diff --git a/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c b/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
index a35858610780cff93657b1f96a125fca7cb83c3d..14ae288308710a9e4197e4f5d553348f12a287ef 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
@@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@ static int bcdma_get_bchan(struct udma_chan *uc)
 {
 	struct udma_dev *ud = uc->ud;
 	enum udma_tp_level tpl;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (uc->bchan) {
 		dev_dbg(ud->dev, "chan%d: already have bchan%d allocated\n",
@@ -1365,8 +1366,11 @@ static int bcdma_get_bchan(struct udma_chan *uc)
 		tpl = ud->bchan_tpl.levels - 1;
 
 	uc->bchan = __udma_reserve_bchan(ud, tpl, -1);
-	if (IS_ERR(uc->bchan))
-		return PTR_ERR(uc->bchan);
+	if (IS_ERR(uc->bchan)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(uc->bchan);
+		uc->bchan = NULL;
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	uc->tchan = uc->bchan;