diff --git a/drivers/dma/altera-msgdma.c b/drivers/dma/altera-msgdma.c
index b46999c81df0..e23e5b441a24 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/altera-msgdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/altera-msgdma.c
@@ -496,6 +496,11 @@ static void msgdma_copy_one(struct msgdma_device *mdev,
 {
 	void __iomem *hw_desc = mdev->desc;
 
+	/* Ensure control is the last field — required for correct FIFO flush ordering */
+	static_assert(offsetof(struct msgdma_extended_desc, control) ==
+		      sizeof(struct msgdma_extended_desc) - sizeof(u32),
+		      "control must be the last field in msgdma_extended_desc");
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if the DESC FIFO it not full. If its full, we need to wait
 	 * for at least one entry to become free again
@@ -504,17 +509,18 @@ static void msgdma_copy_one(struct msgdma_device *mdev,
 	       MSGDMA_CSR_STAT_DESC_BUF_FULL)
 		mdelay(1);
 
+	/* Ensure control is the last field — required for correct FIFO flush ordering */
+	static_assert(offsetof(struct msgdma_extended_desc, control) ==
+			sizeof(struct msgdma_extended_desc) - sizeof(u32),
+			"control must be the last field in msgdma_extended_desc");
+
 	/*
-	 * The descriptor needs to get copied into the descriptor FIFO
-	 * of the DMA controller. The descriptor will get flushed to the
-	 * FIFO, once the last word (control word) is written. Since we
-	 * are not 100% sure that memcpy() writes all word in the "correct"
-	 * order (address from low to high) on all architectures, we make
-	 * sure this control word is written last by single coding it and
-	 * adding some write-barriers here.
+	 * Copy the descriptor into the descriptor FIFO of the DMA controller,
+	 * excluding the control word. The FIFO is flushed and the descriptor
+	 * becomes valid once the control word is written last.
 	 */
-	memcpy((void __force *)hw_desc, &desc->hw_desc,
-	       sizeof(desc->hw_desc) - sizeof(u32));
+	memcpy_toio(hw_desc, &desc->hw_desc,
+		    offsetof(struct msgdma_extended_desc, control));
 
 	/* Write control word last to flush this descriptor into the FIFO */
 	mdev->idle = false;