diff --git a/hw/dma/sifive_pdma.c b/hw/dma/sifive_pdma.c
index a8ce3e6699..d7d2c53e97 100644
--- a/hw/dma/sifive_pdma.c
+++ b/hw/dma/sifive_pdma.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void sifive_pdma_run(SiFivePDMAState *s, int ch)
     uint64_t dst = s->chan[ch].next_dst;
     uint64_t src = s->chan[ch].next_src;
     uint32_t config = s->chan[ch].next_config;
-    int wsize, rsize, size;
+    int wsize, rsize, size, remainder;
     uint8_t buf[64];
     int n;
 
@@ -106,11 +106,7 @@ static void sifive_pdma_run(SiFivePDMAState *s, int ch)
         size = 6;
     }
     size = 1 << size;
-
-    /* the bytes to transfer should be multiple of transaction size */
-    if (bytes % size) {
-        goto error;
-    }
+    remainder = bytes % size;
 
     /* indicate a DMA transfer is started */
     s->chan[ch].state = DMA_CHAN_STATE_STARTED;
@@ -131,6 +127,14 @@ static void sifive_pdma_run(SiFivePDMAState *s, int ch)
         s->chan[ch].exec_bytes -= size;
     }
 
+    if (remainder) {
+        cpu_physical_memory_read(s->chan[ch].exec_src, buf, remainder);
+        cpu_physical_memory_write(s->chan[ch].exec_dst, buf, remainder);
+        s->chan[ch].exec_src += remainder;
+        s->chan[ch].exec_dst += remainder;
+        s->chan[ch].exec_bytes -= remainder;
+    }
+
     /* indicate a DMA transfer is done */
     s->chan[ch].state = DMA_CHAN_STATE_DONE;
     s->chan[ch].control &= ~CONTROL_RUN;