diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
index 115b417dfb8e..9fcc118312cb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static void ltq_hw_irq_handler(struct irq_desc *desc)
 	generic_handle_irq(irq_linear_revmap(ltq_domain, hwirq));
 
 	/* 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);
 }