diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
index b15c32ca0efad0672406dcdb6b8ad8208130f5d5..265d43c8b35934279f87a03392459749f63dbbfb 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
@@ -195,18 +195,21 @@ static void dwc_dostart(struct dw_dma_chan *dwc, struct dw_desc *first)
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 static void
-dwc_descriptor_complete(struct dw_dma_chan *dwc, struct dw_desc *desc)
+dwc_descriptor_complete(struct dw_dma_chan *dwc, struct dw_desc *desc,
+		bool callback_required)
 {
-	dma_async_tx_callback		callback;
-	void				*param;
+	dma_async_tx_callback		callback = NULL;
+	void				*param = NULL;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor	*txd = &desc->txd;
 	struct dw_desc			*child;
 
 	dev_vdbg(chan2dev(&dwc->chan), "descriptor %u complete\n", txd->cookie);
 
 	dwc->completed = txd->cookie;
-	callback = txd->callback;
-	param = txd->callback_param;
+	if (callback_required) {
+		callback = txd->callback;
+		param = txd->callback_param;
+	}
 
 	dwc_sync_desc_for_cpu(dwc, desc);
 
@@ -238,11 +241,7 @@ dwc_descriptor_complete(struct dw_dma_chan *dwc, struct dw_desc *desc)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * The API requires that no submissions are done from a
-	 * callback, so we don't need to drop the lock here
-	 */
-	if (callback)
+	if (callback_required && callback)
 		callback(param);
 }
 
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ static void dwc_complete_all(struct dw_dma *dw, struct dw_dma_chan *dwc)
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, _desc, &list, desc_node)
-		dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, desc);
+		dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, desc, true);
 }
 
 static void dwc_scan_descriptors(struct dw_dma *dw, struct dw_dma_chan *dwc)
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ static void dwc_scan_descriptors(struct dw_dma *dw, struct dw_dma_chan *dwc)
 		 * No descriptors so far seem to be in progress, i.e.
 		 * this one must be done.
 		 */
-		dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, desc);
+		dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, desc, true);
 	}
 
 	dev_err(chan2dev(&dwc->chan),
@@ -384,7 +383,7 @@ static void dwc_handle_error(struct dw_dma *dw, struct dw_dma_chan *dwc)
 		dwc_dump_lli(dwc, &child->lli);
 
 	/* Pretend the descriptor completed successfully */
-	dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, bad_desc);
+	dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, bad_desc, true);
 }
 
 /* --------------------- Cyclic DMA API extensions -------------------- */
@@ -831,7 +830,7 @@ static int dwc_control(struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_ctrl_cmd cmd,
 
 	/* Flush all pending and queued descriptors */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, _desc, &list, desc_node)
-		dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, desc);
+		dwc_descriptor_complete(dwc, desc, false);
 
 	return 0;
 }