diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/pci-epf.c b/drivers/nvme/target/pci-epf.c
index 4e9db96ebfec..2afe8f4d0e46 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/pci-epf.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/pci-epf.c
@@ -420,10 +420,9 @@ static int nvmet_pci_epf_dma_transfer(struct nvmet_pci_epf *nvme_epf,
 	if (dma_sync_wait(chan, cookie) != DMA_COMPLETE) {
 		dev_err(dev, "DMA transfer failed\n");
 		ret = -EIO;
+		dmaengine_terminate_sync(chan);
 	}
 
-	dmaengine_terminate_sync(chan);
-
 unmap:
 	dma_unmap_single(dma_dev, dma_addr, seg->length, dir);