diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index d0bff8a..70ddf1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@
 		if (np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_X_ENABLED)
 			enable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_ALL].vector);
 		else
-			enable_irq(dev->irq);
+			enable_irq(np->pci_dev->irq);
 	} else {
 		enable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_RX].vector);
 		enable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_TX].vector);
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@
 		if (np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_X_ENABLED)
 			disable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_ALL].vector);
 		else
-			disable_irq(dev->irq);
+			disable_irq(np->pci_dev->irq);
 	} else {
 		disable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_RX].vector);
 		disable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_TX].vector);
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@
 		if (np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_X_ENABLED)
 			disable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_ALL].vector);
 		else
-			disable_irq(dev->irq);
+			disable_irq(np->pci_dev->irq);
 	} else {
 		disable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_RX].vector);
 	}
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@
 		if (np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_X_ENABLED)
 			enable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_ALL].vector);
 		else
-			enable_irq(dev->irq);
+			enable_irq(np->pci_dev->irq);
 	} else {
 		enable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_RX].vector);
 	}
@@ -3560,10 +3560,12 @@
 	if (ret != 0 && np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_CAPABLE) {
 		if ((ret = pci_enable_msi(np->pci_dev)) == 0) {
 			np->msi_flags |= NV_MSI_ENABLED;
+			dev->irq = np->pci_dev->irq;
 			if (request_irq(np->pci_dev->irq, handler, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name, dev) != 0) {
 				printk(KERN_INFO "forcedeth: request_irq failed %d\n", ret);
 				pci_disable_msi(np->pci_dev);
 				np->msi_flags &= ~NV_MSI_ENABLED;
+				dev->irq = np->pci_dev->irq;
 				goto out_err;
 			}
 
@@ -3626,7 +3628,7 @@
 		if (np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_X_ENABLED)
 			disable_irq_lockdep(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_ALL].vector);
 		else
-			disable_irq_lockdep(dev->irq);
+			disable_irq_lockdep(np->pci_dev->irq);
 		mask = np->irqmask;
 	} else {
 		if (np->nic_poll_irq & NVREG_IRQ_RX_ALL) {
@@ -3644,6 +3646,8 @@
 	}
 	np->nic_poll_irq = 0;
 
+	/* disable_irq() contains synchronize_irq, thus no irq handler can run now */
+
 	if (np->recover_error) {
 		np->recover_error = 0;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "forcedeth: MAC in recoverable error state\n");
@@ -3680,7 +3684,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* FIXME: Do we need synchronize_irq(dev->irq) here? */
 
 	writel(mask, base + NvRegIrqMask);
 	pci_push(base);
@@ -3693,7 +3696,7 @@
 		if (np->msi_flags & NV_MSI_X_ENABLED)
 			enable_irq_lockdep(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_ALL].vector);
 		else
-			enable_irq_lockdep(dev->irq);
+			enable_irq_lockdep(np->pci_dev->irq);
 	} else {
 		if (np->nic_poll_irq & NVREG_IRQ_RX_ALL) {
 			nv_nic_irq_rx(0, dev);
@@ -4950,7 +4953,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FORCEDETH_NAPI
 	napi_disable(&np->napi);
 #endif
-	synchronize_irq(dev->irq);
+	synchronize_irq(np->pci_dev->irq);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&np->oom_kick);
 	del_timer_sync(&np->nic_poll);