diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_vdma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_vdma.c
index 0ee0321868d36b3054acac0a02356e09cc0749a1..ef67f278e076da61c3e08428a70bffd0d8f9341c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_vdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_vdma.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ static struct dma_chan *of_dma_xilinx_xlate(struct of_phandle_args *dma_spec,
 	struct xilinx_vdma_device *xdev = ofdma->of_dma_data;
 	int chan_id = dma_spec->args[0];
 
-	if (chan_id >= XILINX_VDMA_MAX_CHANS_PER_DEVICE)
+	if (chan_id >= XILINX_VDMA_MAX_CHANS_PER_DEVICE || !xdev->chan[chan_id])
 		return NULL;
 
 	return dma_get_slave_channel(&xdev->chan[chan_id]->common);