diff --git a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/msp_hwbutton.c b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/msp_hwbutton.c
index 6fa85728158b64ea52ca1caa477cfd8bf7d70af9..ab96a2d7f4c4fc63c0c7594918342e0f98b4e489 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/msp_hwbutton.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/msp_hwbutton.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int msp_hwbutton_register(struct hwbutton_interrupt *hirq)
 		CIC_EXT_SET_ACTIVE_HI(cic_ext, hirq->eirq);
 	*CIC_EXT_CFG_REG = cic_ext;
 
-	return request_irq(hirq->irq, hwbutton_handler, SA_INTERRUPT,
+	return request_irq(hirq->irq, hwbutton_handler, IRQF_DISABLED,
 				hirq->name, (void *)hirq);
 }