diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index d0668d0d626dfb366e976bba4d448fe757907711..aab1f4bb9e302caba7a68a717f444213882c11fd 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -657,11 +657,7 @@ static int i2c_imx_dma_write(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
 	if (result)
 		return result;
 
-	result = i2c_imx_acked(i2c_imx);
-	if (result)
-		return result;
-
-	return 0;
+	return i2c_imx_acked(i2c_imx);
 }
 
 static int i2c_imx_dma_read(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,