diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index fdc679d309ec4c030d6f407d35675fb1b2527473..3e1d7de6ea40c8953d9f1801c09cf9bc85ad44fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -143,15 +143,31 @@ static void eeh_disable_irq(struct pci_dev *dev)
 static void eeh_enable_irq(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct eeh_dev *edev = pci_dev_to_eeh_dev(dev);
-	struct irq_desc *desc;
 
 	if ((edev->mode) & EEH_DEV_IRQ_DISABLED) {
 		edev->mode &= ~EEH_DEV_IRQ_DISABLED;
-
-		desc = irq_to_desc(dev->irq);
-		if (desc && desc->depth > 0)
+		/*
+		 * FIXME !!!!!
+		 *
+		 * This is just ass backwards. This maze has
+		 * unbalanced irq_enable/disable calls. So instead of
+		 * finding the root cause it works around the warning
+		 * in the irq_enable code by conditionally calling
+		 * into it.
+		 *
+		 * That's just wrong.The warning in the core code is
+		 * there to tell people to fix their assymetries in
+		 * their own code, not by abusing the core information
+		 * to avoid it.
+		 *
+		 * I so wish that the assymetry would be the other way
+		 * round and a few more irq_disable calls render that
+		 * shit unusable forever.
+		 *
+		 *	tglx
+		 */
+		if (irqd_irq_disabled(irq_get_irq_data(dev->irq))
 			enable_irq(dev->irq);
-	}
 }
 
 /**