diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
index 7c6f75c2aa4d..e64f678ca12c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void ltq_hw_irqdispatch(int module)
 	do_IRQ((int)irq + MIPS_CPU_IRQ_CASCADE + (INT_NUM_IM_OFFSET * module));
 
 	/* if this is a EBU irq, we need to ack it or get a deadlock */
-	if ((irq == LTQ_ICU_EBU_IRQ) && (module == 0) && LTQ_EBU_PCC_ISTAT)
+	if (irq == LTQ_ICU_EBU_IRQ && !module && LTQ_EBU_PCC_ISTAT != 0)
 		ltq_ebu_w32(ltq_ebu_r32(LTQ_EBU_PCC_ISTAT) | 0x10,
 			LTQ_EBU_PCC_ISTAT);
 }