diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
index 38dca1e..771950b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
@@ -6774,7 +6774,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (!ipa3_ctx->ipa_config_is_mhi) {
 		type = gsi_pending_irq_type();
-		if (type) {
+		if (type != -EPERM && type) {
 			IPAERR("unexpected gsi irq type: %d\n", type);
 			/* increase ipa3_active_clients for smp2p response */
 			atomic_inc(&ipa3_ctx->ipa3_active_clients.cnt);