* @cyclic: Cyclic transfer vs. scatter-gather
  * @periods: Number of periods in the cyclic transfer
  * @period_size: Size of a period in bytes in cyclic transfers
+ * @error: tx error flag
  */
 struct xdma_desc {
        struct virt_dma_desc            vdesc;
        bool                            cyclic;
        u32                             periods;
        u32                             period_size;
+       bool                            error;
 };
 
 #define XDMA_DEV_STATUS_REG_DMA                BIT(0)
        sw_desc->chan = chan;
        sw_desc->desc_num = desc_num;
        sw_desc->cyclic = cyclic;
+       sw_desc->error = false;
        dblk_num = DIV_ROUND_UP(desc_num, XDMA_DESC_ADJACENT);
        sw_desc->desc_blocks = kcalloc(dblk_num, sizeof(*sw_desc->desc_blocks),
                                       GFP_NOWAIT);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&xdma_chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 
        vd = vchan_find_desc(&xdma_chan->vchan, cookie);
-       if (vd)
-               desc = to_xdma_desc(vd);
-       if (!desc || !desc->cyclic) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xdma_chan->vchan.lock, flags);
-               return ret;
-       }
-
-       period_idx = desc->completed_desc_num % desc->periods;
-       residue = (desc->periods - period_idx) * desc->period_size;
+       if (!vd)
+               goto out;
 
+       desc = to_xdma_desc(vd);
+       if (desc->error) {
+               ret = DMA_ERROR;
+       } else if (desc->cyclic) {
+               period_idx = desc->completed_desc_num % desc->periods;
+               residue = (desc->periods - period_idx) * desc->period_size;
+               dma_set_residue(state, residue);
+       }
+out:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xdma_chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 
-       dma_set_residue(state, residue);
-
        return ret;
 }
 
        st &= XDMA_CHAN_STATUS_MASK;
        if ((st & XDMA_CHAN_ERROR_MASK) ||
            !(st & (CHAN_CTRL_IE_DESC_COMPLETED | CHAN_CTRL_IE_DESC_STOPPED))) {
+               desc->error = true;
                xdma_err(xdev, "channel error, status register value: 0x%x", st);
                goto out;
        }