diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c
index de40b48b460e..da08ed088157 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int fsl_msi_setup_hwirq(struct fsl_msi *msi, struct platform_device *dev,
 	cascade_data->virq = virt_msir;
 	msi->cascade_array[irq_index] = cascade_data;
 
-	ret = request_irq(virt_msir, fsl_msi_cascade, 0,
+	ret = request_irq(virt_msir, fsl_msi_cascade, IRQF_NO_THREAD,
 			  "fsl-msi-cascade", cascade_data);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to request_irq(%d), ret = %d\n",