diff --git a/drivers/dma/mediatek/mtk-cqdma.c b/drivers/dma/mediatek/mtk-cqdma.c
index d5ddb4e30e715..e35271ac1eed2 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mediatek/mtk-cqdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mediatek/mtk-cqdma.c
@@ -422,13 +422,10 @@ static struct virt_dma_desc *mtk_cqdma_find_active_desc(struct dma_chan *c,
 	struct virt_dma_desc *vd;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&cvc->pc->lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(vd, &cvc->pc->queue, node)
 		if (vd->tx.cookie == cookie) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cvc->pc->lock, flags);
 			return vd;
 		}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cvc->pc->lock, flags);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(vd, &cvc->vc.desc_issued, node)
 		if (vd->tx.cookie == cookie)
@@ -452,9 +449,11 @@ static enum dma_status mtk_cqdma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *c,
 	if (ret == DMA_COMPLETE || !txstate)
 		return ret;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cvc->pc->lock, flags);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cvc->vc.lock, flags);
 	vd = mtk_cqdma_find_active_desc(c, cookie);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cvc->vc.lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cvc->pc->lock, flags);
 
 	if (vd) {
 		cvd = to_cqdma_vdesc(vd);