diff --git a/drivers/misc/cros_ec.c b/drivers/misc/cros_ec.c
index 7daf16499aa65440e41544e0f93f0226640ab91a..828e50eb1cc9d11e5eeed710f2b564be1ac54492 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cros_ec.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cros_ec.c
@@ -1152,4 +1152,5 @@ UCLASS_DRIVER(cros_ec) = {
 	.name		= "cros_ec",
 	.per_device_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct cros_ec_dev),
 	.post_bind	= dm_scan_fdt_dev,
+	.flags		= DM_UC_FLAG_ALLOC_PRIV_DMA,
 };