diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
index cf462b1abc0b..2c84a660ba36 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
@@ -988,8 +988,12 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tegra_dma_prep_slave_sg(
 		csr |= tdc->slave_id << TEGRA_APBDMA_CSR_REQ_SEL_SHIFT;
 	}
 
-	if (flags & DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT)
+	if (flags & DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT) {
 		csr |= TEGRA_APBDMA_CSR_IE_EOC;
+	} else {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	apb_seq |= TEGRA_APBDMA_APBSEQ_WRAP_WORD_1;
 
@@ -1131,8 +1135,12 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tegra_dma_prep_dma_cyclic(
 		csr |= tdc->slave_id << TEGRA_APBDMA_CSR_REQ_SEL_SHIFT;
 	}
 
-	if (flags & DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT)
+	if (flags & DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT) {
 		csr |= TEGRA_APBDMA_CSR_IE_EOC;
+	} else {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	apb_seq |= TEGRA_APBDMA_APBSEQ_WRAP_WORD_1;