diff --git a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
index d7d2dacac830..d1c6956af452 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *dchan,	dma_addr_t dest, dma_addr_t src,
 	if (!desc)
 		return NULL;
 
-	desc->in_use = true;
 	desc->dirn = DMA_MEM_TO_MEM;
 	desc->async_tx = vchan_tx_prep(&chan->vchan, &desc->vdesc, flags);
 
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ static void sf_pdma_free_desc(struct virt_dma_desc *vdesc)
 	struct sf_pdma_desc *desc;
 
 	desc = to_sf_pdma_desc(vdesc);
-	desc->in_use = false;
+	kfree(desc);
 }
 
 static void sf_pdma_donebh_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.h b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.h
index dcb3687bd5da..5c398a83b491 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct sf_pdma_desc {
 	u64				src_addr;
 	struct virt_dma_desc		vdesc;
 	struct sf_pdma_chan		*chan;
-	bool				in_use;
 	enum dma_transfer_direction	dirn;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *async_tx;
 };