* the handler can be scheduled because of a previous
                 * interrupt.
                 */
-               if (test_bit(STATUS_INT_ENABLED, &trans->status) &&
-                   !trans_pcie->inta)
+               if (test_bit(STATUS_INT_ENABLED, &trans->status) && !inta)
                        iwl_enable_interrupts(trans);
-               return trans_pcie->inta;
+               return inta;
        }
 
        if ((inta == 0xFFFFFFFF) || ((inta & 0xFFFFFFF0) == 0xa5a5a5a0)) {
                /* Hardware disappeared. It might have already raised
                 * an interrupt */
                IWL_WARN(trans, "HARDWARE GONE?? INTA == 0x%08x\n", inta);
-               trans_pcie->inta = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-               return trans_pcie->inta;
+               return 0xFFFFFFFF;
        }
 
        if (iwl_have_debug_level(IWL_DL_ISR))
                              inta, trans_pcie->inta_mask,
                              iwl_read32(trans, CSR_FH_INT_STATUS));
 
-       trans_pcie->inta |= inta;
        /* the thread will service interrupts and re-enable them */
-       return trans_pcie->inta;
+       return inta;
 }
 
 /* a device (PCI-E) page is 4096 bytes long */
                              iwl_read32(trans, CSR_INT_MASK));
 
        inta &= trans_pcie->inta_mask;
-       trans_pcie->inta |= inta;
 
        /* iwl_pcie_tasklet() will service interrupts and re-enable them */
        if (likely(inta))
-               return trans_pcie->inta;
+               return inta;
 
  none:
        /* re-enable interrupts here since we don't have anything to service.
         * only Re-enable if disabled by irq.
         */
-       if (test_bit(STATUS_INT_ENABLED, &trans->status) &&
-           !trans_pcie->inta)
+       if (test_bit(STATUS_INT_ENABLED, &trans->status) && !inta)
                iwl_enable_interrupts(trans);
 
-       return trans_pcie->inta;
+       return inta;
 }
 
 irqreturn_t iwl_pcie_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
                IWL_DEBUG_ISR(trans, "inta 0x%08x, enabled 0x%08x\n",
                              inta, iwl_read32(trans, CSR_INT_MASK));
 
-       /* saved interrupt in inta variable now we can reset trans_pcie->inta */
-       trans_pcie->inta = 0;
-
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&trans_pcie->irq_lock, flags);
 
        /* Now service all interrupt bits discovered above. */