1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
index 9b60b1f3261c..44341dc5b148 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
@@ -287,6 +287,12 @@ struct tsi721_tx_desc *tsi721_desc_get(struct tsi721_bdma_chan *bdma_chan)
                         "desc %p not ACKed\n", tx_desc);
         }
 
+        if (ret == NULL) {
+                dev_dbg(bdma_chan->dchan.device->dev,
+                        "%s: unable to obtain tx descriptor\n", __func__);
+                goto err_out;
+        }
+
         i = bdma_chan->wr_count_next % bdma_chan->bd_num;
         if (i == bdma_chan->bd_num - 1) {
                 i = 0;
@@ -297,7 +303,7 @@ struct tsi721_tx_desc *tsi721_desc_get(struct tsi721_bdma_chan *bdma_chan)
         tx_desc->txd.phys = bdma_chan->bd_phys +
                                 i * sizeof(struct tsi721_dma_desc);
         tx_desc->hw_desc = &((struct tsi721_dma_desc *)bdma_chan->bd_base)[i];
-
+err_out:
         spin_unlock_bh(&bdma_chan->lock);
 
         return ret;