diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index a27c0fb1bc11f17b6b8c56bdc383aee5a710b051..fb7da5141e96b2052fae826f816909c2598035d9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -531,9 +531,7 @@ static int __init dmatest_init(void)
 		chan = dma_request_channel(mask, filter, NULL);
 		if (chan) {
 			err = dmatest_add_channel(chan);
-			if (err == 0)
-				continue;
-			else {
+			if (err) {
 				dma_release_channel(chan);
 				break; /* add_channel failed, punt */
 			}