diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 336cf72397e5..b51ccbf6cc59 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -5612,7 +5612,7 @@ static void ufshcd_sl_intr(struct ufs_hba *hba, u32 intr_status)
  */
 static irqreturn_t ufshcd_intr(int irq, void *__hba)
 {
-	u32 intr_status, enabled_intr_status;
+	u32 intr_status, enabled_intr_status = 0;
 	irqreturn_t retval = IRQ_NONE;
 	struct ufs_hba *hba = __hba;
 	int retries = hba->nutrs;
@@ -5626,7 +5626,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ufshcd_intr(int irq, void *__hba)
 	 * read, make sure we handle them by checking the interrupt status
 	 * again in a loop until we process all of the reqs before returning.
 	 */
-	do {
+	while (intr_status && retries--) {
 		enabled_intr_status =
 			intr_status & ufshcd_readl(hba, REG_INTERRUPT_ENABLE);
 		if (intr_status)
@@ -5637,7 +5637,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ufshcd_intr(int irq, void *__hba)
 		}
 
 		intr_status = ufshcd_readl(hba, REG_INTERRUPT_STATUS);
-	} while (intr_status && --retries);
+	}
 
 	spin_unlock(hba->host->host_lock);
 	return retval;