diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
index cbb7866940d6e5eeba77363f54a9ef764c5d9550..79f841bca593defac6f1e1926145f92a36a59d06 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static int __devinit pata_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *io_res, *ctl_res;
 	struct ata_host *host;
 	struct ata_port *ap;
+	struct pata_platform_info *pp_info;
 	unsigned int mmio;
 
 	/*
@@ -208,11 +209,12 @@ static int __devinit pata_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ap->ioaddr.altstatus_addr = ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr;
 
-	pata_platform_setup_port(&ap->ioaddr, pdev->dev.platform_data);
+	pp_info = (struct pata_platform_info *)(pdev->dev.platform_data);
+	pata_platform_setup_port(&ap->ioaddr, pp_info);
 
 	/* activate */
 	return ata_host_activate(host, platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), ata_interrupt,
-				 0, &pata_platform_sht);
+				 pp_info->irq_flags, &pata_platform_sht);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/pata_platform.h b/include/linux/pata_platform.h
index 2d5fd647e0e94eff581b2ad4f8a9a4f0395a405a..5799e8d50623fb18af175b7cef1ac968949d2482 100644
--- a/include/linux/pata_platform.h
+++ b/include/linux/pata_platform.h
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ struct pata_platform_info {
 	 * spacing used by ata_std_ports().
 	 */
 	unsigned int ioport_shift;
+	/* 
+	 * Indicate platform specific irq types and initial
+	 * IRQ flags when call request_irq()
+	 */
+	unsigned int irq_flags;
 };
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_PATA_PLATFORM_H */