diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
index 9ec634c398d9..b9d2dbee9bc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@
           <programlisting>
 <![CDATA[
   if (request_irq(pci->irq, snd_mychip_interrupt,
-                  IRQF_DISABLED|IRQF_SHARED, "My Chip", chip)) {
+                  IRQF_SHARED, "My Chip", chip)) {
           printk(KERN_ERR "cannot grab irq %d\n", pci->irq);
           snd_mychip_free(chip);
           return -EBUSY;