diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32.c
index 07d5dfce68d4c1a7b9a41f8932294d5e150c84ba..1da347e6a358671f2f6f81c635cf79a26cda387f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32.c
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ struct stm32_i2c_dma *stm32_i2c_dma_request(struct device *dev,
 
 	dma = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dma), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dma)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	/* Request and configure I2C TX dma channel */
-	dma->chan_tx = dma_request_slave_channel(dev, "tx");
-	if (!dma->chan_tx) {
+	dma->chan_tx = dma_request_chan(dev, "tx");
+	if (IS_ERR(dma->chan_tx)) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "can't request DMA tx channel\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(dma->chan_tx);
 		goto fail_al;
 	}
 
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ struct stm32_i2c_dma *stm32_i2c_dma_request(struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 	/* Request and configure I2C RX dma channel */
-	dma->chan_rx = dma_request_slave_channel(dev, "rx");
-	if (!dma->chan_rx) {
+	dma->chan_rx = dma_request_chan(dev, "rx");
+	if (IS_ERR(dma->chan_rx)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "can't request DMA rx channel\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(dma->chan_rx);
 		goto fail_tx;
 	}
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fail_al:
 	devm_kfree(dev, dma);
 	dev_info(dev, "can't use DMA\n");
 
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 void stm32_i2c_dma_free(struct stm32_i2c_dma *dma)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c
index a70f48ea2aeed7e0beaf5a12220c247cee4f371c..5a51f6b501f86640cffbf2ff316ede77f2ddf41c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c
@@ -1950,6 +1950,15 @@ static int stm32f7_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	i2c_dev->dma = stm32_i2c_dma_request(i2c_dev->dev, phy_addr,
 					     STM32F7_I2C_TXDR,
 					     STM32F7_I2C_RXDR);
+	if (PTR_ERR(i2c_dev->dma) == -ENODEV)
+		i2c_dev->dma = NULL;
+	else if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev->dma)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(i2c_dev->dma);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+				"Failed to request dma error %i\n", ret);
+		goto clk_free;
+	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, i2c_dev);