diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
index 09d82b3c66ce..728c64204184 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ void omap_dma_unlink_lch(int lch_head, int lch_queue)
 	}
 
 	if ((dma_chan[lch_head].flags & OMAP_DMA_ACTIVE) ||
-	    (dma_chan[lch_head].flags & OMAP_DMA_ACTIVE)) {
+	    (dma_chan[lch_queue].flags & OMAP_DMA_ACTIVE)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "omap_dma: You need to stop the DMA channels "
 		       "before unlinking\n");
 		dump_stack();