diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index 609c5d8..63a1db3 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -836,8 +836,8 @@
 	/* Prevent spurious interrupts from scheduling the tasklet */
 	atomic_inc(&sdev->tasklet_shutdown);
 
-	/* Make sure all interrupts are handled */
-	synchronize_irq(sdev->irq);
+	/* Make sure we won't have any further interrupts */
+	devm_free_irq(sdev->slave.dev, sdev->irq, sdev);
 
 	/* Actually prevent the tasklet from being scheduled */
 	tasklet_kill(&sdev->task);