diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 8569f55e55b6..660834a49c1f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1267,12 +1267,8 @@ static void acpi_ec_event_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ec->lock);
 }
 
-static void acpi_ec_handle_interrupt(struct acpi_ec *ec)
+static void clear_gpe_and_advance_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, bool interrupt)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
-
 	/*
 	 * Clear GPE_STS upfront to allow subsequent hardware GPE_STS 0->1
 	 * changes to always trigger a GPE interrupt.
@@ -1289,6 +1285,16 @@ static void acpi_ec_handle_interrupt(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 		acpi_clear_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe);
 
 	advance_transaction(ec, true);
+}
+
+static void acpi_ec_handle_interrupt(struct acpi_ec *ec)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
+
+	clear_gpe_and_advance_transaction(ec, true);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -2083,7 +2089,7 @@ bool acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe(void)
 	if (acpi_ec_gpe_status_set(first_ec)) {
 		pm_pr_dbg("ACPI EC GPE status set\n");
 
-		advance_transaction(first_ec, false);
+		clear_gpe_and_advance_transaction(first_ec, false);
 		work_in_progress = acpi_ec_work_in_progress(first_ec);
 	}