diff --git a/hw/intc/riscv_aplic.c b/hw/intc/riscv_aplic.c
index 4a262c82f0..74c82a8411 100644
--- a/hw/intc/riscv_aplic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/riscv_aplic.c
@@ -248,9 +248,12 @@ static void riscv_aplic_set_pending(RISCVAPLICState *aplic,
 
     if ((sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_HIGH) ||
         (sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_LOW)) {
-        if (!aplic->msimode || (aplic->msimode && !pending)) {
+        if (!aplic->msimode) {
             return;
         }
+        if (aplic->msimode && !pending) {
+            goto noskip_write_pending;
+        }
         if ((aplic->state[irq] & APLIC_ISTATE_INPUT) &&
             (sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_LOW)) {
             return;
@@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ static void riscv_aplic_set_pending(RISCVAPLICState *aplic,
         }
     }
 
+noskip_write_pending:
     riscv_aplic_set_pending_raw(aplic, irq, pending);
 }