diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
index 38d472b6340656d48d53f2d92d300c12d580e2e5..717288527c6bebd01e094bd1d1f214777d95bebb 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
@@ -329,8 +329,7 @@ static int __devinit ds1553_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (pdata->irq > 0) {
 		writeb(0, ioaddr + RTC_INTERRUPTS);
 		if (request_irq(pdata->irq, ds1553_rtc_interrupt,
-				IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SHARED,
-				pdev->name, pdev) < 0) {
+				IRQF_DISABLED, pdev->name, pdev) < 0) {
 			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "interrupt not available.\n");
 			pdata->irq = 0;
 		}