diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
index 7e7736bbbfb3..ad27d3e4c5db 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ static void cqspi_request_mmap_dma(struct cqspi_st *cqspi)
 	if (IS_ERR(cqspi->rx_chan)) {
 		dev_err(&cqspi->pdev->dev, "No Rx DMA available\n");
 		cqspi->rx_chan = NULL;
+		return;
 	}
 	init_completion(&cqspi->rx_dma_complete);
 }