diff --git a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
index a897315261bc..202c9e2d2e9e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
@@ -340,53 +340,56 @@ static inline u32 get_bytes_in_cctl(u32 cctl)
 static u32 pl08x_getbytes_chan(struct pl08x_dma_chan *plchan)
 {
 	struct pl08x_phy_chan *ch;
-	struct pl08x_txd *txdi = NULL;
 	struct pl08x_txd *txd;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	size_t bytes = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&plchan->lock, flags);
-
 	ch = plchan->phychan;
 	txd = plchan->at;
 
 	/*
-	 * Next follow the LLIs to get the number of pending bytes in the
-	 * currently active transaction.
+	 * Follow the LLIs to get the number of remaining
+	 * bytes in the currently active transaction.
 	 */
 	if (ch && txd) {
-		struct pl08x_lli *llis_va = txd->llis_va;
-		struct pl08x_lli *llis_bus = (struct pl08x_lli *) txd->llis_bus;
 		u32 clli = readl(ch->base + PL080_CH_LLI) & ~PL080_LLI_LM_AHB2;
 
-		/* First get the bytes in the current active LLI */
+		/* First get the remaining bytes in the active transfer */
 		bytes = get_bytes_in_cctl(readl(ch->base + PL080_CH_CONTROL));
 
 		if (clli) {
-			int i = 0;
+			struct pl08x_lli *llis_va = txd->llis_va;
+			dma_addr_t llis_bus = txd->llis_bus;
+			int index;
 
-			/* Forward to the LLI pointed to by clli */
-			while ((clli != (u32) &(llis_bus[i])) &&
-			       (i < MAX_NUM_TSFR_LLIS))
-				i++;
+			BUG_ON(clli < llis_bus || clli >= llis_bus +
+				sizeof(struct pl08x_lli) * MAX_NUM_TSFR_LLIS);
+
+			/*
+			 * Locate the next LLI - as this is an array,
+			 * it's simple maths to find.
+			 */
+			index = (clli - llis_bus) / sizeof(struct pl08x_lli);
+
+			for (; index < MAX_NUM_TSFR_LLIS; index++) {
+				bytes += get_bytes_in_cctl(llis_va[index].cctl);
 
-			while (clli) {
-				bytes += get_bytes_in_cctl(llis_va[i].cctl);
 				/*
 				 * A LLI pointer of 0 terminates the LLI list
 				 */
-				clli = llis_va[i].lli;
-				i++;
+				if (!llis_va[index].lli)
+					break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Sum up all queued transactions */
 	if (!list_empty(&plchan->desc_list)) {
+		struct pl08x_txd *txdi;
 		list_for_each_entry(txdi, &plchan->desc_list, node) {
 			bytes += txdi->len;
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&plchan->lock, flags);