diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c b/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c
index 194360a5f7823331e1cff910edb31ea0e14514ba..a039a5df6f2147f3a86074ee50e7a73eeb5177f0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c
@@ -380,8 +380,10 @@ int mei_amthif_irq_read_msg(struct mei_cl *cl,
 
 	dev = cl->dev;
 
-	if (dev->iamthif_state != MEI_IAMTHIF_READING)
+	if (dev->iamthif_state != MEI_IAMTHIF_READING) {
+		mei_irq_discard_msg(dev, mei_hdr);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	ret = mei_cl_irq_read_msg(cl, mei_hdr, cmpl_list);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c b/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
index 704dc6caad6d783ac321d0ea9c7ccf881191bcb3..3831a7ba2531c2c32c164e8cd987ad8590ef99e4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ static inline int mei_cl_hbm_equal(struct mei_cl *cl,
  * @dev: mei device
  * @hdr: message header
  */
-static inline
 void mei_irq_discard_msg(struct mei_device *dev, struct mei_msg_hdr *hdr)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index 87586bbc4a4110780f1b3b6497e3441733628455..c9e01021eadf4e20098b6855b2c86a880a00c817 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@ bool mei_hbuf_acquire(struct mei_device *dev);
 
 bool mei_write_is_idle(struct mei_device *dev);
 
+void mei_irq_discard_msg(struct mei_device *dev, struct mei_msg_hdr *hdr);
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
 int mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name);
 void mei_dbgfs_deregister(struct mei_device *dev);