diff --git a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
index 629250e36d3b..e7d5550266e0 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
@@ -1433,6 +1433,7 @@ static int pl08x_control(struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_ctrl_cmd cmd,
 			 * signal
 			 */
 			release_phy_channel(plchan);
+			plchan->phychan_hold = 0;
 		}
 		/* Dequeue jobs and free LLIs */
 		if (plchan->at) {
diff --git a/drivers/dma/pl330.c b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
index 282caf118be8..2ee6e23930ad 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/pl330.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
@@ -2225,12 +2225,9 @@ static inline void free_desc_list(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct dma_pl330_dmac *pdmac;
 	struct dma_pl330_desc *desc;
-	struct dma_pl330_chan *pch;
+	struct dma_pl330_chan *pch = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (list_empty(list))
-		return;
-
 	/* Finish off the work list */
 	list_for_each_entry(desc, list, node) {
 		dma_async_tx_callback callback;
@@ -2247,6 +2244,10 @@ static inline void free_desc_list(struct list_head *list)
 		desc->pchan = NULL;
 	}
 
+	/* pch will be unset if list was empty */
+	if (!pch)
+		return;
+
 	pdmac = pch->dmac;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pdmac->pool_lock, flags);
@@ -2257,12 +2258,9 @@ static inline void free_desc_list(struct list_head *list)
 static inline void handle_cyclic_desc_list(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct dma_pl330_desc *desc;
-	struct dma_pl330_chan *pch;
+	struct dma_pl330_chan *pch = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (list_empty(list))
-		return;
-
 	list_for_each_entry(desc, list, node) {
 		dma_async_tx_callback callback;
 
@@ -2274,6 +2272,10 @@ static inline void handle_cyclic_desc_list(struct list_head *list)
 			callback(desc->txd.callback_param);
 	}
 
+	/* pch will be unset if list was empty */
+	if (!pch)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pch->lock, flags);
 	list_splice_tail_init(list, &pch->work_list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pch->lock, flags);
@@ -2926,8 +2928,11 @@ pl330_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pd->channels);
 
 	/* Initialize channel parameters */
-	num_chan = max(pdat ? pdat->nr_valid_peri : (u8)pi->pcfg.num_peri,
-			(u8)pi->pcfg.num_chan);
+	if (pdat)
+		num_chan = max_t(int, pdat->nr_valid_peri, pi->pcfg.num_chan);
+	else
+		num_chan = max_t(int, pi->pcfg.num_peri, pi->pcfg.num_chan);
+
 	pdmac->peripherals = kzalloc(num_chan * sizeof(*pch), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_chan; i++) {