diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
index f11b5b2b1a1c1e41274ed7578ba197971e209f5a..7d9554cc4976313c90604eacecf4b78227a860f7 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
@@ -474,8 +474,10 @@ static int imxdma_xfer_desc(struct imxdma_desc *d)
 			slot = i;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (slot < 0)
+		if (slot < 0) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imxdma->lock, flags);
 			return -EBUSY;
+		}
 
 		imxdma->slots_2d[slot].xsr = d->x;
 		imxdma->slots_2d[slot].ysr = d->y;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/sirf-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sirf-dma.c
index 64385cde044b3feefcc49001edbf0e9ee647bd0d..d451caace806445428c40d3f4d5678ada4a0925d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sirf-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sirf-dma.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void sirfsoc_dma_execute(struct sirfsoc_dma_chan *schan)
 	sdesc = list_first_entry(&schan->queued, struct sirfsoc_dma_desc,
 		node);
 	/* Move the first queued descriptor to active list */
-	list_move_tail(&schan->queued, &schan->active);
+	list_move_tail(&sdesc->node, &schan->active);
 
 	/* Start the DMA transfer */
 	writel_relaxed(sdesc->width, sdma->base + SIRFSOC_DMA_WIDTH_0 +
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sirfsoc_dma_prep_interleaved(
 	unsigned long iflags;
 	int ret;
 
-	if ((xt->dir != DMA_MEM_TO_DEV) || (xt->dir != DMA_DEV_TO_MEM)) {
+	if ((xt->dir != DMA_MEM_TO_DEV) && (xt->dir != DMA_DEV_TO_MEM)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_dir;
 	}