diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
index f3276ee9e4fe..ddd93bc38ea6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
@@ -2060,13 +2060,15 @@ static int atmel_nand_controller_init(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc,
 	nc->mck = of_clk_get(dev->parent->of_node, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(nc->mck)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Failed to retrieve MCK clk\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(nc->mck);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(nc->mck);
+		goto out_release_dma;
 	}
 
 	np = of_parse_phandle(dev->parent->of_node, "atmel,smc", 0);
 	if (!np) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Missing or invalid atmel,smc property\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_release_dma;
 	}
 
 	nc->smc = syscon_node_to_regmap(np);
@@ -2074,10 +2076,16 @@ static int atmel_nand_controller_init(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc,
 	if (IS_ERR(nc->smc)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(nc->smc);
 		dev_err(dev, "Could not get SMC regmap (err = %d)\n", ret);
-		return ret;
+		goto out_release_dma;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+out_release_dma:
+	if (nc->dmac)
+		dma_release_channel(nc->dmac);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int