&& channel < MAX_DMA_CHANNELS));
 
        if (callback != NULL) {
-               int ret_val;
-               dma_ch[channel].irq = channel2irq(channel);
-               dma_ch[channel].data = data;
+               int ret;
+               unsigned int irq = channel2irq(channel);
 
-               ret_val =
-                   request_irq(dma_ch[channel].irq, callback, IRQF_DISABLED,
-                               dma_ch[channel].device_id, data);
-               if (ret_val) {
-                       printk(KERN_NOTICE
-                              "Request irq in DMA engine failed.\n");
-                       return -EPERM;
-               }
+               ret = request_irq(irq, callback, IRQF_DISABLED,
+                       dma_ch[channel].device_id, data);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
+
+               dma_ch[channel].irq = irq;
+               dma_ch[channel].data = data;
        }
        return 0;
 }