diff --git a/src/imp/interrupt/msp430.rs b/src/imp/interrupt/msp430.rs
index 89b516c6..70cf12c2 100644
--- a/src/imp/interrupt/msp430.rs
+++ b/src/imp/interrupt/msp430.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ use core::arch::asm;
 pub(super) use super::super::msp430 as atomic;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-pub(super) struct WasEnabled(bool);
+pub(super) struct State(u16);
 
 /// Disables interrupts and returns the previous interrupt state.
 #[inline]
-pub(super) fn disable() -> WasEnabled {
+pub(super) fn disable() -> State {
     let r: u16;
     // SAFETY: reading the status register and disabling interrupts are safe.
     // (see module-level comments of interrupt/mod.rs on the safety of using privileged instructions)
@@ -31,24 +31,19 @@ pub(super) fn disable() -> WasEnabled {
             llvm_asm!("dint { nop" ::: "memory" : "volatile");
         }
     }
-    // GIE (global interrupt enable) bit (1 << 3)
-    WasEnabled(r & 0x8 != 0)
+    State(r)
 }
 
 /// Restores the previous interrupt state.
 #[inline]
-pub(super) unsafe fn restore(WasEnabled(was_enabled): WasEnabled) {
-    if was_enabled {
-        // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that the state was retrieved by the previous `disable`,
-        // and we've checked that interrupts were enabled before disabling interrupts.
-        unsafe {
-            // Do not use `nomem` and `readonly` because prevent preceding memory accesses from being reordered after interrupts are enabled.
-            // Do not use `preserves_flags` because EINT modifies the GIE (global interrupt enable) bit of the status register.
-            // Refs: http://mspgcc.sourceforge.net/manual/x951.html
-            #[cfg(not(portable_atomic_no_asm))]
-            asm!("nop {{ eint {{ nop", options(nostack));
-            #[cfg(portable_atomic_no_asm)]
-            llvm_asm!("nop { eint { nop" ::: "memory" : "volatile");
-        }
+pub(super) unsafe fn restore(State(r): State) {
+    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that the state was retrieved by the previous `disable`,
+    unsafe {
+        // Do not use `nomem` and `readonly` because prevent preceding memory accesses from being reordered after interrupts are enabled.
+        // Do not use `preserves_flags` because MOV modifies the status register.
+        #[cfg(not(portable_atomic_no_asm))]
+        asm!("nop {{ mov {0}, R2 {{ nop", in(reg) r, options(nostack));
+        #[cfg(portable_atomic_no_asm)]
+        llvm_asm!("nop { mov $0, R2 { nop" :: "r"(r) : "memory" : "volatile");
     }
 }