diff --git a/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c b/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
index d1802bcba0fb..35d4dea41983 100644
--- a/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
+++ b/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
@@ -577,10 +577,16 @@ static void __pmic_arb_chained_irq(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa, bool show)
 	int last = pa->max_apid >> 5;
 	u32 status, enable;
 	int i, id, apid;
+	/* status based dispatch */
+	bool acc_valid = false;
+	u32 irq_status = 0;
 
 	for (i = first; i <= last; ++i) {
 		status = readl_relaxed(pa->acc_status +
 				      pa->ver_ops->owner_acc_status(pa->ee, i));
+		if (status)
+			acc_valid = true;
+
 		while (status) {
 			id = ffs(status) - 1;
 			status &= ~BIT(id);
@@ -591,6 +597,28 @@ static void __pmic_arb_chained_irq(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa, bool show)
 				periph_interrupt(pa, apid, show);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* ACC_STATUS is empty but IRQ fired check IRQ_STATUS */
+	if (!acc_valid) {
+		for (i = pa->min_apid; i <= pa->max_apid; i++) {
+			/* skip if APPS is not irq owner */
+			if (pa->apid_data[i].irq_owner != pa->ee)
+				continue;
+
+			irq_status = readl_relaxed(pa->intr +
+						pa->ver_ops->irq_status(i));
+			if (irq_status) {
+				enable = readl_relaxed(pa->intr +
+						pa->ver_ops->acc_enable(i));
+				if (enable & SPMI_PIC_ACC_ENABLE_BIT) {
+					dev_dbg(&pa->spmic->dev,
+						"Dispatching IRQ for apid=%d status=%x\n",
+						i, irq_status);
+					periph_interrupt(pa, i, show);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void pmic_arb_chained_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)