diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
index 939a572a19ff914a209cac30d04ad83b6b3cdcb0..d283ed0925195f39111aaef831579597fe46333c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
@@ -163,6 +163,21 @@ static void ax_reset_8390(struct net_device *dev)
 	ei_outb(ENISR_RESET, addr + EN0_ISR);	/* Ack intr. */
 }
 
+/* Wrapper for __ei_interrupt for platforms that have a platform-specific
+ * way to find out whether the interrupt request might be caused by
+ * the ax88796 chip.
+ */
+static irqreturn_t ax_ei_interrupt_filtered(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
+	struct ax_device *ax = to_ax_dev(dev);
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev->dev.parent);
+
+	if (!ax->plat->check_irq(pdev))
+		return IRQ_NONE;
+
+	return ax_ei_interrupt(irq, dev_id);
+}
 
 static void ax_get_8390_hdr(struct net_device *dev, struct e8390_pkt_hdr *hdr,
 			    int ring_page)
@@ -482,8 +497,12 @@ static int ax_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto failed_mii;
 
-	ret = request_irq(dev->irq, ax_ei_interrupt, ax->irqflags,
-			  dev->name, dev);
+	if (ax->plat->check_irq)
+		ret = request_irq(dev->irq, ax_ei_interrupt_filtered,
+				  ax->irqflags, dev->name, dev);
+	else
+		ret = request_irq(dev->irq, ax_ei_interrupt, ax->irqflags,
+				  dev->name, dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto failed_request_irq;
 
diff --git a/include/net/ax88796.h b/include/net/ax88796.h
index 363b0ca5f7e8a633b8366a754522e6659116ded7..84b3785d0e66a4e022221152ea0b25b83e31b7bb 100644
--- a/include/net/ax88796.h
+++ b/include/net/ax88796.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 struct sk_buff;
 struct net_device;
+struct platform_device;
 
 #define AXFLG_HAS_EEPROM		(1<<0)
 #define AXFLG_MAC_FROMDEV		(1<<1)	/* device already has MAC */
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ struct ax_plat_data {
 			const unsigned char *buf, int star_page);
 	void (*block_input)(struct net_device *dev, int count,
 			struct sk_buff *skb, int ring_offset);
+	/* returns nonzero if a pending interrupt request might by caused by
+	 * the ax88786. Handles all interrupts if set to NULL
+	 */
+	int (*check_irq)(struct platform_device *pdev);
 };
 
 #endif /* __NET_AX88796_PLAT_H */