diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
index 0cbca30b75dc..77783582080c 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
@@ -1130,20 +1130,22 @@ static void sunxi_pinctrl_irq_handler(struct irq_desc *desc)
 	if (bank == pctl->desc->irq_banks)
 		return;
 
+	chained_irq_enter(chip, desc);
+
 	reg = sunxi_irq_status_reg_from_bank(pctl->desc, bank);
 	val = readl(pctl->membase + reg);
 
 	if (val) {
 		int irqoffset;
 
-		chained_irq_enter(chip, desc);
 		for_each_set_bit(irqoffset, &val, IRQ_PER_BANK) {
 			int pin_irq = irq_find_mapping(pctl->domain,
 						       bank * IRQ_PER_BANK + irqoffset);
 			generic_handle_irq(pin_irq);
 		}
-		chained_irq_exit(chip, desc);
 	}
+
+	chained_irq_exit(chip, desc);
 }
 
 static int sunxi_pinctrl_add_function(struct sunxi_pinctrl *pctl,