writew(0xff, host->base + MMC_REG_RES_TO);
 }
 
-static void mxcmci_setup_data(struct mxcmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
+static int mxcmci_setup_data(struct mxcmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 {
        unsigned int nob = data->blocks;
        unsigned int blksz = data->blksz;
 #ifdef HAS_DMA
        struct scatterlist *sg;
        int i;
+       int ret;
 #endif
        if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_STREAM)
                nob = 0xffff;
        for_each_sg(data->sg, sg, data->sg_len, i) {
                if (sg->offset & 3 || sg->length & 3) {
                        host->do_dma = 0;
-                       return;
+                       return 0;
                }
        }
 
                host->dma_nents = dma_map_sg(mmc_dev(host->mmc), data->sg,
                                             data->sg_len,  host->dma_dir);
 
-               imx_dma_setup_sg(host->dma, data->sg, host->dma_nents, datasize,
-                                host->res->start + MMC_REG_BUFFER_ACCESS,
-                                DMA_MODE_READ);
+               ret = imx_dma_setup_sg(host->dma, data->sg, host->dma_nents,
+                               datasize,
+                               host->res->start + MMC_REG_BUFFER_ACCESS,
+                               DMA_MODE_READ);
        } else {
                host->dma_dir = DMA_TO_DEVICE;
                host->dma_nents = dma_map_sg(mmc_dev(host->mmc), data->sg,
                                             data->sg_len,  host->dma_dir);
 
-               imx_dma_setup_sg(host->dma, data->sg, host->dma_nents, datasize,
-                                host->res->start + MMC_REG_BUFFER_ACCESS,
-                                DMA_MODE_WRITE);
+               ret = imx_dma_setup_sg(host->dma, data->sg, host->dma_nents,
+                               datasize,
+                               host->res->start + MMC_REG_BUFFER_ACCESS,
+                               DMA_MODE_WRITE);
        }
 
+       if (ret) {
+               dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc), "failed to setup DMA : %d\n", ret);
+               return ret;
+       }
        wmb();
 
        imx_dma_enable(host->dma);
 #endif /* HAS_DMA */
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int mxcmci_start_cmd(struct mxcmci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd,
 {
        struct mxcmci_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
        unsigned int cmdat = host->cmdat;
+       int error;
 
        WARN_ON(host->req != NULL);
 
        host->do_dma = 1;
 #endif
        if (req->data) {
-               mxcmci_setup_data(host, req->data);
+               error = mxcmci_setup_data(host, req->data);
+               if (error) {
+                       req->cmd->error = error;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
 
                cmdat |= CMD_DAT_CONT_DATA_ENABLE;
 
                        cmdat |= CMD_DAT_CONT_WRITE;
        }
 
-       if (mxcmci_start_cmd(host, req->cmd, cmdat))
+       error = mxcmci_start_cmd(host, req->cmd, cmdat);
+out:
+       if (error)
                mxcmci_finish_request(host, req);
 }