diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c
index 3cfb2d4b2441..9a243f06389d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c
@@ -1633,9 +1633,21 @@ static int stm32_adc_dma_request(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	struct dma_slave_config config;
 	int ret;
 
-	adc->dma_chan = dma_request_slave_channel(&indio_dev->dev, "rx");
-	if (!adc->dma_chan)
+	adc->dma_chan = dma_request_chan(&indio_dev->dev, "rx");
+	if (IS_ERR(adc->dma_chan)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(adc->dma_chan);
+		if (ret != -ENODEV) {
+			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
+					"DMA channel request failed with %d\n",
+					ret);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		/* DMA is optional: fall back to IRQ mode */
+		adc->dma_chan = NULL;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	adc->rx_buf = dma_alloc_coherent(adc->dma_chan->device->dev,
 					 STM32_DMA_BUFFER_SIZE,