diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsmc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsmc_nand.c
index 811982da3557..fe5912d31bee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsmc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsmc_nand.c
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ static int dma_xfer(struct fsmc_nand_data *host, void *buffer, int len,
 
 	dma_dev = chan->device;
 	dma_addr = dma_map_single(dma_dev->dev, buffer, len, direction);
+	if (dma_mapping_error(dma_dev->dev, dma_addr))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
 		dma_src = dma_addr;