diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/mhi_dev/mhi.c b/drivers/platform/msm/mhi_dev/mhi.c
index 5eca5c2d3214..573911877588 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/mhi_dev/mhi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/mhi_dev/mhi.c
@@ -2236,11 +2236,12 @@ static int mhi_dev_get_event_notify(enum mhi_dev_state state,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void mhi_dev_queue_channel_db(struct mhi_dev *mhi,
+static bool mhi_dev_queue_channel_db(struct mhi_dev *mhi,
 					uint32_t chintr_value, uint32_t ch_num)
 {
 	struct mhi_dev_ring *ring;
 	struct mhi_dev_channel *ch;
+	bool work_pending = false;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	for (; chintr_value; ch_num++, chintr_value >>= 1) {
@@ -2255,14 +2256,16 @@ static void mhi_dev_queue_channel_db(struct mhi_dev *mhi,
 			ch = &mhi->ch[ch_num];
 			mutex_lock(&ch->ch_lock);
 			ch->db_pending = true;
+			work_pending = true;
 			mutex_unlock(&ch->ch_lock);
 			rc = mhi_dev_mmio_disable_chdb_a7(mhi, ch_num);
 			if (rc) {
 				pr_err("Error disabling chdb\n");
-				return;
+				return work_pending;
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return work_pending;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2291,11 +2294,11 @@ static bool mhi_dev_check_channel_interrupt(struct mhi_dev *mhi)
 		/* Process channel status whose mask is enabled */
 		chintr_value = (mhi->chdb[i].status & mhi->chdb[i].mask);
 		if (chintr_value) {
-			pending_work = true;
 			mhi_log(MHI_MSG_VERBOSE,
 				"processing id: %d, ch interrupt 0x%x\n",
 							i, chintr_value);
-			mhi_dev_queue_channel_db(mhi, chintr_value, ch_num);
+			pending_work |= mhi_dev_queue_channel_db(mhi,
+							chintr_value, ch_num);
 			rc = mhi_dev_mmio_write(mhi, MHI_CHDB_INT_CLEAR_A7_n(i),
 							mhi->chdb[i].status);
 			if (rc) {