diff --git a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
index aa384e53b7aca152c71c82a79a817313b276a79b..671e759623700cd461dedd09ce45097eb16e9116 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,9 @@ coh901318_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie,
 	enum dma_status ret;
 
 	ret = dma_cookie_status(chan, cookie, txstate);
-	/* FIXME: should be conditional on ret != DMA_SUCCESS? */
+	if (ret == DMA_SUCCESS)
+		return ret;
+
 	dma_set_residue(txstate, coh901318_get_bytes_left(chan));
 
 	if (ret == DMA_IN_PROGRESS && cohc->stopped)