diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7aaae3a3052e..38d0c01484df 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c485ab50dd90412d88e25ed30b4e0d5ff636ffe2
+refs/heads/master: bedfd15410a331e4183d3d926bb944682cad61f3
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c b/trunk/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
index 210a1c045554..17d7afe42b83 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
@@ -758,8 +758,12 @@ static void _clear_gpio_irqbank(struct gpio_bank *bank, int gpio_mask)
 
 	/* Workaround for clearing DSP GPIO interrupts to allow retention */
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP24XX) || defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP34XX)
+	reg = bank->base + OMAP24XX_GPIO_IRQSTATUS2;
 	if (cpu_is_omap24xx() || cpu_is_omap34xx())
-		__raw_writel(gpio_mask, bank->base + OMAP24XX_GPIO_IRQSTATUS2);
+		__raw_writel(gpio_mask, reg);
+
+	/* Flush posted write for the irq status to avoid spurious interrupts */
+	__raw_readl(reg);
 #endif
 }