diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 26cf1833b86d..56bc422dc831 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -1905,24 +1905,15 @@ static irqreturn_t e1000_msix_other(int __always_unused irq, void *data)
 	struct net_device *netdev = data;
 	struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
-	u32 icr = er32(ICR);
 
-	if (icr & adapter->eiac_mask)
-		ew32(ICS, (icr & adapter->eiac_mask));
+	hw->mac.get_link_status = true;
 
-	if (icr & E1000_ICR_OTHER) {
-		if (!(icr & E1000_ICR_LSC))
-			goto no_link_interrupt;
-		hw->mac.get_link_status = true;
-		/* guard against interrupt when we're going down */
-		if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-			mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 1);
+	/* guard against interrupt when we're going down */
+	if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
+		mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 1);
+		ew32(IMS, E1000_IMS_OTHER);
 	}
 
-no_link_interrupt:
-	if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-		ew32(IMS, E1000_IMS_LSC | E1000_IMS_OTHER);
-
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
@@ -2021,6 +2012,7 @@ static void e1000_configure_msix(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		       hw->hw_addr + E1000_EITR_82574(vector));
 	else
 		writel(1, hw->hw_addr + E1000_EITR_82574(vector));
+	adapter->eiac_mask |= E1000_IMS_OTHER;
 
 	/* Cause Tx interrupts on every write back */
 	ivar |= (1 << 31);
@@ -2249,7 +2241,7 @@ static void e1000_irq_enable(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 
 	if (adapter->msix_entries) {
 		ew32(EIAC_82574, adapter->eiac_mask & E1000_EIAC_MASK_82574);
-		ew32(IMS, adapter->eiac_mask | E1000_IMS_OTHER | E1000_IMS_LSC);
+		ew32(IMS, adapter->eiac_mask | E1000_IMS_LSC);
 	} else if ((hw->mac.type == e1000_pch_lpt) ||
 		   (hw->mac.type == e1000_pch_spt)) {
 		ew32(IMS, IMS_ENABLE_MASK | E1000_IMS_ECCER);