diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
index 703bd10992591ce2a05635052c9cb685dd5c9c83..4f44ee517f787a68c5813ee526fa0ffdf9fc7c31 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ static int __init omap3_pm_init(void)
 	ret = request_irq(omap_prcm_event_to_irq("io"),
 		_prcm_int_handle_io, IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND, "pm_io",
 		omap3_pm_init);
+	enable_irq(omap_prcm_event_to_irq("io"));
 
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("pm: Failed to request pm_io irq\n");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/prm2xxx_3xxx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/prm2xxx_3xxx.c
index 9ce765407ad55d5ac9190af77cdb48338c338752..21cb74003a562f27bc2a5a8538093d92503c44d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/prm2xxx_3xxx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/prm2xxx_3xxx.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/irq.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include <plat/cpu.h>
@@ -303,8 +304,15 @@ void omap3xxx_prm_restore_irqen(u32 *saved_mask)
 
 static int __init omap3xxx_prcm_init(void)
 {
-	if (cpu_is_omap34xx())
-		return omap_prcm_register_chain_handler(&omap3_prcm_irq_setup);
-	return 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (cpu_is_omap34xx()) {
+		ret = omap_prcm_register_chain_handler(&omap3_prcm_irq_setup);
+		if (!ret)
+			irq_set_status_flags(omap_prcm_event_to_irq("io"),
+					     IRQ_NOAUTOEN);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 subsys_initcall(omap3xxx_prcm_init);