diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c b/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c
index f1aa5c15d1805531479e2f45d952db0cd42f506f..ef952946375ad3cdb1aca4cc102b55304b54371d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ static int spi_qup_prep_sg(struct spi_master *master, struct spi_transfer *xfer,
 	}
 
 	desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, nents, dir, flags);
-	if (!desc)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(desc))
+		return desc ? PTR_ERR(desc) : -EINVAL;
 
 	desc->callback = callback;
 	desc->callback_param = qup;