diff --git a/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c b/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
index ad144054da30..b0469749310a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ atmel_spi_dma_map_xfer(struct atmel_spi *as, struct spi_transfer *xfer)
 		xfer->rx_dma = dma_map_single(dev,
 				xfer->rx_buf, xfer->len,
 				DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-		if (dma_mapping_error(xfer->tx_dma)) {
+		if (dma_mapping_error(xfer->rx_dma)) {
 			if (xfer->tx_buf)
 				dma_unmap_single(dev,
 						xfer->tx_dma, xfer->len,