diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index 17a90dc..c123060 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -848,10 +848,11 @@
 	spi_imx->wml = spi_imx_get_fifosize(spi_imx) / 2;
 
 	/* Prepare for TX DMA: */
-	master->dma_tx = dma_request_slave_channel(dev, "tx");
-	if (!master->dma_tx) {
-		dev_err(dev, "cannot get the TX DMA channel!\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	master->dma_tx = dma_request_slave_channel_reason(dev, "tx");
+	if (IS_ERR(master->dma_tx)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(master->dma_tx);
+		dev_dbg(dev, "can't get the TX DMA channel, error %d!\n", ret);
+		master->dma_tx = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}
 
@@ -866,10 +867,11 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Prepare for RX : */
-	master->dma_rx = dma_request_slave_channel(dev, "rx");
-	if (!master->dma_rx) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "cannot get the DMA channel.\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	master->dma_rx = dma_request_slave_channel_reason(dev, "rx");
+	if (IS_ERR(master->dma_rx)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(master->dma_rx);
+		dev_dbg(dev, "can't get the RX DMA channel, error %d\n", ret);
+		master->dma_rx = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}
 
@@ -1218,9 +1220,12 @@
 	 * Only validated on i.mx6 now, can remove the constrain if validated on
 	 * other chips.
 	 */
-	if (is_imx51_ecspi(spi_imx) &&
-	    spi_imx_sdma_init(&pdev->dev, spi_imx, master, res))
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dma setup error,use pio instead\n");
+	if (is_imx51_ecspi(spi_imx)) {
+		ret = spi_imx_sdma_init(&pdev->dev, spi_imx, master, res);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dma setup error %d, use pio\n",
+				ret);
+	}
 
 	spi_imx->devtype_data->reset(spi_imx);