diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index cd436c6a29a7..80e426d9da5d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -585,11 +585,6 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_slave_sg(
 	if (!sgl)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!is_slave_direction(dir)) {
-		dev_err(chan2dev(chan), "Invalid DMA direction\n");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	ret = set_config(sdev, sconfig, dir, &lli_cfg);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(chan2dev(chan), "Invalid DMA configuration\n");