diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
index d9c0d6a17ad6c39b3e5fadfd4bc36564562a4478..f4ac8c595a45dd03ab7702ffe773ce0f1b6fdfd0 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
@@ -1232,8 +1232,9 @@ static int i2c_pxa_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		i2c->adap.algo = &i2c_pxa_pio_algorithm;
 	} else {
 		i2c->adap.algo = &i2c_pxa_algorithm;
-		ret = request_irq(irq, i2c_pxa_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
-				  dev_name(&dev->dev), i2c);
+		ret = request_irq(irq, i2c_pxa_handler,
+				IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
+				dev_name(&dev->dev), i2c);
 		if (ret)
 			goto ereqirq;
 	}