struct virt_dma_desc *vdesc;
        enum dma_status status;
        unsigned long flags;
-       u32 residue;
+       u32 residue = 0;
 
        status = dma_cookie_status(c, cookie, state);
        if ((status == DMA_COMPLETE) || (!state))
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);
        vdesc = vchan_find_desc(&chan->vchan, cookie);
-       if (cookie == chan->desc->vdesc.tx.cookie) {
+       if (chan->desc && cookie == chan->desc->vdesc.tx.cookie)
                residue = stm32_dma_desc_residue(chan, chan->desc,
                                                 chan->next_sg);
-       } else if (vdesc) {
+       else if (vdesc)
                residue = stm32_dma_desc_residue(chan,
                                                 to_stm32_dma_desc(vdesc), 0);
-       } else {
-               residue = 0;
-       }
-
        dma_set_residue(state, residue);
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->vchan.lock, flags);