diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
index 93471a6199cebe3641603039cc48cf8bbab913a0..41189b6d4301b018eef66dbd8afbf2222228d411 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
@@ -1482,6 +1482,7 @@ static int xilinx_dma_reset(struct xilinx_dma_chan *chan)
 
 	chan->err = false;
 	chan->idle = true;
+	chan->desc_pendingcount = 0;
 	chan->desc_submitcount = 0;
 
 	return err;