diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
index 9a558e30c461..8219ab88a507 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
@@ -636,7 +636,10 @@ static void handle_cont_sngl_cycle_dma_done(struct tegra_dma_channel *tdc,
 
 	sgreq = list_first_entry(&tdc->pending_sg_req, typeof(*sgreq), node);
 	dma_desc = sgreq->dma_desc;
-	dma_desc->bytes_transferred += sgreq->req_len;
+	/* if we dma for long enough the transfer count will wrap */
+	dma_desc->bytes_transferred =
+		(dma_desc->bytes_transferred + sgreq->req_len) %
+		dma_desc->bytes_requested;
 
 	/* Callback need to be call */
 	if (!dma_desc->cb_count)