diff --git a/drivers/dma/stm32-dma.c b/drivers/dma/stm32-dma.c
index b585e11c2168..0ddbaa4b4f0b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/stm32-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/stm32-dma.c
@@ -478,8 +478,10 @@ static int stm32_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *c)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);
 
-	if (chan->busy) {
-		stm32_dma_stop(chan);
+	if (chan->desc) {
+		vchan_terminate_vdesc(&chan->desc->vdesc);
+		if (chan->busy)
+			stm32_dma_stop(chan);
 		chan->desc = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -535,6 +537,8 @@ static void stm32_dma_start_transfer(struct stm32_dma_chan *chan)
 		if (!vdesc)
 			return;
 
+		list_del(&vdesc->node);
+
 		chan->desc = to_stm32_dma_desc(vdesc);
 		chan->next_sg = 0;
 	}
@@ -613,7 +617,6 @@ static void stm32_dma_handle_chan_done(struct stm32_dma_chan *chan)
 		} else {
 			chan->busy = false;
 			if (chan->next_sg == chan->desc->num_sgs) {
-				list_del(&chan->desc->vdesc.node);
 				vchan_cookie_complete(&chan->desc->vdesc);
 				chan->desc = NULL;
 			}