diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index af3ee288bc11793c6b155865336f7aff288be585..d9f7c097cfd6e355f25e1c7c9903a406142dc320 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -695,13 +695,12 @@ static struct dma_chan *find_candidate(struct dma_device *device,
  */
 struct dma_chan *dma_get_slave_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
-	int err = -EBUSY;
-
 	/* lock against __dma_request_channel */
 	mutex_lock(&dma_list_mutex);
 
 	if (chan->client_count == 0) {
 		struct dma_device *device = chan->device;
+		int err;
 
 		dma_cap_set(DMA_PRIVATE, device->cap_mask);
 		device->privatecnt++;