diff --git a/drivers/char/nwbutton.c b/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
index cfdfe493c6af007a4d2455ab0315ef2611d8ebb3..1fd00dc0689721ae967af86aa2c88dbb903ddef2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int __init nwbutton_init(void)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	if (request_irq (IRQ_NETWINDER_BUTTON, button_handler, IRQF_DISABLED,
+	if (request_irq (IRQ_NETWINDER_BUTTON, button_handler, 0,
 			"nwbutton", NULL)) {
 		printk (KERN_WARNING "nwbutton: IRQ %d is not free.\n",
 				IRQ_NETWINDER_BUTTON);
diff --git a/drivers/char/rtc.c b/drivers/char/rtc.c
index c0cbbd429bdc7abcf0d3055404224bff7d367196..35259961cc38f74bbf0f6727dc205f5ec03368da 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rtc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rtc.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static inline unsigned char rtc_is_updating(void)
 
 #ifdef RTC_IRQ
 /*
- *	A very tiny interrupt handler. It runs with IRQF_DISABLED set,
+ *	A very tiny interrupt handler. It runs with interrupts disabled,
  *	but there is possibility of conflicting with the set_rtc_mmss()
  *	call (the rtc irq and the timer irq can easily run at the same
  *	time in two different CPUs). So we need to serialize
@@ -1040,8 +1040,7 @@ static int __init rtc_init(void)
 		rtc_int_handler_ptr = rtc_interrupt;
 	}
 
-	if (request_irq(RTC_IRQ, rtc_int_handler_ptr, IRQF_DISABLED,
-			"rtc", NULL)) {
+	if (request_irq(RTC_IRQ, rtc_int_handler_ptr, 0, "rtc", NULL)) {
 		/* Yeah right, seeing as irq 8 doesn't even hit the bus. */
 		rtc_has_irq = 0;
 		printk(KERN_ERR "rtc: IRQ %d is not free.\n", RTC_IRQ);
diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc.c b/drivers/char/snsc.c
index 5816b39ff5a9cf43cbba56579d9b0b2d021f8883..8bab59292a0d0a42f2a89914edc36824483160f0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/snsc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/snsc.c
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ scdrv_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	/* hook this subchannel up to the system controller interrupt */
 	mutex_lock(&scdrv_mutex);
 	rv = request_irq(SGI_UART_VECTOR, scdrv_interrupt,
-			 IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_DISABLED,
-			 SYSCTL_BASENAME, sd);
+			 IRQF_SHARED, SYSCTL_BASENAME, sd);
 	if (rv) {
 		ia64_sn_irtr_close(sd->sd_nasid, sd->sd_subch);
 		kfree(sd);
diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc_event.c b/drivers/char/snsc_event.c
index ee156948b9f810d3cd66fbb3ff303e218f884a53..59bcefd6ec7c8ba86ceacce796af03fdce7e99ad 100644
--- a/drivers/char/snsc_event.c
+++ b/drivers/char/snsc_event.c
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ scdrv_event_init(struct sysctl_data_s *scd)
 
 	/* hook event subchannel up to the system controller interrupt */
 	rv = request_irq(SGI_UART_VECTOR, scdrv_event_interrupt,
-			 IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_DISABLED,
-			 "system controller events", event_sd);
+			 IRQF_SHARED, "system controller events", event_sd);
 	if (rv) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: irq request failed (%d)\n",
 		       __func__, rv);