diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c
index a0af8aaa60..883489f26c 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static int __devinit ag71xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	err = request_irq(dev->irq, ag71xx_interrupt,
-			  IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM,
+			  IRQF_DISABLED,
 			  dev->name, dev);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to request IRQ %d\n", dev->irq);