diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
index 73961224f441..41d6548d76ff 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
@@ -3655,7 +3655,7 @@ static int ipa_gsi_setup_channel(struct ipa3_ep_context *ep)
 	ep->gsi_mem_info.chan_ring_base_vaddr =
 		gsi_channel_props.ring_base_vaddr;
 
-	gsi_channel_props.use_db_eng = GSI_CHAN_DIRECT_MODE;
+	gsi_channel_props.use_db_eng = GSI_CHAN_DB_MODE;
 	gsi_channel_props.max_prefetch = GSI_ONE_PREFETCH_SEG;
 	if (ep->client == IPA_CLIENT_APPS_CMD_PROD)
 		gsi_channel_props.low_weight = IPA_GSI_MAX_CH_LOW_WEIGHT;