diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
index 196b19123653..f046f8c51084 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ s3c2410_dma_loadbuffer(struct s3c2410_dma_chan *chan,
 {
 	unsigned long reload;
 
-	pr_debug("s3c2410_chan_loadbuffer: loading buff %p (0x%08lx,0x%06x)\n",
-		 buf, (unsigned long)buf->data, buf->size);
-
 	if (buf == NULL) {
 		dmawarn("buffer is NULL\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	pr_debug("s3c2410_chan_loadbuffer: loading buff %p (0x%08lx,0x%06x)\n",
+		 buf, (unsigned long)buf->data, buf->size);
+
 	/* check the state of the channel before we do anything */
 
 	if (chan->load_state == S3C2410_DMALOAD_1LOADED) {