diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index 80261a905eb5..0e70843567ce 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static irqreturn_t sdma_int_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 /*
  * sets the pc of SDMA script according to the peripheral type
  */
-static void sdma_get_pc(struct sdma_channel *sdmac,
+static int sdma_get_pc(struct sdma_channel *sdmac,
 		enum sdma_peripheral_type peripheral_type)
 {
 	struct sdma_engine *sdma = sdmac->sdma;
@@ -1039,13 +1039,17 @@ static void sdma_get_pc(struct sdma_channel *sdmac,
 		emi_2_per = sdma->script_addrs->ext_mem_2_ipu_addr;
 		break;
 	default:
-		break;
+		dev_err(sdma->dev, "Unsupported transfer type %d\n",
+			peripheral_type);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	sdmac->pc_from_device = per_2_emi;
 	sdmac->pc_to_device = emi_2_per;
 	sdmac->device_to_device = per_2_per;
 	sdmac->pc_to_pc = emi_2_emi;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sdma_load_context(struct sdma_channel *sdmac)
@@ -1213,6 +1217,7 @@ static void sdma_set_watermarklevel_for_p2p(struct sdma_channel *sdmac)
 static int sdma_config_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
 	struct sdma_channel *sdmac = to_sdma_chan(chan);
+	int ret;
 
 	sdma_disable_channel(chan);
 
@@ -1233,7 +1238,9 @@ static int sdma_config_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	sdma_get_pc(sdmac, sdmac->peripheral_type);
+	ret = sdma_get_pc(sdmac, sdmac->peripheral_type);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if ((sdmac->peripheral_type != IMX_DMATYPE_MEMORY) &&
 			(sdmac->peripheral_type != IMX_DMATYPE_DSP)) {
@@ -1349,7 +1356,9 @@ static int sdma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 		mem_data.dma_request2 = 0;
 		data = &mem_data;
 
-		sdma_get_pc(sdmac, IMX_DMATYPE_MEMORY);
+		ret = sdma_get_pc(sdmac, IMX_DMATYPE_MEMORY);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 
 	switch (data->priority) {