diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08.c
index 9d5e2d9b6b93..70fe9476d0cf 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mcp23s08_irq(int irq, void *data)
 
 	if (intf == 0) {
 		/* There is no interrupt pending */
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	if (mcp_read(mcp, MCP_INTCAP, &intcap))