diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
index 5a63bcd7a23d464bdbd26f231250a560e10ff9a5..86dd04d6bc873dfa30f0bab1148bd863aac818fc 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static int mxs_spi_txrx_dma(struct mxs_spi *spi, int cs,
 	if (!ret) {
 		dev_err(ssp->dev, "DMA transfer timeout\n");
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		dmaengine_terminate_all(ssp->dmach);
 		goto err_vmalloc;
 	}