diff --git a/hw/misc/macio/mac_dbdma.c b/hw/misc/macio/mac_dbdma.c
index 779683c..5ee8f02 100644
--- a/hw/misc/macio/mac_dbdma.c
+++ b/hw/misc/macio/mac_dbdma.c
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@
     DBDMA_DPRINTF("DBDMA_register_channel 0x%x\n", nchan);
 
     ch->irq = irq;
-    ch->channel = nchan;
     ch->rw = rw;
     ch->flush = flush;
     ch->io.opaque = opaque;
@@ -753,6 +752,7 @@
     for (i = 0; i < DBDMA_CHANNELS; i++) {
         DBDMA_io *io = &s->channels[i].io;
         qemu_iovec_init(&io->iov, 1);
+        s->channels[i].channel = i;
     }
 
     memory_region_init_io(&s->mem, NULL, &dbdma_ops, s, "dbdma", 0x1000);