diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c
index fa597e27be17c..e60aff9903951 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c
@@ -563,11 +563,11 @@ static int sprd_spi_dma_request(struct sprd_spi *ss)
 
 	ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]  = dma_request_chan(ss->dev, "tx_chn");
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX])) {
+		dma_release_channel(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]);
 		if (PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 			return PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]);
 
 		dev_err(ss->dev, "request TX DMA channel failed!\n");
-		dma_release_channel(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]);
 		return PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]);
 	}