diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c b/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c
index 371f87f8bc229f7cdcabca5d7cee7944a6b3cf7f..a8ea2f19a0ccfb3a62b1649c28b54e810703d624 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int __devinit hilscher_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	}
 	info->version = "0.0.1";
 	info->irq = dev->irq;
-	info->irq_flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SHARED;
+	info->irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
 	info->handler = hilscher_handler;
 
 	if (uio_register_device(&dev->dev, info))