diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index 15e8e2b8e26a..138857432c69 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1330,8 +1330,9 @@ static int __qcom_glink_send(struct glink_channel *channel,
 	ret = qcom_glink_tx(glink, &req, sizeof(req), data, chunk_size, wait);
 
 	/* Mark intent available if we failed */
-	if (ret && intent) {
-		intent->in_use = false;
+	if (ret) {
+		if (intent)
+			intent->in_use = false;
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -1352,8 +1353,9 @@ static int __qcom_glink_send(struct glink_channel *channel,
 				    chunk_size, wait);
 
 		/* Mark intent available if we failed */
-		if (ret && intent) {
-			intent->in_use = false;
+		if (ret) {
+			if (intent)
+				intent->in_use = false;
 			break;
 		}
 	}