diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
index 01e316f73559ceb2c45dc487f1972b9c0f0a680e..7f4af8c5b9d66e3dd647ee0a418d811dceeb19a4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static enum dma_status tegra_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *dc,
 	unsigned int residual;
 
 	ret = dma_cookie_status(dc, cookie, txstate);
-	if (ret == DMA_COMPLETE)
+	if (ret == DMA_COMPLETE || !txstate)
 		return ret;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tdc->lock, flags);