diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
index 1471e16ba719..f45385f5c6e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
@@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ static int
 dm9000_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct board_info *db = netdev_priv(dev);
+	unsigned int irq_flags = irq_get_trigger_type(dev->irq);
 
 	if (netif_msg_ifup(db))
 		dev_dbg(db->dev, "enabling %s\n", dev->name);
@@ -1306,9 +1307,11 @@ dm9000_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* If there is no IRQ type specified, tell the user that this is a
 	 * problem
 	 */
-	if (irq_get_trigger_type(dev->irq) == IRQF_TRIGGER_NONE)
+	if (irq_flags == IRQF_TRIGGER_NONE)
 		dev_warn(db->dev, "WARNING: no IRQ resource flags set.\n");
 
+	irq_flags |= IRQF_SHARED;
+
 	/* GPIO0 on pre-activate PHY, Reg 1F is not set by reset */
 	iow(db, DM9000_GPR, 0);	/* REG_1F bit0 activate phyxcer */
 	mdelay(1); /* delay needs by DM9000B */
@@ -1316,8 +1319,7 @@ dm9000_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Initialize DM9000 board */
 	dm9000_init_dm9000(dev);
 
-	if (request_irq(dev->irq, dm9000_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED,
-			dev->name, dev))
+	if (request_irq(dev->irq, dm9000_interrupt, irq_flags, dev->name, dev))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	/* Now that we have an interrupt handler hooked up we can unmask
 	 * our interrupts