diff --git a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
index db5a4ef76077..4f8b8498c5c6 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
@@ -52,16 +52,6 @@ static inline struct sf_pdma_desc *to_sf_pdma_desc(struct virt_dma_desc *vd)
 static struct sf_pdma_desc *sf_pdma_alloc_desc(struct sf_pdma_chan *chan)
 {
 	struct sf_pdma_desc *desc;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
-
-	if (chan->desc && !chan->desc->in_use) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
-		return chan->desc;
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
 
 	desc = kzalloc(sizeof(*desc), GFP_NOWAIT);
 	if (!desc)
@@ -111,7 +101,6 @@ sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *dchan,	dma_addr_t dest, dma_addr_t src,
 	desc->async_tx = vchan_tx_prep(&chan->vchan, &desc->vdesc, flags);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->vchan.lock, iflags);
-	chan->desc = desc;
 	sf_pdma_fill_desc(desc, dest, src, len);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->vchan.lock, iflags);
 
@@ -170,11 +159,17 @@ static size_t sf_pdma_desc_residue(struct sf_pdma_chan *chan,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u64 residue = 0;
 	struct sf_pdma_desc *desc;
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 
-	tx = &chan->desc->vdesc.tx;
+	list_for_each_entry(vd, &chan->vchan.desc_submitted, node)
+		if (vd->tx.cookie == cookie)
+			tx = &vd->tx;
+
+	if (!tx)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (cookie == tx->chan->completed_cookie)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -241,6 +236,19 @@ static void sf_pdma_enable_request(struct sf_pdma_chan *chan)
 	writel(v, regs->ctrl);
 }
 
+static struct sf_pdma_desc *sf_pdma_get_first_pending_desc(struct sf_pdma_chan *chan)
+{
+	struct virt_dma_chan *vchan = &chan->vchan;
+	struct virt_dma_desc *vdesc;
+
+	if (list_empty(&vchan->desc_issued))
+		return NULL;
+
+	vdesc = list_first_entry(&vchan->desc_issued, struct virt_dma_desc, node);
+
+	return container_of(vdesc, struct sf_pdma_desc, vdesc);
+}
+
 static void sf_pdma_xfer_desc(struct sf_pdma_chan *chan)
 {
 	struct sf_pdma_desc *desc = chan->desc;
@@ -268,8 +276,11 @@ static void sf_pdma_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *dchan)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 
-	if (vchan_issue_pending(&chan->vchan) && chan->desc)
+	if (!chan->desc && vchan_issue_pending(&chan->vchan)) {
+		/* vchan_issue_pending has made a check that desc in not NULL */
+		chan->desc = sf_pdma_get_first_pending_desc(chan);
 		sf_pdma_xfer_desc(chan);
+	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 }
@@ -298,6 +309,11 @@ static void sf_pdma_donebh_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 	list_del(&chan->desc->vdesc.node);
 	vchan_cookie_complete(&chan->desc->vdesc);
+
+	chan->desc = sf_pdma_get_first_pending_desc(chan);
+	if (chan->desc)
+		sf_pdma_xfer_desc(chan);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 }