diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
index f0697f433c2f..aa575d3fb3ae 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
@@ -151,12 +151,17 @@ int mhi_init_irq_setup(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
 {
 	struct mhi_event *mhi_event = mhi_cntrl->mhi_event;
 	struct device *dev = &mhi_cntrl->mhi_dev->dev;
+	unsigned long irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
 	int i, ret;
 
+	/* if controller driver has set irq_flags, use it */
+	if (mhi_cntrl->irq_flags)
+		irq_flags = mhi_cntrl->irq_flags;
+
 	/* Setup BHI_INTVEC IRQ */
 	ret = request_threaded_irq(mhi_cntrl->irq[0], mhi_intvec_handler,
 				   mhi_intvec_threaded_handler,
-				   IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
+				   irq_flags,
 				   "bhi", mhi_cntrl);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ int mhi_init_irq_setup(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
 
 		ret = request_irq(mhi_cntrl->irq[mhi_event->irq],
 				  mhi_irq_handler,
-				  IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
+				  irq_flags,
 				  "mhi", mhi_event);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(dev, "Error requesting irq:%d for ev:%d\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/mhi.h b/include/linux/mhi.h
index 48f5c9168ae0..fe6555496e27 100644
--- a/include/linux/mhi.h
+++ b/include/linux/mhi.h
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ struct mhi_controller_config {
  * @fbc_download: MHI host needs to do complete image transfer (optional)
  * @pre_init: MHI host needs to do pre-initialization before power up
  * @wake_set: Device wakeup set flag
+ * @irq_flags: irq flags passed to request_irq (optional)
  *
  * Fields marked as (required) need to be populated by the controller driver
  * before calling mhi_register_controller(). For the fields marked as (optional)
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ struct mhi_controller {
 	bool fbc_download;
 	bool pre_init;
 	bool wake_set;
+	unsigned long irq_flags;
 };
 
 /**