static asmlinkage void __exception_irq_entry s3c24xx_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
        do {
-               if (likely(s3c_intc[0]))
-                       if (s3c24xx_handle_intc(s3c_intc[0], regs, 0))
-                               continue;
+               /*
+                * For platform based machines, neither ERR nor NULL can happen here.
+                * The s3c24xx_handle_irq() will be set as IRQ handler iff this succeeds:
+                *
+                *    s3c_intc[0] = s3c24xx_init_intc()
+                *
+                * If this fails, the next calls to s3c24xx_init_intc() won't be executed.
+                *
+                * For DT machine, s3c_init_intc_of() could set the IRQ handler without
+                * setting s3c_intc[0] only if it was called with num_ctrl=0. There is no
+                * such code path, so again the s3c_intc[0] will have a valid pointer if
+                * set_handle_irq() is called.
+                *
+                * Therefore in s3c24xx_handle_irq(), the s3c_intc[0] is always something.
+                */
+               if (s3c24xx_handle_intc(s3c_intc[0], regs, 0))
+                       continue;
 
-               if (s3c_intc[2])
+               if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(s3c_intc[2]))
                        if (s3c24xx_handle_intc(s3c_intc[2], regs, 64))
                                continue;