diff --git a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
index fad016a6dd849cbf618f79fd3085fc62541240a6..8eca90d8cd4cc0e37e68989e9f4361969ca4ba34 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ mv_xor_clean_slot(struct mv_xor_desc_slot *desc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __mv_xor_slot_cleanup(struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan)
+/* This function must be called with the mv_xor_chan spinlock held */
+static void mv_xor_slot_cleanup(struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan)
 {
 	struct mv_xor_desc_slot *iter, *_iter;
 	dma_cookie_t cookie = 0;
@@ -368,20 +369,12 @@ static void __mv_xor_slot_cleanup(struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan)
 		mv_chan->dmachan.completed_cookie = cookie;
 }
 
-static void
-mv_xor_slot_cleanup(struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan)
-{
-	spin_lock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
-	__mv_xor_slot_cleanup(mv_chan);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
-}
-
 static void mv_xor_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct mv_xor_chan *chan = (struct mv_xor_chan *) data;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&chan->lock);
-	__mv_xor_slot_cleanup(chan);
+	mv_xor_slot_cleanup(chan);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&chan->lock);
 }
 
@@ -663,7 +656,7 @@ static void mv_xor_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
 
-	__mv_xor_slot_cleanup(mv_chan);
+	mv_xor_slot_cleanup(mv_chan);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, _iter, &mv_chan->chain,
 					chain_node) {
@@ -710,7 +703,7 @@ static enum dma_status mv_xor_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
 		return ret;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
-	__mv_xor_slot_cleanup(mv_chan);
+	mv_xor_slot_cleanup(mv_chan);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
 
 	return dma_cookie_status(chan, cookie, txstate);