diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/intel-nand-controller.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/intel-nand-controller.c
index fdb112e8a90d..4c08e9f9fbbe 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/intel-nand-controller.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/intel-nand-controller.c
@@ -318,8 +318,10 @@ static int ebu_dma_start(struct ebu_nand_controller *ebu_host, u32 dir,
 	}
 
 	tx = dmaengine_prep_slave_single(chan, buf_dma, len, dir, flags);
-	if (!tx)
-		return -ENXIO;
+	if (!tx) {
+		ret = -ENXIO;
+		goto err_unmap;
+	}
 
 	tx->callback = callback;
 	tx->callback_param = ebu_host;