diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/renesas/migor/setup.c b/arch/sh/boards/renesas/migor/setup.c
index 01af44245b57761c5f4f5004d3b438a93e7fcc07..963c99322095176767963c31cb6feee68573c3db 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/renesas/migor/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/renesas/migor/setup.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 static struct smc91x_platdata smc91x_info = {
 	.flags = SMC91X_USE_16BIT,
-	.irq_flags = IRQF_TRIGGER_HIGH,
 };
 
 static struct resource smc91x_eth_resources[] = {
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ static struct resource smc91x_eth_resources[] = {
 	},
 	[1] = {
 		.start  = 32, /* IRQ0 */
-		.flags  = IORESOURCE_IRQ,
+		.flags  = IORESOURCE_IRQ | IORESOURCE_IRQ_HIGHLEVEL,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index f2051b209da2b1cb0e97236daab948762c84bb77..e4a6c361995a1a7df6ca8fc1d00156dcd3b300fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -2123,6 +2123,7 @@ static int smc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct resource *res, *ires;
 	unsigned int __iomem *addr;
+	unsigned long irq_flags = SMC_IRQ_FLAGS;
 	int ret;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "smc91x-regs");
@@ -2152,7 +2153,6 @@ static int smc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 */
 
 	lp = netdev_priv(ndev);
-	lp->cfg.irq_flags = SMC_IRQ_FLAGS;
 
 #ifdef SMC_DYNAMIC_BUS_CONFIG
 	if (pd)
@@ -2177,8 +2177,9 @@ static int smc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	ndev->irq = ires->start;
-	if (SMC_IRQ_FLAGS == -1)
-		lp->cfg.irq_flags = ires->flags & IRQF_TRIGGER_MASK;
+
+	if (ires->flags & IRQF_TRIGGER_MASK)
+		irq_flags = ires->flags & IRQF_TRIGGER_MASK;
 
 	ret = smc_request_attrib(pdev);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2205,7 +2206,7 @@ static int smc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	ret = smc_probe(ndev, addr, lp->cfg.irq_flags);
+	ret = smc_probe(ndev, addr, irq_flags);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto out_iounmap;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/smc91x.h b/include/linux/smc91x.h
index 8e0556b8781c59baf0319a73760a6aa20038df7e..fc7682f04d89649d46a40619fa714ec7cd947530 100644
--- a/include/linux/smc91x.h
+++ b/include/linux/smc91x.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 struct smc91x_platdata {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned long irq_flags; /* IRQF_... */
 };
 
 #endif /* __SMC91X_H__ */