"Could not write test response to sink\n");
 }
 
-static int
+/**
+ * intel_dp_check_mst_status - service any pending MST interrupts, check link status
+ * @intel_dp: Intel DP struct
+ *
+ * Read any pending MST interrupts, call MST core to handle these and ack the
+ * interrupts. Check if the main and AUX link state is ok.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - %true if pending interrupts were serviced (or no interrupts were
+ *   pending) w/o detecting an error condition.
+ * - %false if an error condition - like AUX failure or a loss of link - is
+ *   detected, which needs servicing from the hotplug work.
+ */
+static bool
 intel_dp_check_mst_status(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
 {
        struct drm_i915_private *i915 = dp_to_i915(intel_dp);
-       bool need_retrain = false;
-
-       if (!intel_dp->is_mst)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       bool link_ok = true;
 
        drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(&i915->drm, intel_dp->active_mst_links < 0);
 
        for (;;) {
                u8 esi[DP_DPRX_ESI_LEN] = {};
-               bool bret, handled;
+               bool handled;
                int retry;
 
-               bret = intel_dp_get_sink_irq_esi(intel_dp, esi);
-               if (!bret) {
+               if (!intel_dp_get_sink_irq_esi(intel_dp, esi)) {
                        drm_dbg_kms(&i915->drm,
                                    "failed to get ESI - device may have failed\n");
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       link_ok = false;
+
+                       break;
                }
 
                /* check link status - esi[10] = 0x200c */
-               if (intel_dp->active_mst_links > 0 && !need_retrain &&
+               if (intel_dp->active_mst_links > 0 && link_ok &&
                    !drm_dp_channel_eq_ok(&esi[10], intel_dp->lane_count)) {
                        drm_dbg_kms(&i915->drm,
                                    "channel EQ not ok, retraining\n");
-                       need_retrain = true;
+                       link_ok = false;
                }
 
                drm_dbg_kms(&i915->drm, "got esi %3ph\n", esi);
                }
        }
 
-       return need_retrain;
+       return link_ok;
 }
 
 static bool
        }
 
        if (intel_dp->is_mst) {
-               switch (intel_dp_check_mst_status(intel_dp)) {
-               case -EINVAL:
-                       /*
-                        * If we were in MST mode, and device is not
-                        * there, get out of MST mode
-                        */
-                       drm_dbg_kms(&i915->drm,
-                                   "MST device may have disappeared %d vs %d\n",
-                                   intel_dp->is_mst,
-                                   intel_dp->mst_mgr.mst_state);
-                       intel_dp->is_mst = false;
-                       drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr_set_mst(&intel_dp->mst_mgr,
-                                                       intel_dp->is_mst);
-
-                       return IRQ_NONE;
-               case 1:
-                       return IRQ_NONE;
-               default:
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
-
-       if (!intel_dp->is_mst) {
-               bool handled;
-
-               handled = intel_dp_short_pulse(intel_dp);
-
-               if (!handled)
+               if (!intel_dp_check_mst_status(intel_dp))
                        return IRQ_NONE;
+       } else if (!intel_dp_short_pulse(intel_dp)) {
+               return IRQ_NONE;
        }
 
        return IRQ_HANDLED;