diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 2c817a736b7780c1c60a53413f267de11777f544..fb19084c586047cac03dfbb21dde3e5b240be92e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ static inline struct mpic * mpic_from_irq_data(struct irq_data *d)
 static inline void mpic_eoi(struct mpic *mpic)
 {
 	mpic_cpu_write(MPIC_INFO(CPU_EOI), 0);
-	(void)mpic_cpu_read(MPIC_INFO(CPU_WHOAMI));
 }
 
 /*