diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index c498a1b8c621..7fd891c3a33d 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -635,6 +635,18 @@ int request_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
 	int retval;
 
+	/*
+	 * handle_IRQ_event() always ignores IRQF_DISABLED except for
+	 * the _first_ irqaction (sigh).  That can cause oopsing, but
+	 * the behavior is classified as "will not fix" so we need to
+	 * start nudging drivers away from using that idiom.
+	 */
+	if ((irqflags & (IRQF_SHARED|IRQF_DISABLED))
+			== (IRQF_SHARED|IRQF_DISABLED))
+		pr_warning("IRQ %d/%s: IRQF_DISABLED is not "
+				"guaranteed on shared IRQs\n",
+				irq, devname);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
 	/*
 	 * Lockdep wants atomic interrupt handlers: