diff --git a/arch/arm/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c b/arch/arm/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c
index c045c120a92..c6efff7b3a2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c
@@ -548,12 +548,12 @@ static void imx9_dmaterminate(struct imx9_dmach_s *dmach, int result)
   dmach->arg      = NULL;
   dmach->state    = IMX9_DMA_IDLE;
 
+  spin_unlock_irqrestore_nopreempt(&g_edma.lock, flags);
+
   if (callback)
     {
       callback((DMACH_HANDLE)dmach, arg, true, result);
     }
-
-  spin_unlock_irqrestore_nopreempt(&g_edma.lock, flags);
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c b/arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c
index af85d41dafa..08327f5d092 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_edma.c
@@ -499,12 +499,12 @@ static void imx9_dmaterminate(struct imx9_dmach_s *dmach, int result)
   dmach->arg      = NULL;
   dmach->state    = IMX9_DMA_IDLE;
 
+  spin_unlock_irqrestore_nopreempt(&g_edma.lock, flags);
+
   if (callback)
     {
       callback((DMACH_HANDLE)dmach, arg, true, result);
     }
-
-  spin_unlock_irqrestore_nopreempt(&g_edma.lock, flags);
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************