diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c
index 742350e0f2a77813651474815cd1f70bd09d46f2..2d3c19d7c7b1cd69a29c1796a913ee6e5a681c0c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void pxa_dma_init_debugfs(void)
 
 	dbgfs_chan = kmalloc(sizeof(*dbgfs_state) * num_dma_channels,
 			     GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dbgfs_state)
+	if (!dbgfs_chan)
 		goto err_alloc;
 
 	chandir = debugfs_create_dir("channels", dbgfs_root);