diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fcf75a737a32..6eb10a3aad38 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 628150cae3d83136416a384b939d8a6fad52499e
+refs/heads/master: eb1e17fb9956eb3156f33cdcd880306102212661
diff --git a/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c b/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c
index 2d0679b60939..411ca11d0a18 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c
@@ -228,14 +228,9 @@ struct irqaction timer_irqaction = {
 void __init
 init_rtc_irq(void)
 {
-	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(RTC_IRQ);
-
-	if (desc) {
-		desc->status |= IRQ_DISABLED;
-		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(RTC_IRQ, &no_irq_chip,
-			handle_simple_irq, "RTC");
-		setup_irq(RTC_IRQ, &timer_irqaction);
-	}
+	set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(RTC_IRQ, &no_irq_chip,
+				      handle_simple_irq, "RTC");
+	setup_irq(RTC_IRQ, &timer_irqaction);
 }
 
 /* Dummy irqactions.  */