diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index bfcdecb5d87a16ad9af33dace1d9902d9d9823d2..f5939999cb6502b171cd6deb13eab1410f3f6dce 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ static inline int dmaengine_device_control(struct dma_chan *chan,
 {
 	if (chan->device->device_control)
 		return chan->device->device_control(chan, cmd, arg);
-	else
-		return -ENOSYS;
+
+	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
 static inline int dmaengine_slave_config(struct dma_chan *chan,