diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
index ab0fb80..1cfa1d9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
 {
 	struct imxdma_channel *imxdmac = (void *)data;
 	struct imxdma_engine *imxdma = imxdmac->imxdma;
-	struct imxdma_desc *desc;
+	struct imxdma_desc *desc, *next_desc;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&imxdma->lock, flags);
@@ -653,10 +653,10 @@
 	list_move_tail(imxdmac->ld_active.next, &imxdmac->ld_free);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&imxdmac->ld_queue)) {
-		desc = list_first_entry(&imxdmac->ld_queue, struct imxdma_desc,
-					node);
+		next_desc = list_first_entry(&imxdmac->ld_queue,
+					     struct imxdma_desc, node);
 		list_move_tail(imxdmac->ld_queue.next, &imxdmac->ld_active);
-		if (imxdma_xfer_desc(desc) < 0)
+		if (imxdma_xfer_desc(next_desc) < 0)
 			dev_warn(imxdma->dev, "%s: channel: %d couldn't xfer desc\n",
 				 __func__, imxdmac->channel);
 	}