static irqreturn_t ehci_irq (struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 {
        struct ehci_hcd         *ehci = hcd_to_ehci (hcd);
-       u32                     status, pcd_status = 0, cmd;
+       u32                     status, masked_status, pcd_status = 0, cmd;
        int                     bh;
 
        spin_lock (&ehci->lock);
                goto dead;
        }
 
-       status &= INTR_MASK;
-       if (!status) {                  /* irq sharing? */
+       masked_status = status & INTR_MASK;
+       if (!masked_status) {           /* irq sharing? */
                spin_unlock(&ehci->lock);
                return IRQ_NONE;
        }
 
        /* clear (just) interrupts */
-       ehci_writel(ehci, status, &ehci->regs->status);
+       ehci_writel(ehci, masked_status, &ehci->regs->status);
        cmd = ehci_readl(ehci, &ehci->regs->command);
        bh = 0;
 
 
        /* PCI errors [4.15.2.4] */
        if (unlikely ((status & STS_FATAL) != 0)) {
+               ehci_err(ehci, "fatal error\n");
                dbg_cmd(ehci, "fatal", cmd);
                dbg_status(ehci, "fatal", status);
-               if (status & STS_HALT) {
-                       ehci_err (ehci, "fatal error\n");
+               ehci_halt(ehci);
 dead:
-                       ehci_reset (ehci);
-                       ehci_writel(ehci, 0, &ehci->regs->configured_flag);
-                       /* generic layer kills/unlinks all urbs, then
-                        * uses ehci_stop to clean up the rest
-                        */
-                       bh = 1;
-               }
+               ehci_reset(ehci);
+               ehci_writel(ehci, 0, &ehci->regs->configured_flag);
+               /* generic layer kills/unlinks all urbs, then
+                * uses ehci_stop to clean up the rest
+                */
+               bh = 1;
        }
 
        if (bh)