diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index 57bff7857e879bf2301a92723ade0a968870e637..a15b5485b446e8ff5575ba87e9a4cabb80aa7286 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -136,10 +136,9 @@ irqreturn_t handle_irq_event_percpu(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
 	irqreturn_t retval = IRQ_NONE;
 	unsigned int flags = 0, irq = desc->irq_data.irq;
-	struct irqaction *action = desc->action;
+	struct irqaction *action;
 
-	/* action might have become NULL since we dropped the lock */
-	while (action) {
+	for_each_action_of_desc(desc, action) {
 		irqreturn_t res;
 
 		trace_irq_handler_entry(irq, action);
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ irqreturn_t handle_irq_event_percpu(struct irq_desc *desc)
 		}
 
 		retval |= res;
-		action = action->next;
 	}
 
 	add_interrupt_randomness(irq, flags);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index fcab63c669059308d3cc27054742587b0627b23f..eab521fc547cdfae54b786f21b2b6daca2f9ffc9 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ static inline void chip_bus_sync_unlock(struct irq_desc *desc)
 #define IRQ_GET_DESC_CHECK_GLOBAL	(_IRQ_DESC_CHECK)
 #define IRQ_GET_DESC_CHECK_PERCPU	(_IRQ_DESC_CHECK | _IRQ_DESC_PERCPU)
 
+#define for_each_action_of_desc(desc, act)			\
+	for (act = desc->act; act; act = act->next)
+
 struct irq_desc *
 __irq_get_desc_lock(unsigned int irq, unsigned long *flags, bool bus,
 		    unsigned int check);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 841187239adc8e3bb0f72fb4ab0ca6a7fec2f618..3ddd2297ee95d97c66df4bfeda5ff55d222656cf 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -144,13 +144,11 @@ int irq_can_set_affinity(unsigned int irq)
  */
 void irq_set_thread_affinity(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
-	struct irqaction *action = desc->action;
+	struct irqaction *action;
 
-	while (action) {
+	for_each_action_of_desc(desc, action)
 		if (action->thread)
 			set_bit(IRQTF_AFFINITY, &action->thread_flags);
-		action = action->next;
-	}
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ
@@ -994,7 +992,7 @@ void irq_wake_thread(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 		return;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	for (action = desc->action; action; action = action->next) {
+	for_each_action_of_desc(desc, action) {
 		if (action->dev_id == dev_id) {
 			if (action->thread)
 				__irq_wake_thread(desc, action);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index a2c02fd5d6d0f8c1ade72ab2680287f37321aa25..4e1b94726818001d7a165162b1ec954dc74880a9 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static int name_unique(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *new_action)
 	int ret = 1;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	for (action = desc->action ; action; action = action->next) {
+	for_each_action_of_desc(desc, action) {
 		if ((action != new_action) && action->name &&
 				!strcmp(new_action->name, action->name)) {
 			ret = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/irq/spurious.c b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
index 32144175458d77d39dc65353770aa187818dfe6f..5707f97a3e6ac50954f8d407d5a4aadcaa2b96fc 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/spurious.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
@@ -211,14 +211,12 @@ static void __report_bad_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, irqreturn_t action_ret)
 	 * desc->lock here. See synchronize_irq().
 	 */
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	action = desc->action;
-	while (action) {
+	for_each_action_of_desc(desc, action) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "[<%p>] %pf", action->handler, action->handler);
 		if (action->thread_fn)
 			printk(KERN_CONT " threaded [<%p>] %pf",
 					action->thread_fn, action->thread_fn);
 		printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
-		action = action->next;
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 }