diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 0cb3d2bb3ab9..0dda7ac0d951 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -968,11 +968,6 @@ static int ide_init_queue(ide_drive_t *drive)
  * Much of the code is for correctly detecting/handling irq sharing
  * and irq serialization situations.  This is somewhat complex because
  * it handles static as well as dynamic (PCMCIA) IDE interfaces.
- *
- * The IRQF_DISABLED in sa_flags means ide_intr() is always entered with
- * interrupts completely disabled.  This can be bad for interrupt latency,
- * but anything else has led to problems on some machines.  We re-enable
- * interrupts as much as we can safely do in most places.
  */
 static int init_irq (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
@@ -1055,17 +1050,13 @@ static int init_irq (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	 * Allocate the irq, if not already obtained for another hwif
 	 */
 	if (!match || match->irq != hwif->irq) {
-		int sa = IRQF_DISABLED;
+		int sa = 0;
 #if defined(__mc68000__) || defined(CONFIG_APUS)
 		sa = IRQF_SHARED;
 #endif /* __mc68000__ || CONFIG_APUS */
 
-		if (IDE_CHIPSET_IS_PCI(hwif->chipset)) {
+		if (IDE_CHIPSET_IS_PCI(hwif->chipset))
 			sa = IRQF_SHARED;
-#ifndef CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ
-			sa |= IRQF_DISABLED;
-#endif /* CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ */
-		}
 
 		if (hwif->io_ports[IDE_CONTROL_OFFSET])
 			/* clear nIEN */