diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-irq.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-irq.c
index 9fd01bf63c51..624ff90501cd 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-irq.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-irq.c
@@ -432,11 +432,9 @@ static void wm8350_irq_sync_unlock(struct irq_data *data)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(wm8350->irq_masks); i++) {
 		/* If there's been a change in the mask write it back
 		 * to the hardware. */
-		if (wm8350->irq_masks[i] !=
-		    wm8350->reg_cache[WM8350_INT_STATUS_1_MASK + i])
-			WARN_ON(wm8350_reg_write(wm8350,
-					 WM8350_INT_STATUS_1_MASK + i,
-						 wm8350->irq_masks[i]));
+		WARN_ON(regmap_update_bits(wm8350->regmap,
+					   WM8350_INT_STATUS_1_MASK + i,
+					   0xffff, wm8350->irq_masks[i]));
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&wm8350->irq_lock);