diff --git a/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
index 45c2c8e4bc45..127c3cf80a0e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ axi_dmac_prep_peripheral_dma_vec(struct dma_chan *c, const struct dma_vec *vecs,
 	for (i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
 		if (!axi_dmac_check_addr(chan, vecs[i].addr) ||
 		    !axi_dmac_check_len(chan, vecs[i].len)) {
-			kfree(desc);
+			axi_dmac_free_desc(desc);
 			return NULL;
 		}