int ret;
 
        ring = pdata->rx_ring;
+       irq_set_status_flags(ring->irq, IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY);
        ret = devm_request_irq(dev, ring->irq, xgene_enet_rx_irq,
                               IRQF_SHARED, ring->irq_name, ring);
        if (ret)
 
        if (pdata->cq_cnt) {
                ring = pdata->tx_ring->cp_ring;
+               irq_set_status_flags(ring->irq, IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY);
                ret = devm_request_irq(dev, ring->irq, xgene_enet_rx_irq,
                                       IRQF_SHARED, ring->irq_name, ring);
                if (ret) {
 static void xgene_enet_free_irq(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
        struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata;
+       struct xgene_enet_desc_ring *ring;
        struct device *dev;
 
        pdata = netdev_priv(ndev);
        dev = ndev_to_dev(ndev);
-       devm_free_irq(dev, pdata->rx_ring->irq, pdata->rx_ring);
+       ring = pdata->rx_ring;
+       irq_clear_status_flags(ring->irq, IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY);
+       devm_free_irq(dev, ring->irq, ring);
 
        if (pdata->cq_cnt) {
-               devm_free_irq(dev, pdata->tx_ring->cp_ring->irq,
-                             pdata->tx_ring->cp_ring);
+               ring = pdata->tx_ring->cp_ring;
+               irq_clear_status_flags(ring->irq, IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY);
+               devm_free_irq(dev, ring->irq, ring);
        }
 }