*     clockwatch function
  * @st_weekday: if this is an ST Microelectronics silicon version that need
  *     the weekday fix
+ * @irqflags: special IRQ flags per variant
  */
 struct pl031_vendor_data {
        struct rtc_class_ops ops;
        bool clockwatch;
        bool st_weekday;
+       unsigned long irqflags;
 };
 
 struct pl031_local {
        }
 
        if (request_irq(adev->irq[0], pl031_interrupt,
-                       0, "rtc-pl031", ldata)) {
+                       vendor->irqflags, "rtc-pl031", ldata)) {
                ret = -EIO;
                goto out_no_irq;
        }
                .set_alarm = pl031_set_alarm,
                .alarm_irq_enable = pl031_alarm_irq_enable,
        },
+       .irqflags = IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
 };
 
 /* The First ST derivative */
        },
        .clockwatch = true,
        .st_weekday = true,
+       .irqflags = IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
 };
 
 /* And the second ST derivative */
        },
        .clockwatch = true,
        .st_weekday = true,
+       /*
+        * This variant shares the IRQ with another block and must not
+        * suspend that IRQ line.
+        */
+       .irqflags = IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
 };
 
 static struct amba_id pl031_ids[] = {