diff --git a/drivers/dma/pl330.c b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
index a7d9d3029b14..7e2714478e45 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/pl330.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
@@ -2581,12 +2581,14 @@ pl330_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dst,
 {
 	struct dma_pl330_desc *desc;
 	struct dma_pl330_chan *pch = to_pchan(chan);
-	struct pl330_dmac *pl330 = pch->dmac;
+	struct pl330_dmac *pl330;
 	int burst;
 
 	if (unlikely(!pch || !len))
 		return NULL;
 
+	pl330 = pch->dmac;
+
 	desc = __pl330_prep_dma_memcpy(pch, dst, src, len);
 	if (!desc)
 		return NULL;