if (!bdev->channels) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto err_disable_clk;
+               goto err_tasklet_kill;
        }
 
        /* allocate and initialize channels */
        ret = devm_request_irq(bdev->dev, bdev->irq, bam_dma_irq,
                        IRQF_TRIGGER_HIGH, "bam_dma", bdev);
        if (ret)
-               goto err_disable_clk;
+               goto err_bam_channel_exit;
 
        /* set max dma segment size */
        bdev->common.dev = bdev->dev;
        ret = dma_set_max_seg_size(bdev->common.dev, BAM_MAX_DATA_SIZE);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(bdev->dev, "cannot set maximum segment size\n");
-               goto err_disable_clk;
+               goto err_bam_channel_exit;
        }
 
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bdev);
        ret = dma_async_device_register(&bdev->common);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(bdev->dev, "failed to register dma async device\n");
-               goto err_disable_clk;
+               goto err_bam_channel_exit;
        }
 
        ret = of_dma_controller_register(pdev->dev.of_node, bam_dma_xlate,
 
 err_unregister_dma:
        dma_async_device_unregister(&bdev->common);
+err_bam_channel_exit:
+       for (i = 0; i < bdev->num_channels; i++)
+               tasklet_kill(&bdev->channels[i].vc.task);
+err_tasklet_kill:
+       tasklet_kill(&bdev->task);
 err_disable_clk:
        clk_disable_unprepare(bdev->bamclk);
+
        return ret;
 }