diff --git a/kernel/irq/spurious.c b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
index b5f4742693c0..dc813a948be2 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/spurious.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ static int try_one_irq(int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, bool force)
 	 */
 	action = desc->action;
 	if (!action || !(action->flags & IRQF_SHARED) ||
-	    (action->flags & __IRQF_TIMER) || !action->next)
+	    (action->flags & __IRQF_TIMER) ||
+	    (action->handler(irq, action->dev_id) == IRQ_HANDLED) ||
+	    !action->next)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Already running on another processor */