diff --git a/include/sound/hdaudio.h b/include/sound/hdaudio.h
index e2b712c90d3f22d4bcbb75ded3a296304d23d7c6..c21c38ce74501dbdac327e9cac8b0b6d051a42b0 100644
--- a/include/sound/hdaudio.h
+++ b/include/sound/hdaudio.h
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void snd_hdac_bus_enter_link_reset(struct hdac_bus *bus);
 void snd_hdac_bus_exit_link_reset(struct hdac_bus *bus);
 
 void snd_hdac_bus_update_rirb(struct hdac_bus *bus);
-void snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(struct hdac_bus *bus, unsigned int status,
+int snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(struct hdac_bus *bus, unsigned int status,
 				    void (*ack)(struct hdac_bus *,
 						struct hdac_stream *));
 
diff --git a/sound/hda/hdac_controller.c b/sound/hda/hdac_controller.c
index b5a17cb510a0b4ee71115973a7d73309e9061b03..8c486235c905253ea0609183d813362a294e42f9 100644
--- a/sound/hda/hdac_controller.c
+++ b/sound/hda/hdac_controller.c
@@ -426,18 +426,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_bus_stop_chip);
  * @bus: HD-audio core bus
  * @status: INTSTS register value
  * @ask: callback to be called for woken streams
+ *
+ * Returns the bits of handled streams, or zero if no stream is handled.
  */
-void snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(struct hdac_bus *bus, unsigned int status,
+int snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(struct hdac_bus *bus, unsigned int status,
 				    void (*ack)(struct hdac_bus *,
 						struct hdac_stream *))
 {
 	struct hdac_stream *azx_dev;
 	u8 sd_status;
+	int handled = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(azx_dev, &bus->stream_list, list) {
 		if (status & azx_dev->sd_int_sta_mask) {
 			sd_status = snd_hdac_stream_readb(azx_dev, SD_STS);
 			snd_hdac_stream_writeb(azx_dev, SD_STS, SD_INT_MASK);
+			handled |= 1 << azx_dev->index;
 			if (!azx_dev->substream || !azx_dev->running ||
 			    !(sd_status & SD_INT_COMPLETE))
 				continue;
@@ -445,6 +449,7 @@ void snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(struct hdac_bus *bus, unsigned int status,
 				ack(bus, azx_dev);
 		}
 	}
+	return handled;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq);
 
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
index 37cf9cee983555ad1a47e4bb43ff2e9db6de39e9..27de8015717d95fdf45ac512a77c60eb32202d67 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
@@ -930,6 +930,8 @@ irqreturn_t azx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct azx *chip = dev_id;
 	struct hdac_bus *bus = azx_bus(chip);
 	u32 status;
+	bool active, handled = false;
+	int repeat = 0; /* count for avoiding endless loop */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	if (azx_has_pm_runtime(chip))
@@ -939,33 +941,36 @@ irqreturn_t azx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	spin_lock(&bus->reg_lock);
 
-	if (chip->disabled) {
-		spin_unlock(&bus->reg_lock);
-		return IRQ_NONE;
-	}
-
-	status = azx_readl(chip, INTSTS);
-	if (status == 0 || status == 0xffffffff) {
-		spin_unlock(&bus->reg_lock);
-		return IRQ_NONE;
-	}
+	if (chip->disabled)
+		goto unlock;
 
-	snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(bus, status, stream_update);
+	do {
+		status = azx_readl(chip, INTSTS);
+		if (status == 0 || status == 0xffffffff)
+			break;
 
-	/* clear rirb int */
-	status = azx_readb(chip, RIRBSTS);
-	if (status & RIRB_INT_MASK) {
-		if (status & RIRB_INT_RESPONSE) {
-			if (chip->driver_caps & AZX_DCAPS_CTX_WORKAROUND)
-				udelay(80);
-			snd_hdac_bus_update_rirb(bus);
+		handled = true;
+		active = false;
+		if (snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(bus, status, stream_update))
+			active = true;
+
+		/* clear rirb int */
+		status = azx_readb(chip, RIRBSTS);
+		if (status & RIRB_INT_MASK) {
+			active = true;
+			if (status & RIRB_INT_RESPONSE) {
+				if (chip->driver_caps & AZX_DCAPS_CTX_WORKAROUND)
+					udelay(80);
+				snd_hdac_bus_update_rirb(bus);
+			}
+			azx_writeb(chip, RIRBSTS, RIRB_INT_MASK);
 		}
-		azx_writeb(chip, RIRBSTS, RIRB_INT_MASK);
-	}
+	} while (active && ++repeat < 10);
 
+ unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&bus->reg_lock);
 
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(azx_interrupt);