diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 36c6994436b7ce7edb9ff9a0d9725c1aa09a4407..98434b84f0415ef2bfd635ba9dc4bc2f7a9ea762 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -565,10 +565,8 @@ int phy_start_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	atomic_set(&phydev->irq_disable, 0);
-	if (request_irq(phydev->irq, phy_interrupt,
-				IRQF_SHARED,
-				"phy_interrupt",
-				phydev) < 0) {
+	if (request_irq(phydev->irq, phy_interrupt, 0, "phy_interrupt",
+			phydev) < 0) {
 		pr_warn("%s: Can't get IRQ %d (PHY)\n",
 			phydev->bus->name, phydev->irq);
 		phydev->irq = PHY_POLL;