diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
index 50b853a79d7787c73d0ea8d0ac1f1e0853ac2adf..46dfb1378c17cac79064a5f3f809e94a1d75c584 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
@@ -717,8 +717,7 @@ static int emac_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (netif_msg_ifup(db))
 		dev_dbg(db->dev, "enabling %s\n", dev->name);
 
-	if (devm_request_irq(db->dev, dev->irq, &emac_interrupt,
-			     0, dev->name, dev))
+	if (request_irq(dev->irq, &emac_interrupt, 0, dev->name, dev))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	/* Initialize EMAC board */
@@ -774,6 +773,8 @@ static int emac_stop(struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	emac_shutdown(ndev);
 
+	free_irq(ndev->irq, ndev);
+
 	return 0;
 }