diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 3432dac695e5..c3b1283b6d31 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -756,22 +756,21 @@ struct dma_chan *dma_request_chan(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(chan))
-		goto found;
-
-	return chan ? chan : ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(chan))
+		return chan ? chan : ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
 
 found:
-	chan->slave = dev;
 	chan->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dma:%s", name);
 	if (!chan->name)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return chan;
+	chan->slave = dev;
 
 	if (sysfs_create_link(&chan->dev->device.kobj, &dev->kobj,
 			      DMA_SLAVE_NAME))
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot create DMA %s symlink\n", DMA_SLAVE_NAME);
+		dev_warn(dev, "Cannot create DMA %s symlink\n", DMA_SLAVE_NAME);
 	if (sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &chan->dev->device.kobj, chan->name))
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot create DMA %s symlink\n", chan->name);
+		dev_warn(dev, "Cannot create DMA %s symlink\n", chan->name);
+
 	return chan;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_request_chan);
@@ -830,13 +829,14 @@ void dma_release_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	/* drop PRIVATE cap enabled by __dma_request_channel() */
 	if (--chan->device->privatecnt == 0)
 		dma_cap_clear(DMA_PRIVATE, chan->device->cap_mask);
+
 	if (chan->slave) {
+		sysfs_remove_link(&chan->dev->device.kobj, DMA_SLAVE_NAME);
 		sysfs_remove_link(&chan->slave->kobj, chan->name);
 		kfree(chan->name);
 		chan->name = NULL;
 		chan->slave = NULL;
 	}
-	sysfs_remove_link(&chan->dev->device.kobj, DMA_SLAVE_NAME);
 	mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_release_channel);