diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
index 604dfec353a1..1e866524a4bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int mpc8xxx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, mpc8xxx_gc->irqn,
 			       mpc8xxx_gpio_irq_cascade,
-			       IRQF_NO_THREAD | IRQF_SHARED, "gpio-cascade",
+			       IRQF_SHARED, "gpio-cascade",
 			       mpc8xxx_gc);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: failed to devm_request_irq(%d), ret = %d\n",