diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
index b9e02e484d72..9c3b2ff33e63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
@@ -1109,8 +1109,6 @@ static void bgmac_chip_reset(struct bgmac *bgmac)
 	bgmac_phy_init(bgmac);
 
 	netdev_reset_queue(bgmac->net_dev);
-
-	bgmac->int_status = 0;
 }
 
 static void bgmac_chip_intrs_on(struct bgmac *bgmac)
@@ -1225,14 +1223,13 @@ static irqreturn_t bgmac_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	if (!int_status)
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
-	/* Ack */
-	bgmac_write(bgmac, BGMAC_INT_STATUS, int_status);
+	int_status &= ~(BGMAC_IS_TX0 | BGMAC_IS_RX);
+	if (int_status)
+		bgmac_err(bgmac, "Unknown IRQs: 0x%08X\n", int_status);
 
 	/* Disable new interrupts until handling existing ones */
 	bgmac_chip_intrs_off(bgmac);
 
-	bgmac->int_status = int_status;
-
 	napi_schedule(&bgmac->napi);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
@@ -1241,25 +1238,17 @@ static irqreturn_t bgmac_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 static int bgmac_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int weight)
 {
 	struct bgmac *bgmac = container_of(napi, struct bgmac, napi);
-	struct bgmac_dma_ring *ring;
 	int handled = 0;
 
-	if (bgmac->int_status & BGMAC_IS_TX0) {
-		ring = &bgmac->tx_ring[0];
-		bgmac_dma_tx_free(bgmac, ring);
-		bgmac->int_status &= ~BGMAC_IS_TX0;
-	}
+	/* Ack */
+	bgmac_write(bgmac, BGMAC_INT_STATUS, ~0);
 
-	if (bgmac->int_status & BGMAC_IS_RX) {
-		ring = &bgmac->rx_ring[0];
-		handled += bgmac_dma_rx_read(bgmac, ring, weight);
-		bgmac->int_status &= ~BGMAC_IS_RX;
-	}
+	bgmac_dma_tx_free(bgmac, &bgmac->tx_ring[0]);
+	handled += bgmac_dma_rx_read(bgmac, &bgmac->rx_ring[0], weight);
 
-	if (bgmac->int_status) {
-		bgmac_err(bgmac, "Unknown IRQs: 0x%08X\n", bgmac->int_status);
-		bgmac->int_status = 0;
-	}
+	/* Poll again if more events arrived in the meantime */
+	if (bgmac_read(bgmac, BGMAC_INT_STATUS) & (BGMAC_IS_TX0 | BGMAC_IS_RX))
+		return handled;
 
 	if (handled < weight) {
 		napi_complete(napi);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.h
index 5a198d56f3e7..abd50d128e6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.h
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ struct bgmac {
 
 	/* Int */
 	u32 int_mask;
-	u32 int_status;
 
 	/* Current MAC state */
 	int mac_speed;