diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
index 3a079decde517e0f93c669a6ed81447c7440db9b..8f68972b015f0b6d03bc2681570b057f3532a40f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
@@ -692,15 +692,8 @@ startup(struct async_struct *info)
 			handler = rs_interrupt_single;
 
 		retval = request_irq(state->irq, handler, IRQ_T(info), "simserial", NULL);
-		if (retval) {
-			if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-				if (info->tty)
-					set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR,
-						&info->tty->flags);
-				retval = 0;
-			}
+		if (retval)
 			goto errout;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/*