diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c b/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
index a67f4f2d33a9..0706322154cb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
@@ -424,31 +424,26 @@ int mei_irq_read_handler(struct mei_device *dev,
 	list_for_each_entry(cl, &dev->file_list, link) {
 		if (mei_cl_hbm_equal(cl, mei_hdr)) {
 			cl_dbg(dev, cl, "got a message\n");
-			break;
+			ret = mei_cl_irq_read_msg(cl, mei_hdr, meta_hdr, cmpl_list);
+			goto reset_slots;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* if no recipient cl was found we assume corrupted header */
-	if (&cl->link == &dev->file_list) {
-		/* A message for not connected fixed address clients
-		 * should be silently discarded
-		 * On power down client may be force cleaned,
-		 * silently discard such messages
-		 */
-		if (hdr_is_fixed(mei_hdr) ||
-		    dev->dev_state == MEI_DEV_POWER_DOWN) {
-			mei_irq_discard_msg(dev, mei_hdr, mei_hdr->length);
-			ret = 0;
-			goto reset_slots;
-		}
-		dev_err(dev->dev, "no destination client found 0x%08X\n",
-				dev->rd_msg_hdr[0]);
-		ret = -EBADMSG;
-		goto end;
+	/* A message for not connected fixed address clients
+	 * should be silently discarded
+	 * On power down client may be force cleaned,
+	 * silently discard such messages
+	 */
+	if (hdr_is_fixed(mei_hdr) ||
+	    dev->dev_state == MEI_DEV_POWER_DOWN) {
+		mei_irq_discard_msg(dev, mei_hdr, mei_hdr->length);
+		ret = 0;
+		goto reset_slots;
 	}
-
-	ret = mei_cl_irq_read_msg(cl, mei_hdr, meta_hdr, cmpl_list);
-
+	dev_err(dev->dev, "no destination client found 0x%08X\n", dev->rd_msg_hdr[0]);
+	ret = -EBADMSG;
+	goto end;
 
 reset_slots:
 	/* reset the number of slots and header */