diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
index cb37730f9272..6eb1f05f7c3c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static inline int imxdma_sg_next(struct imxdma_desc *d)
 	struct scatterlist *sg = d->sg;
 	unsigned long now;
 
-	now = min(d->len, sg_dma_len(sg));
+	now = min_t(size_t, d->len, sg_dma_len(sg));
 	if (d->len != IMX_DMA_LENGTH_LOOP)
 		d->len -= now;