diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
index 6f1985496112225c857c51f8e2f753356d9c3989..ccb140d605327d5f26d6a87c6bba8e776885092f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ enum tis_defaults {
 #define	TPM_DID_VID(l)			(0x0F00 | ((l) << 12))
 #define	TPM_RID(l)			(0x0F04 | ((l) << 12))
 
+struct priv_data {
+	bool irq_tested;
+};
+
 static LIST_HEAD(tis_chips);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(tis_lock);
 
@@ -338,12 +342,27 @@ static int tpm_tis_send_data(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static void disable_interrupts(struct tpm_chip *chip)
+{
+	u32 intmask;
+
+	intmask =
+	    ioread32(chip->vendor.iobase +
+		     TPM_INT_ENABLE(chip->vendor.locality));
+	intmask &= ~TPM_GLOBAL_INT_ENABLE;
+	iowrite32(intmask,
+		  chip->vendor.iobase +
+		  TPM_INT_ENABLE(chip->vendor.locality));
+	free_irq(chip->vendor.irq, chip);
+	chip->vendor.irq = 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * If interrupts are used (signaled by an irq set in the vendor structure)
  * tpm.c can skip polling for the data to be available as the interrupt is
  * waited for here
  */
-static int tpm_tis_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
+static int tpm_tis_send_main(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	int rc;
 	u32 ordinal;
@@ -373,6 +392,30 @@ static int tpm_tis_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int tpm_tis_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	int rc, irq;
+	struct priv_data *priv = chip->vendor.priv;
+
+	if (!chip->vendor.irq || priv->irq_tested)
+		return tpm_tis_send_main(chip, buf, len);
+
+	/* Verify receipt of the expected IRQ */
+	irq = chip->vendor.irq;
+	chip->vendor.irq = 0;
+	rc = tpm_tis_send_main(chip, buf, len);
+	chip->vendor.irq = irq;
+	if (!priv->irq_tested)
+		msleep(1);
+	if (!priv->irq_tested) {
+		disable_interrupts(chip);
+		dev_err(chip->dev,
+			FW_BUG "TPM interrupt not working, polling instead\n");
+	}
+	priv->irq_tested = true;
+	return rc;
+}
+
 struct tis_vendor_timeout_override {
 	u32 did_vid;
 	unsigned long timeout_us[4];
@@ -505,6 +548,7 @@ static irqreturn_t tis_int_handler(int dummy, void *dev_id)
 	if (interrupt == 0)
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
+	((struct priv_data *)chip->vendor.priv)->irq_tested = true;
 	if (interrupt & TPM_INTF_DATA_AVAIL_INT)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&chip->vendor.read_queue);
 	if (interrupt & TPM_INTF_LOCALITY_CHANGE_INT)
@@ -534,9 +578,14 @@ static int tpm_tis_init(struct device *dev, resource_size_t start,
 	u32 vendor, intfcaps, intmask;
 	int rc, i, irq_s, irq_e, probe;
 	struct tpm_chip *chip;
+	struct priv_data *priv;
 
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct priv_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (priv == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (!(chip = tpm_register_hardware(dev, &tpm_tis)))
 		return -ENODEV;
+	chip->vendor.priv = priv;
 
 	chip->vendor.iobase = ioremap(start, len);
 	if (!chip->vendor.iobase) {
@@ -605,19 +654,6 @@ static int tpm_tis_init(struct device *dev, resource_size_t start,
 	if (intfcaps & TPM_INTF_DATA_AVAIL_INT)
 		dev_dbg(dev, "\tData Avail Int Support\n");
 
-	/* get the timeouts before testing for irqs */
-	if (tpm_get_timeouts(chip)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Could not get TPM timeouts and durations\n");
-		rc = -ENODEV;
-		goto out_err;
-	}
-
-	if (tpm_do_selftest(chip)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "TPM self test failed\n");
-		rc = -ENODEV;
-		goto out_err;
-	}
-
 	/* INTERRUPT Setup */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&chip->vendor.read_queue);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&chip->vendor.int_queue);
@@ -719,6 +755,18 @@ static int tpm_tis_init(struct device *dev, resource_size_t start,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (tpm_get_timeouts(chip)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Could not get TPM timeouts and durations\n");
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	if (tpm_do_selftest(chip)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "TPM self test failed\n");
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chip->vendor.list);
 	mutex_lock(&tis_lock);
 	list_add(&chip->vendor.list, &tis_chips);