diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index ad11ba4a412d..762b4cc9d7b1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -168,12 +168,15 @@ static void start_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 	acpi_ec_write_cmd(ec, ec->curr->command);
 }
 
-static void advance_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 status)
+static void advance_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct transaction *t;
+	u8 status;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
+	pr_debug("===== %s =====\n", in_interrupt() ? "IRQ" : "TASK");
+	status = acpi_ec_read_status(ec);
 	t = ec->curr;
 	if (!t)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ static int ec_poll(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 						msecs_to_jiffies(1)))
 					return 0;
 			}
-			advance_transaction(ec, acpi_ec_read_status(ec));
+			advance_transaction(ec);
 		} while (time_before(jiffies, delay));
 		pr_debug("controller reset, restart transaction\n");
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
@@ -635,11 +638,8 @@ static u32 acpi_ec_gpe_handler(acpi_handle gpe_device,
 	u32 gpe_number, void *data)
 {
 	struct acpi_ec *ec = data;
-	u8 status = acpi_ec_read_status(ec);
 
-	pr_debug("~~~> interrupt, status:0x%02x\n", status);
-
-	advance_transaction(ec, status);
+	advance_transaction(ec);
 	if (ec_transaction_done(ec) &&
 	    (acpi_ec_read_status(ec) & ACPI_EC_FLAG_IBF) == 0) {
 		wake_up(&ec->wait);