diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c
index cf53b0e97be2..01c06bb59e78 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
  * under stress testings it has been found that the machine can
  * freeze completely if DMA registers are programmed while streaming
  * is active.
- * This driver tries to access hardware registers as infrequently
- * as possible by:
- *   i.  allocating fixed DMA buffers and memcpy'ing into
- *       vmalloc'ed buffers
- *   ii. using a timer to mitigate the rate of DMA reset operations,
- *       on DMA channels error.
+ *
+ * Therefore, driver implements a dma_mode called 'memcpy' which
+ * avoids cycling the DMA buffers, and insteads allocates extra DMA buffers
+ * and then copies into vmalloc'ed user buffers.
+ *
+ * In addition to this, when streaming is on, the driver tries to access
+ * hardware registers as infrequently as possible. This is done by using
+ * a timer to limit the rate at which DMA is reset on DMA channels error.
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -55,6 +57,34 @@ static u32 dma_interval = 0x00098968;
 module_param(dma_interval, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dma_interval, "Minimum time span for DMA interrupting host");
 
+static unsigned int dma_mode = TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY;
+static const char *dma_mode_name(unsigned int mode)
+{
+	switch (mode) {
+	case TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY:
+		return "memcpy";
+	default:
+		return "unknown";
+	}
+}
+
+static int tw686x_dma_mode_get(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	return sprintf(buffer, dma_mode_name(dma_mode));
+}
+
+static int tw686x_dma_mode_set(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	if (!strcasecmp(val, dma_mode_name(TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY)))
+		dma_mode = TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+module_param_call(dma_mode, tw686x_dma_mode_set, tw686x_dma_mode_get,
+		  &dma_mode, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(dma_mode, "DMA operation mode");
+
 void tw686x_disable_channel(struct tw686x_dev *dev, unsigned int channel)
 {
 	u32 dma_en = reg_read(dev, DMA_CHANNEL_ENABLE);
@@ -212,6 +242,7 @@ static int tw686x_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	dev->type = pci_id->driver_data;
+	dev->dma_mode = dma_mode;
 	sprintf(dev->name, "tw%04X", pci_dev->device);
 
 	dev->video_channels = kcalloc(max_channels(dev),
@@ -228,9 +259,10 @@ static int tw686x_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 		goto free_video;
 	}
 
-	pr_info("%s: PCI %s, IRQ %d, MMIO 0x%lx\n", dev->name,
+	pr_info("%s: PCI %s, IRQ %d, MMIO 0x%lx (%s mode)\n", dev->name,
 		pci_name(pci_dev), pci_dev->irq,
-		(unsigned long)pci_resource_start(pci_dev, 0));
+		(unsigned long)pci_resource_start(pci_dev, 0),
+		dma_mode_name(dma_mode));
 
 	dev->pci_dev = pci_dev;
 	if (pci_enable_device(pci_dev)) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-regs.h b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-regs.h
index fcef586a4c8c..37c39bcd7572 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-regs.h
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-regs.h
@@ -119,4 +119,9 @@
 #define TW686X_STD_PAL_CN	5
 #define TW686X_STD_PAL_60	6
 
+#define TW686X_FIELD_MODE	0x3
+#define TW686X_FRAME_MODE	0x2
+/* 0x1 is reserved */
+#define TW686X_SG_MODE		0x0
+
 #define TW686X_FIFO_ERROR(x)	(x & ~(0xff))
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-video.c b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-video.c
index 253e10823ba3..c0d2a9bd5414 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-video.c
@@ -43,6 +43,111 @@ static const struct tw686x_format formats[] = {
 	}
 };
 
+static void tw686x_buf_done(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc,
+			    unsigned int pb)
+{
+	struct tw686x_dma_desc *desc = &vc->dma_descs[pb];
+	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
+	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vb;
+	struct vb2_buffer *vb2_buf;
+
+	if (vc->curr_bufs[pb]) {
+		vb = &vc->curr_bufs[pb]->vb;
+
+		vb->field = dev->dma_ops->field;
+		vb->sequence = vc->sequence++;
+		vb2_buf = &vb->vb2_buf;
+
+		if (dev->dma_mode == TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY)
+			memcpy(vb2_plane_vaddr(vb2_buf, 0), desc->virt,
+			       desc->size);
+		vb2_buf->timestamp = ktime_get_ns();
+		vb2_buffer_done(vb2_buf, VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE);
+	}
+
+	vc->pb = !pb;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We can call this even when alloc_dma failed for the given channel
+ */
+static void tw686x_memcpy_dma_free(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc,
+				   unsigned int pb)
+{
+	struct tw686x_dma_desc *desc = &vc->dma_descs[pb];
+	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
+	struct pci_dev *pci_dev;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/* Check device presence. Shouldn't really happen! */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
+	pci_dev = dev->pci_dev;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
+	if (!pci_dev) {
+		WARN(1, "trying to deallocate on missing device\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (desc->virt) {
+		pci_free_consistent(dev->pci_dev, desc->size,
+				    desc->virt, desc->phys);
+		desc->virt = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static int tw686x_memcpy_dma_alloc(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc,
+				   unsigned int pb)
+{
+	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
+	u32 reg = pb ? VDMA_B_ADDR[vc->ch] : VDMA_P_ADDR[vc->ch];
+	unsigned int len;
+	void *virt;
+
+	WARN(vc->dma_descs[pb].virt,
+	     "Allocating buffer but previous still here\n");
+
+	len = (vc->width * vc->height * vc->format->depth) >> 3;
+	virt = pci_alloc_consistent(dev->pci_dev, len,
+				    &vc->dma_descs[pb].phys);
+	if (!virt) {
+		v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev,
+			 "dma%d: unable to allocate %s-buffer\n",
+			 vc->ch, pb ? "B" : "P");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	vc->dma_descs[pb].size = len;
+	vc->dma_descs[pb].virt = virt;
+	reg_write(dev, reg, vc->dma_descs[pb].phys);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void tw686x_memcpy_buf_refill(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc,
+				     unsigned int pb)
+{
+	struct tw686x_v4l2_buf *buf;
+
+	while (!list_empty(&vc->vidq_queued)) {
+
+		buf = list_first_entry(&vc->vidq_queued,
+			struct tw686x_v4l2_buf, list);
+		list_del(&buf->list);
+
+		vc->curr_bufs[pb] = buf;
+		return;
+	}
+	vc->curr_bufs[pb] = NULL;
+}
+
+const struct tw686x_dma_ops memcpy_dma_ops = {
+	.alloc		= tw686x_memcpy_dma_alloc,
+	.free		= tw686x_memcpy_dma_free,
+	.buf_refill	= tw686x_memcpy_buf_refill,
+	.mem_ops	= &vb2_vmalloc_memops,
+	.hw_dma_mode	= TW686X_FRAME_MODE,
+	.field		= V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED,
+};
+
 static unsigned int tw686x_fields_map(v4l2_std_id std, unsigned int fps)
 {
 	static const unsigned int map[15] = {
@@ -123,6 +228,7 @@ static int tw686x_queue_setup(struct vb2_queue *vq,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	alloc_ctxs[0] = vc->dev->alloc_ctx;
 	sizes[0] = szimage;
 	*nplanes = 1;
 	return 0;
@@ -152,75 +258,6 @@ static void tw686x_buf_queue(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vc->qlock, flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * We can call this even when alloc_dma failed for the given channel
- */
-static void tw686x_free_dma(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc, unsigned int pb)
-{
-	struct tw686x_dma_desc *desc = &vc->dma_descs[pb];
-	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
-	struct pci_dev *pci_dev;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	/* Check device presence. Shouldn't really happen! */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
-	pci_dev = dev->pci_dev;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
-	if (!pci_dev) {
-		WARN(1, "trying to deallocate on missing device\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (desc->virt) {
-		pci_free_consistent(dev->pci_dev, desc->size,
-				    desc->virt, desc->phys);
-		desc->virt = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-static int tw686x_alloc_dma(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc, unsigned int pb)
-{
-	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
-	u32 reg = pb ? VDMA_B_ADDR[vc->ch] : VDMA_P_ADDR[vc->ch];
-	unsigned int len;
-	void *virt;
-
-	WARN(vc->dma_descs[pb].virt,
-	     "Allocating buffer but previous still here\n");
-
-	len = (vc->width * vc->height * vc->format->depth) >> 3;
-	virt = pci_alloc_consistent(dev->pci_dev, len,
-				    &vc->dma_descs[pb].phys);
-	if (!virt) {
-		v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev,
-			 "dma%d: unable to allocate %s-buffer\n",
-			 vc->ch, pb ? "B" : "P");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	vc->dma_descs[pb].size = len;
-	vc->dma_descs[pb].virt = virt;
-	reg_write(dev, reg, vc->dma_descs[pb].phys);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void tw686x_buffer_refill(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc,
-				 unsigned int pb)
-{
-	struct tw686x_v4l2_buf *buf;
-
-	while (!list_empty(&vc->vidq_queued)) {
-
-		buf = list_first_entry(&vc->vidq_queued,
-			struct tw686x_v4l2_buf, list);
-		list_del(&buf->list);
-
-		vc->curr_bufs[pb] = buf;
-		return;
-	}
-	vc->curr_bufs[pb] = NULL;
-}
-
 static void tw686x_clear_queue(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc,
 			       enum vb2_buffer_state state)
 {
@@ -262,7 +299,8 @@ static int tw686x_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vc->qlock, flags);
 
 	/* Sanity check */
-	if (!vc->dma_descs[0].virt || !vc->dma_descs[1].virt) {
+	if (dev->dma_mode == TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY &&
+	    (!vc->dma_descs[0].virt || !vc->dma_descs[1].virt)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vc->qlock, flags);
 		v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev,
 			 "video%d: refusing to start without DMA buffers\n",
@@ -272,7 +310,7 @@ static int tw686x_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 	}
 
 	for (pb = 0; pb < 2; pb++)
-		tw686x_buffer_refill(vc, pb);
+		dev->dma_ops->buf_refill(vc, pb);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vc->qlock, flags);
 
 	vc->sequence = 0;
@@ -375,10 +413,11 @@ static int tw686x_g_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 				struct v4l2_format *f)
 {
 	struct tw686x_video_channel *vc = video_drvdata(file);
+	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
 
 	f->fmt.pix.width = vc->width;
 	f->fmt.pix.height = vc->height;
-	f->fmt.pix.field = V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED;
+	f->fmt.pix.field = dev->dma_ops->field;
 	f->fmt.pix.pixelformat = vc->format->fourcc;
 	f->fmt.pix.colorspace = V4L2_COLORSPACE_SMPTE170M;
 	f->fmt.pix.bytesperline = (f->fmt.pix.width * vc->format->depth) / 8;
@@ -390,6 +429,7 @@ static int tw686x_try_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 				  struct v4l2_format *f)
 {
 	struct tw686x_video_channel *vc = video_drvdata(file);
+	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
 	unsigned int video_height = TW686X_VIDEO_HEIGHT(vc->video_standard);
 	const struct tw686x_format *format;
 
@@ -412,7 +452,7 @@ static int tw686x_try_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	f->fmt.pix.bytesperline = (f->fmt.pix.width * format->depth) / 8;
 	f->fmt.pix.sizeimage = f->fmt.pix.height * f->fmt.pix.bytesperline;
 	f->fmt.pix.colorspace = V4L2_COLORSPACE_SMPTE170M;
-	f->fmt.pix.field = V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED;
+	f->fmt.pix.field = dev->dma_ops->field;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -421,6 +461,7 @@ static int tw686x_s_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 				struct v4l2_format *f)
 {
 	struct tw686x_video_channel *vc = video_drvdata(file);
+	struct tw686x_dev *dev = vc->dev;
 	u32 val, width, line_width, height;
 	unsigned long bitsperframe;
 	int err, pb;
@@ -438,15 +479,16 @@ static int tw686x_s_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	vc->height = f->fmt.pix.height;
 
 	/* We need new DMA buffers if the framesize has changed */
-	if (bitsperframe != vc->width * vc->height * vc->format->depth) {
+	if (dev->dma_ops->alloc &&
+	    bitsperframe != vc->width * vc->height * vc->format->depth) {
 		for (pb = 0; pb < 2; pb++)
-			tw686x_free_dma(vc, pb);
+			dev->dma_ops->free(vc, pb);
 
 		for (pb = 0; pb < 2; pb++) {
-			err = tw686x_alloc_dma(vc, pb);
+			err = dev->dma_ops->alloc(vc, pb);
 			if (err) {
 				if (pb > 0)
-					tw686x_free_dma(vc, 0);
+					dev->dma_ops->free(vc, 0);
 				return err;
 			}
 		}
@@ -713,26 +755,11 @@ static const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops tw686x_video_ioctl_ops = {
 	.vidioc_unsubscribe_event	= v4l2_event_unsubscribe,
 };
 
-static void tw686x_buffer_copy(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc,
-			       unsigned int pb, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vb)
-{
-	struct tw686x_dma_desc *desc = &vc->dma_descs[pb];
-	struct vb2_buffer *vb2_buf = &vb->vb2_buf;
-
-	vb->field = V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED;
-	vb->sequence = vc->sequence++;
-
-	memcpy(vb2_plane_vaddr(vb2_buf, 0), desc->virt, desc->size);
-	vb2_buf->timestamp = ktime_get_ns();
-	vb2_buffer_done(vb2_buf, VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE);
-}
-
 void tw686x_video_irq(struct tw686x_dev *dev, unsigned long requests,
 		      unsigned int pb_status, unsigned int fifo_status,
 		      unsigned int *reset_ch)
 {
 	struct tw686x_video_channel *vc;
-	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vb;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int ch, pb;
 
@@ -781,14 +808,9 @@ void tw686x_video_irq(struct tw686x_dev *dev, unsigned long requests,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* handle video stream */
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&vc->qlock, flags);
-		if (vc->curr_bufs[pb]) {
-			vb = &vc->curr_bufs[pb]->vb;
-			tw686x_buffer_copy(vc, pb, vb);
-		}
-		vc->pb = !pb;
-		tw686x_buffer_refill(vc, pb);
+		tw686x_buf_done(vc, pb);
+		dev->dma_ops->buf_refill(vc, pb);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vc->qlock, flags);
 	}
 }
@@ -803,9 +825,13 @@ void tw686x_video_free(struct tw686x_dev *dev)
 		if (vc->device)
 			video_unregister_device(vc->device);
 
-		for (pb = 0; pb < 2; pb++)
-			tw686x_free_dma(vc, pb);
+		if (dev->dma_ops->free)
+			for (pb = 0; pb < 2; pb++)
+				dev->dma_ops->free(vc, pb);
 	}
+
+	if (dev->dma_ops->cleanup)
+		dev->dma_ops->cleanup(dev);
 }
 
 int tw686x_video_init(struct tw686x_dev *dev)
@@ -813,10 +839,21 @@ int tw686x_video_init(struct tw686x_dev *dev)
 	unsigned int ch, val, pb;
 	int err;
 
+	if (dev->dma_mode == TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY)
+		dev->dma_ops = &memcpy_dma_ops;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	err = v4l2_device_register(&dev->pci_dev->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	if (dev->dma_ops->setup) {
+		err = dev->dma_ops->setup(dev);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	for (ch = 0; ch < max_channels(dev); ch++) {
 		struct tw686x_video_channel *vc = &dev->video_channels[ch];
 		struct video_device *vdev;
@@ -842,10 +879,12 @@ int tw686x_video_init(struct tw686x_dev *dev)
 		reg_write(dev, HACTIVE_LO[ch], 0xd0);
 		reg_write(dev, VIDEO_SIZE[ch], 0);
 
-		for (pb = 0; pb < 2; pb++) {
-			err = tw686x_alloc_dma(vc, pb);
-			if (err)
-				goto error;
+		if (dev->dma_ops->alloc) {
+			for (pb = 0; pb < 2; pb++) {
+				err = dev->dma_ops->alloc(vc, pb);
+				if (err)
+					goto error;
+			}
 		}
 
 		vc->vidq.io_modes = VB2_READ | VB2_MMAP | VB2_DMABUF;
@@ -853,7 +892,7 @@ int tw686x_video_init(struct tw686x_dev *dev)
 		vc->vidq.drv_priv = vc;
 		vc->vidq.buf_struct_size = sizeof(struct tw686x_v4l2_buf);
 		vc->vidq.ops = &tw686x_video_qops;
-		vc->vidq.mem_ops = &vb2_vmalloc_memops;
+		vc->vidq.mem_ops = dev->dma_ops->mem_ops;
 		vc->vidq.timestamp_flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 		vc->vidq.min_buffers_needed = 2;
 		vc->vidq.lock = &vc->vb_mutex;
@@ -915,10 +954,9 @@ int tw686x_video_init(struct tw686x_dev *dev)
 		vc->num = vdev->num;
 	}
 
-	/* Set DMA frame mode on all channels. Only supported mode for now. */
 	val = TW686X_DEF_PHASE_REF;
 	for (ch = 0; ch < max_channels(dev); ch++)
-		val |= TW686X_FRAME_MODE << (16 + ch * 2);
+		val |= dev->dma_ops->hw_dma_mode << (16 + ch * 2);
 	reg_write(dev, PHASE_REF, val);
 
 	reg_write(dev, MISC2[0], 0xe7);
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x.h b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x.h
index 44b5755acf02..977ff6e3c1e2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x.h
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x.h
@@ -27,16 +27,13 @@
 #define TYPE_SECOND_GEN		0x10
 #define TW686X_DEF_PHASE_REF	0x1518
 
-#define TW686X_FIELD_MODE	0x3
-#define TW686X_FRAME_MODE	0x2
-/* 0x1 is reserved */
-#define TW686X_SG_MODE		0x0
-
 #define TW686X_AUDIO_PAGE_SZ		4096
 #define TW686X_AUDIO_PAGE_MAX		16
 #define TW686X_AUDIO_PERIODS_MIN	2
 #define TW686X_AUDIO_PERIODS_MAX	TW686X_AUDIO_PAGE_MAX
 
+#define TW686X_DMA_MODE_MEMCPY		0
+
 struct tw686x_format {
 	char *name;
 	unsigned int fourcc;
@@ -99,6 +96,17 @@ struct tw686x_video_channel {
 	bool no_signal;
 };
 
+struct tw686x_dma_ops {
+	int (*setup)(struct tw686x_dev *dev);
+	void (*cleanup)(struct tw686x_dev *dev);
+	int (*alloc)(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc, unsigned int pb);
+	void (*free)(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc, unsigned int pb);
+	void (*buf_refill)(struct tw686x_video_channel *vc, unsigned int pb);
+	const struct vb2_mem_ops *mem_ops;
+	enum v4l2_field field;
+	u32 hw_dma_mode;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct tw686x_dev - global device status
  * @lock: spinlock controlling access to the
@@ -112,11 +120,13 @@ struct tw686x_dev {
 
 	char name[32];
 	unsigned int type;
+	unsigned int dma_mode;
 	struct pci_dev *pci_dev;
 	__u32 __iomem *mmio;
 
 	void *alloc_ctx;
 
+	const struct tw686x_dma_ops *dma_ops;
 	struct tw686x_video_channel *video_channels;
 	struct tw686x_audio_channel *audio_channels;