diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c b/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c
index 945ee8300306c0e322cd69a26180231879f02acc..7c0d8630e64102f52992ec52b5e35f95da82deda 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static void octeon_wdt_setup_interrupt(int cpu)
 	irq = OCTEON_IRQ_WDOG0 + core;
 
 	if (request_irq(irq, octeon_wdt_poke_irq,
-			IRQF_DISABLED, "octeon_wdt", octeon_wdt_poke_irq))
+			IRQF_NO_THREAD, "octeon_wdt", octeon_wdt_poke_irq))
 		panic("octeon_wdt: Couldn't obtain irq %d", irq);
 
 	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &irq_enabled_cpus);