diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
index eb99ee4fa0f5..8a99da6f2f24 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ static int __devinit ds1307_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	}
 
 	if (want_irq) {
-		err = request_irq(client->irq, ds1307_irq, 0,
+		err = request_irq(client->irq, ds1307_irq, IRQF_SHARED,
 			  ds1307->rtc->name, client);
 		if (err) {
 			dev_err(&client->dev,