diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
index 1a390e1bff7218ddb76641d573ab99ba2497aff9..3c7c86d4b0e4b43bc230258b24a51cfe5493f02c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
@@ -1220,11 +1220,12 @@ static int tegra_i2c_xfer_msg(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev,
 		time_left = tegra_i2c_wait_completion_timeout(
 				i2c_dev, &i2c_dev->dma_complete, xfer_time);
 
+		dmaengine_terminate_sync(i2c_dev->msg_read ?
+					 i2c_dev->rx_dma_chan :
+					 i2c_dev->tx_dma_chan);
+
 		if (time_left == 0) {
 			dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "DMA transfer timeout\n");
-			dmaengine_terminate_sync(i2c_dev->msg_read ?
-						 i2c_dev->rx_dma_chan :
-						 i2c_dev->tx_dma_chan);
 			tegra_i2c_init(i2c_dev, true);
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;
 		}
@@ -1237,11 +1238,6 @@ static int tegra_i2c_xfer_msg(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev,
 			memcpy(i2c_dev->msg_buf, i2c_dev->dma_buf,
 			       msg->len);
 		}
-
-		if (i2c_dev->msg_err != I2C_ERR_NONE)
-			dmaengine_synchronize(i2c_dev->msg_read ?
-					      i2c_dev->rx_dma_chan :
-					      i2c_dev->tx_dma_chan);
 	}
 
 	time_left = tegra_i2c_wait_completion_timeout(