diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index ba72b60b57b1..3c1c96786248 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ enum irqchip_irq_state;
  * IRQ_IS_POLLED		- Always polled by another interrupt. Exclude
  *				  it from the spurious interrupt detection
  *				  mechanism and from core side polling.
+ * IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY		- Disable lazy irq disable
  */
 enum {
 	IRQ_TYPE_NONE		= 0x00000000,
@@ -97,13 +98,14 @@ enum {
 	IRQ_NOTHREAD		= (1 << 16),
 	IRQ_PER_CPU_DEVID	= (1 << 17),
 	IRQ_IS_POLLED		= (1 << 18),
+	IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY	= (1 << 19),
 };
 
 #define IRQF_MODIFY_MASK	\
 	(IRQ_TYPE_SENSE_MASK | IRQ_NOPROBE | IRQ_NOREQUEST | \
 	 IRQ_NOAUTOEN | IRQ_MOVE_PCNTXT | IRQ_LEVEL | IRQ_NO_BALANCING | \
 	 IRQ_PER_CPU | IRQ_NESTED_THREAD | IRQ_NOTHREAD | IRQ_PER_CPU_DEVID | \
-	 IRQ_IS_POLLED)
+	 IRQ_IS_POLLED | IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY)
 
 #define IRQ_NO_BALANCING_MASK	(IRQ_PER_CPU | IRQ_NO_BALANCING)
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 4aa00d325b8c..15206453b12a 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ void irq_enable(struct irq_desc *desc)
  * disabled. If an interrupt happens, then the interrupt flow
  * handler masks the line at the hardware level and marks it
  * pending.
+ *
+ * If the interrupt chip does not implement the irq_disable callback,
+ * a driver can disable the lazy approach for a particular irq line by
+ * calling 'irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY)'. This can
+ * be used for devices which cannot disable the interrupt at the
+ * device level under certain circumstances and have to use
+ * disable_irq[_nosync] instead.
  */
 void irq_disable(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
@@ -248,6 +255,8 @@ void irq_disable(struct irq_desc *desc)
 	if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_disable) {
 		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_disable(&desc->irq_data);
 		irq_state_set_masked(desc);
+	} else if (irq_settings_disable_unlazy(desc)) {
+		mask_irq(desc);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 312f9cb12805..a71175ff98d5 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1463,6 +1463,7 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	/* If this was the last handler, shut down the IRQ line: */
 	if (!desc->action) {
+		irq_settings_clr_disable_unlazy(desc);
 		irq_shutdown(desc);
 		irq_release_resources(desc);
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/irq/settings.h b/kernel/irq/settings.h
index 3320b84cc60f..320579d89091 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/settings.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/settings.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ enum {
 	_IRQ_NESTED_THREAD	= IRQ_NESTED_THREAD,
 	_IRQ_PER_CPU_DEVID	= IRQ_PER_CPU_DEVID,
 	_IRQ_IS_POLLED		= IRQ_IS_POLLED,
+	_IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY	= IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY,
 	_IRQF_MODIFY_MASK	= IRQF_MODIFY_MASK,
 };
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ enum {
 #define IRQ_NESTED_THREAD	GOT_YOU_MORON
 #define IRQ_PER_CPU_DEVID	GOT_YOU_MORON
 #define IRQ_IS_POLLED		GOT_YOU_MORON
+#define IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY	GOT_YOU_MORON
 #undef IRQF_MODIFY_MASK
 #define IRQF_MODIFY_MASK	GOT_YOU_MORON
 
@@ -154,3 +156,13 @@ static inline bool irq_settings_is_polled(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
 	return desc->status_use_accessors & _IRQ_IS_POLLED;
 }
+
+static inline bool irq_settings_disable_unlazy(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	return desc->status_use_accessors & _IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY;
+}
+
+static inline void irq_settings_clr_disable_unlazy(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	desc->status_use_accessors &= ~_IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY;
+}