diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
index f8062aaf5df9c830ec287f6774ad270e13d34b32..c0b58dd1ca042fd853e5c23198f118d8c5b28261 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
@@ -470,6 +470,15 @@ void fixup_irqs(void)
 		}
 
 		chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data);
+		/*
+		 * The interrupt descriptor might have been cleaned up
+		 * already, but it is not yet removed from the radix tree
+		 */
+		if (!chip) {
+			raw_spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (!irqd_can_move_in_process_context(data) && chip->irq_mask)
 			chip->irq_mask(data);