diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c
index e493242c266e..74a2211bdff4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c
@@ -1383,9 +1383,13 @@ static int stm32_dfsdm_dma_request(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
 	struct stm32_dfsdm_adc *adc = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
-	adc->dma_chan = dma_request_slave_channel(&indio_dev->dev, "rx");
-	if (!adc->dma_chan)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	adc->dma_chan = dma_request_chan(&indio_dev->dev, "rx");
+	if (IS_ERR(adc->dma_chan)) {
+		int ret = PTR_ERR(adc->dma_chan);
+
+		adc->dma_chan = NULL;
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	adc->rx_buf = dma_alloc_coherent(adc->dma_chan->device->dev,
 					 DFSDM_DMA_BUFFER_SIZE,
@@ -1509,7 +1513,16 @@ static int stm32_dfsdm_adc_init(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	init_completion(&adc->completion);
 
 	/* Optionally request DMA */
-	if (stm32_dfsdm_dma_request(indio_dev)) {
+	ret = stm32_dfsdm_dma_request(indio_dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret != -ENODEV) {
+			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
+					"DMA channel request failed with %d\n",
+					ret);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
 		dev_dbg(&indio_dev->dev, "No DMA support\n");
 		return 0;
 	}