diff --git a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
index a59c3c47286c..849eab85514b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,9 @@ static int pl08x_prep_channel_resources(struct pl08x_dma_chan *plchan,
 
 	num_llis = pl08x_fill_llis_for_desc(pl08x, txd);
 	if (!num_llis) {
-		kfree(txd);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&plchan->lock, flags);
+		pl08x_free_txd(pl08x, txd);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&plchan->lock, flags);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}