diff --git a/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
index 15b2453d2647..b2c755b74bea 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dma-axi-dmac.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *axi_dmac_prep_interleaved(
 
 	if (chan->hw_2d) {
 		if (!axi_dmac_check_len(chan, xt->sgl[0].size) ||
-		    !axi_dmac_check_len(chan, xt->numf))
+		    xt->numf == 0)
 			return NULL;
 		if (xt->sgl[0].size + dst_icg > chan->max_length ||
 		    xt->sgl[0].size + src_icg > chan->max_length)