diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index e1850f3d5cf31358f2fd97ef8d23f256325e5822..a5c7771227d518e84270f7cd2113ca99f51284e3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -1444,10 +1444,10 @@ static void at91_adc_dma_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (st->dma_st.dma_chan)
 		return;
 
-	st->dma_st.dma_chan = dma_request_slave_channel(&pdev->dev, "rx");
-
-	if (!st->dma_st.dma_chan)  {
+	st->dma_st.dma_chan = dma_request_chan(&pdev->dev, "rx");
+	if (IS_ERR(st->dma_st.dma_chan))  {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "can't get DMA channel\n");
+		st->dma_st.dma_chan = NULL;
 		goto dma_exit;
 	}