diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/dma.c
index 250bc7baa00a..4625e3ae766e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/dma.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ int tegra_dma_enqueue_req(struct tegra_dma_channel *ch,
 	struct tegra_dma_req *req)
 {
 	unsigned long irq_flags;
+	struct tegra_dma_req *_req;
 	int start_dma = 0;
 
 	if (req->size > NV_DMA_MAX_TRASFER_SIZE ||
@@ -321,6 +322,13 @@ int tegra_dma_enqueue_req(struct tegra_dma_channel *ch,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
 
+	list_for_each_entry(_req, &ch->list, node) {
+		if (req == _req) {
+		    spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
+		    return -EEXIST;
+		}
+	}
+
 	req->bytes_transferred = 0;
 	req->status = 0;
 	req->buffer_status = 0;