diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-msm-geni.c b/drivers/spi/spi-msm-geni.c
index 2d13016dc500..30c6a9a7a5e4 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-msm-geni.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-msm-geni.c
@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ static int spi_geni_prepare_transfer_hardware(struct spi_master *spi)
 				dev_info(mas->dev, "Failed to get rx DMA ch %ld\n",
 							PTR_ERR(mas->rx));
 				dma_release_channel(mas->tx);
+				goto setup_ipc;
 			}
 			mas->gsi = devm_kzalloc(mas->dev,
 				(sizeof(struct spi_geni_gsi) * NUM_SPI_XFER),