diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c
index 467c0ba87ac3..1f622ce6be8b 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@ irqreturn_t mhi_intvec_threaded_handler(int irq_number, void *priv)
 	}
 	write_unlock_irq(&mhi_cntrl->pm_lock);
 
-	/* If device in RDDM don't bother processing SYS error */
-	if (mhi_cntrl->ee == MHI_EE_RDDM) {
-		if (mhi_cntrl->ee != ee) {
+	 /* If device supports RDDM don't bother processing SYS error */
+	if (mhi_cntrl->rddm_image) {
+		if (mhi_cntrl->ee == MHI_EE_RDDM && mhi_cntrl->ee != ee) {
 			mhi_cntrl->status_cb(mhi_cntrl, MHI_CB_EE_RDDM);
 			wake_up_all(&mhi_cntrl->state_event);
 		}
@@ -735,6 +735,11 @@ int mhi_process_ctrl_ev_ring(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl,
 			{
 				enum mhi_pm_state new_state;
 
+				/* skip SYS_ERROR handling if RDDM supported */
+				if (mhi_cntrl->ee == MHI_EE_RDDM ||
+				    mhi_cntrl->rddm_image)
+					break;
+
 				dev_dbg(dev, "System error detected\n");
 				write_lock_irq(&mhi_cntrl->pm_lock);
 				new_state = mhi_tryset_pm_state(mhi_cntrl,