diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/cadence-nand-controller.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/cadence-nand-controller.c
index 3bc89b3569632d81b5d51e2d1e3fb32e44586bf3..4fe703516b258bd2ef8dc9998dac6ca2efae4755 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/cadence-nand-controller.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/cadence-nand-controller.c
@@ -2904,11 +2904,10 @@ static int cadence_nand_init(struct cdns_nand_ctrl *cdns_ctrl)
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_MEMCPY, mask);
 
 	if (cdns_ctrl->caps1->has_dma) {
-		cdns_ctrl->dmac = dma_request_channel(mask, NULL, NULL);
-		if (!cdns_ctrl->dmac) {
-			dev_err(cdns_ctrl->dev,
-				"Unable to get a DMA channel\n");
-			ret = -EBUSY;
+		cdns_ctrl->dmac = dma_request_chan_by_mask(&mask);
+		if (IS_ERR(cdns_ctrl->dmac)) {
+			ret = dev_err_probe(cdns_ctrl->dev, PTR_ERR(cdns_ctrl->dmac),
+					    "%d: Failed to get a DMA channel\n", ret);
 			goto disable_irq;
 		}
 	}