diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c
index 435bec40dee6..2d5c3643e6a5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ static int aspeed_vuart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		port.port.line = rc;
 
 	port.port.irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
-	port.port.irqflags = IRQF_SHARED;
 	port.port.handle_irq = aspeed_vuart_handle_irq;
 	port.port.iotype = UPIO_MEM;
 	port.port.type = PORT_16550A;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
index 69aaee5d7fe1..b9567ef843fc 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int serial_link_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
 	struct hlist_head *h;
 	struct hlist_node *n;
 	struct irq_info *i;
-	int ret, irq_flags = up->port.flags & UPF_SHARE_IRQ ? IRQF_SHARED : 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&hash_mutex);
 
@@ -212,9 +212,8 @@ static int serial_link_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&up->list);
 		i->head = &up->list;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&i->lock);
-		irq_flags |= up->port.irqflags;
 		ret = request_irq(up->port.irq, serial8250_interrupt,
-				  irq_flags, up->port.name, i);
+				  up->port.irqflags, up->port.name, i);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			serial_do_unlink(i, up);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
index 2488de1c4bc4..8fedc075fb1e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ static int of_platform_serial_setup(struct platform_device *ofdev,
 
 	port->type = type;
 	port->uartclk = clk;
-	port->irqflags |= IRQF_SHARED;
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "no-loopback-test"))
 		port->flags |= UPF_SKIP_TEST;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index aa4de6907f77..5a04d4ddca73 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -2253,6 +2253,10 @@ int serial8250_do_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Check if we need to have shared IRQs */
+	if (port->irq && (up->port.flags & UPF_SHARE_IRQ))
+		up->port.irqflags |= IRQF_SHARED;
+
 	if (port->irq && !(up->port.flags & UPF_NO_THRE_TEST)) {
 		unsigned char iir1;
 		/*