diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index cd3a7c726bf87bef330f882981afc2fc42be964e..467e4dcb20a012cadfcc10bc616b25dbe11d373a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ struct d40_base;
  * @tasklet: Tasklet that gets scheduled from interrupt context to complete a
  * transfer and call client callback.
  * @client: Cliented owned descriptor list.
+ * @pending_queue: Submitted jobs, to be issued by issue_pending()
  * @active: Active descriptor.
  * @queue: Queued jobs.
+ * @prepare_queue: Prepared jobs.
  * @dma_cfg: The client configuration of this dma channel.
  * @configured: whether the dma_cfg configuration is valid
  * @base: Pointer to the device instance struct.
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ struct d40_chan {
 	struct list_head		 pending_queue;
 	struct list_head		 active;
 	struct list_head		 queue;
+	struct list_head		 prepare_queue;
 	struct stedma40_chan_cfg	 dma_cfg;
 	bool				 configured;
 	struct d40_base			*base;
@@ -477,7 +480,6 @@ static struct d40_desc *d40_desc_get(struct d40_chan *d40c)
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(d, _d, &d40c->client, node)
 			if (async_tx_test_ack(&d->txd)) {
-				d40_pool_lli_free(d40c, d);
 				d40_desc_remove(d);
 				desc = d;
 				memset(desc, 0, sizeof(*desc));
@@ -644,8 +646,11 @@ static struct d40_desc *d40_first_active_get(struct d40_chan *d40c)
 	return d;
 }
 
+/* remove desc from current queue and add it to the pending_queue */
 static void d40_desc_queue(struct d40_chan *d40c, struct d40_desc *desc)
 {
+	d40_desc_remove(desc);
+	desc->is_in_client_list = false;
 	list_add_tail(&desc->node, &d40c->pending_queue);
 }
 
@@ -803,6 +808,7 @@ static int d40_channel_execute_command(struct d40_chan *d40c,
 static void d40_term_all(struct d40_chan *d40c)
 {
 	struct d40_desc *d40d;
+	struct d40_desc *_d;
 
 	/* Release active descriptors */
 	while ((d40d = d40_first_active_get(d40c))) {
@@ -822,6 +828,21 @@ static void d40_term_all(struct d40_chan *d40c)
 		d40_desc_free(d40c, d40d);
 	}
 
+	/* Release client owned descriptors */
+	if (!list_empty(&d40c->client))
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(d40d, _d, &d40c->client, node) {
+			d40_desc_remove(d40d);
+			d40_desc_free(d40c, d40d);
+		}
+
+	/* Release descriptors in prepare queue */
+	if (!list_empty(&d40c->prepare_queue))
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(d40d, _d,
+					 &d40c->prepare_queue, node) {
+			d40_desc_remove(d40d);
+			d40_desc_free(d40c, d40d);
+		}
+
 	d40c->pending_tx = 0;
 	d40c->busy = false;
 }
@@ -1208,7 +1229,6 @@ static void dma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 
 	if (!d40d->cyclic) {
 		if (async_tx_test_ack(&d40d->txd)) {
-			d40_pool_lli_free(d40c, d40d);
 			d40_desc_remove(d40d);
 			d40_desc_free(d40c, d40d);
 		} else {
@@ -1595,21 +1615,10 @@ static int d40_free_dma(struct d40_chan *d40c)
 	u32 event;
 	struct d40_phy_res *phy = d40c->phy_chan;
 	bool is_src;
-	struct d40_desc *d;
-	struct d40_desc *_d;
-
 
 	/* Terminate all queued and active transfers */
 	d40_term_all(d40c);
 
-	/* Release client owned descriptors */
-	if (!list_empty(&d40c->client))
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(d, _d, &d40c->client, node) {
-			d40_pool_lli_free(d40c, d);
-			d40_desc_remove(d);
-			d40_desc_free(d40c, d);
-		}
-
 	if (phy == NULL) {
 		chan_err(d40c, "phy == null\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1911,6 +1920,12 @@ d40_prep_sg(struct dma_chan *dchan, struct scatterlist *sg_src,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * add descriptor to the prepare queue in order to be able
+	 * to free them later in terminate_all
+	 */
+	list_add_tail(&desc->node, &chan->prepare_queue);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
 
 	return &desc->txd;
@@ -2400,6 +2415,7 @@ static void __init d40_chan_init(struct d40_base *base, struct dma_device *dma,
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&d40c->queue);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&d40c->pending_queue);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&d40c->client);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&d40c->prepare_queue);
 
 		tasklet_init(&d40c->tasklet, dma_tasklet,
 			     (unsigned long) d40c);