diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index 4020e9e955b306493c3a4fa3e3001e4353563a98..63a54e29d56331c24a160d644ba6b57626c8c219 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -1326,9 +1326,11 @@ static irqreturn_t smc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	SMC_SET_INT_MASK(mask);
 	spin_unlock(&lp->lock);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	if (timeout == MAX_IRQ_LOOPS)
 		PRINTK("%s: spurious interrupt (mask = 0x%02x)\n",
 		       dev->name, mask);
+#endif
 	DBG(3, "%s: Interrupt done (%d loops)\n",
 	       dev->name, MAX_IRQ_LOOPS - timeout);