigned int chcrb;
+	unsigned int tcrb;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (!desc)
 		return 0;
@@ -1329,6 +1332,24 @@ static unsigned int rcar_dmac_chan_get_residue(struct rcar_dmac_chan *chan,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We need to read two registers.
+	 * Make sure the control register does not skip to next chunk
+	 * while reading the counter.
+	 * Trying it 3 times should be enough: Initial read, retry, retry
+	 * for the paranoid.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+		chcrb = rcar_dmac_chan_read(chan, RCAR_DMACHCRB) &
+					    RCAR_DMACHCRB_DPTR_MASK;
+		tcrb = rcar_dmac_chan_read(chan, RCAR_DMATCRB);
+		/* Still the same? */
+		if (chcrb == (rcar_dmac_chan_read(chan, RCAR_DMACHCRB) &
+			      RCAR_DMACHCRB_DPTR_MASK))
+			break;
+	}
+	WARN_ONCE(i >= 3, "residue might be not continuous!");
+
 	/*
 	 * In descriptor mode the descriptor running pointer is not maintained
 	 * by the interrupt handler, find the running descriptor from the
@@ -1336,8 +1357,7 @@ static unsigned int rcar_dmac_chan_get_residue(struct rcar_dmac_chan *chan,
 	 * mode just use the running descriptor pointer.
 	 */
 	if (desc->hwdescs.use) {
-		dptr = (rcar_dmac_chan_read(chan, RCAR_DMACHCRB) &
-			RCAR_DMACHCRB_DPTR_MASK) >> RCAR_DMACHCRB_DPTR_SHIFT;
+		dptr = chcrb >> RCAR_DMACHCRB_DPTR_SHIFT;
 		if (dptr == 0)
 			dptr = desc->nchunks;
 		dptr--;
@@ -1355,7 +1375,7 @@ static unsigned int rcar_dmac_chan_get_residue(struct rcar_dmac_chan *chan,
 	}
 
 	/* Add the residue for the current chunk. */
-	residue += rcar_dmac_chan_read(chan, RCAR_DMATCRB) << desc->xfer_shift;
+	residue += tcrb << desc->xfer_shift;
 
 	return residue;
 }