diff --git a/arch/ia64/configs/sn2_defconfig b/arch/ia64/configs/sn2_defconfig
index 9ea35398e10d0b9a28d43152d274a3b40dd05258..0f14a82b856e500b72aa4277ddea084ae242a8f7 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/configs/sn2_defconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/configs/sn2_defconfig
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
 #
 CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
-# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
+CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
diff --git a/arch/ia64/defconfig b/arch/ia64/defconfig
index 6cba55da572a0bb28c6399142765df87aeeb4b96..9001b3fbaa3244c53a535fc62e23adef893a7166 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/defconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/defconfig
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
 # CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPNP is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
-# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
+CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index d1266fe2d1abc9b53277c9719019cd97f632cfd2..556958ebbf03964ca515031923fba0b95427a6b2 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SVWKS
 config BLK_DEV_SGIIOC4
 	tristate "Silicon Graphics IOC4 chipset ATA/ATAPI support"
 	depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) && SGI_IOC4
+	select IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ
 	help
 	  This driver adds PIO & MultiMode DMA-2 support for the SGI IOC4
 	  chipset, which has one channel and can support two devices.