diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
index 3da237209f85..1468c59d8960 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
@@ -2237,8 +2237,8 @@ qla82xx_poll(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			    stat * 0xff);
 			break;
 		}
+		WRT_REG_DWORD(&reg->host_int, 0);
 	}
-	WRT_REG_DWORD(&reg->host_int, 0);
 out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 }