diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
index a2ad4f7c716b..d9eb8733a324 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
@@ -1813,7 +1813,8 @@ int vfio_config_init(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev)
 					cpu_to_le16(PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY);
 	}
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_INTX) || vdev->nointx)
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_INTX) || vdev->nointx ||
+	    vdev->pdev->irq == IRQ_NOTCONNECTED)
 		vconfig[PCI_INTERRUPT_PIN] = 0;
 
 	ret = vfio_cap_init(vdev);
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
index a8f259bc2f4d..fa168b434239 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
@@ -731,15 +731,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_pci_core_finish_enable);
 static int vfio_pci_get_irq_count(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, int irq_type)
 {
 	if (irq_type == VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX) {
-		u8 pin;
-
-		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_INTX) ||
-		    vdev->nointx || vdev->pdev->is_virtfn)
-			return 0;
-
-		pci_read_config_byte(vdev->pdev, PCI_INTERRUPT_PIN, &pin);
-
-		return pin ? 1 : 0;
+		return vdev->vconfig[PCI_INTERRUPT_PIN] ? 1 : 0;
 	} else if (irq_type == VFIO_PCI_MSI_IRQ_INDEX) {
 		u8 pos;
 		u16 flags;
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
index 620134041b48..c4322faca2bd 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int vfio_intx_enable(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
 	if (!is_irq_none(vdev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!pdev->irq)
+	if (!pdev->irq || pdev->irq == IRQ_NOTCONNECTED)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, "vfio-intx(%s)", pci_name(pdev));