diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
index fb23993430d314..7d23deab44bbcf 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
@@ -756,10 +756,6 @@ static int tegra_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *dc)
 	bool was_busy;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tdc->lock, flags);
-	if (list_empty(&tdc->pending_sg_req)) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tdc->lock, flags);
-		return 0;
-	}
 
 	if (!tdc->busy)
 		goto skip_dma_stop;