diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c
index 6d36f63c3338..7b8d4ba868eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ void dp_aux_isr(struct drm_dp_aux *dp_aux)
 
 	isr = dp_catalog_aux_get_irq(aux->catalog);
 
+	/* no interrupts pending, return immediately */
+	if (!isr)
+		return;
+
 	if (!aux->cmd_busy)
 		return;