diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c
index 8e90a405939d..ef73f65224b1 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c
@@ -694,6 +694,25 @@ static int bam_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
 
 	/* remove all transactions, including active transaction */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&bchan->vc.lock, flag);
+	/*
+	 * If we have transactions queued, then some might be committed to the
+	 * hardware in the desc fifo.  The only way to reset the desc fifo is
+	 * to do a hardware reset (either by pipe or the entire block).
+	 * bam_chan_init_hw() will trigger a pipe reset, and also reinit the
+	 * pipe.  If the pipe is left disabled (default state after pipe reset)
+	 * and is accessed by a connected hardware engine, a fatal error in
+	 * the BAM will occur.  There is a small window where this could happen
+	 * with bam_chan_init_hw(), but it is assumed that the caller has
+	 * stopped activity on any attached hardware engine.  Make sure to do
+	 * this first so that the BAM hardware doesn't cause memory corruption
+	 * by accessing freed resources.
+	 */
+	if (!list_empty(&bchan->desc_list)) {
+		async_desc = list_first_entry(&bchan->desc_list,
+					      struct bam_async_desc, desc_node);
+		bam_chan_init_hw(bchan, async_desc->dir);
+	}
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(async_desc, tmp,
 				 &bchan->desc_list, desc_node) {
 		list_add(&async_desc->vd.node, &bchan->vc.desc_issued);