diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 0ffdfd9a1c9d..d3cc2c512ccf 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -2128,11 +2128,8 @@ static int d40_allocate_channel(struct d40_chan *d40c, bool *first_phy_user)
 		if (d40c->dma_cfg.use_fixed_channel) {
 			i = d40c->dma_cfg.phy_channel;
 
-			if ((i != phy_num) && (i != phy_num + 1)) {
-				dev_err(dmaengine_chan_dev(&d40c->chan),
-					"invalid fixed phy channel %d\n", i);
-				return -EINVAL;
-			}
+			if (i != phy_num && i != phy_num + 1)
+				continue;
 
 			if (d40_alloc_mask_set(&phys[i], is_src, event_line,
 					       is_log, first_phy_user))