diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
index e9238927cd2a..c1f26b7de519 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
@@ -1609,6 +1609,7 @@ static int qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl *ctrl;
+	int irq;
 	int ret;
 	struct pdr_service *pds;
 
@@ -1622,20 +1623,16 @@ static int qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(ctrl->base))
 		return PTR_ERR(ctrl->base);
 
-	ret = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (irq < 0)
+		return irq;
 
-	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, ret, qcom_slim_ngd_interrupt,
-			       IRQF_TRIGGER_HIGH, "slim-ngd", ctrl);
+	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, qcom_slim_ngd_interrupt,
+			       IRQF_TRIGGER_HIGH | IRQF_NO_AUTOEN,
+			       "slim-ngd", ctrl);
 	if (ret)
 		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "request IRQ failed\n");
 
-	ctrl->nb.notifier_call = qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_notify;
-	ctrl->notifier = qcom_register_ssr_notifier("lpass", &ctrl->nb);
-	if (IS_ERR(ctrl->notifier))
-		return PTR_ERR(ctrl->notifier);
-
 	ctrl->dev = dev;
 	ctrl->framer.rootfreq = SLIM_ROOT_FREQ >> 3;
 	ctrl->framer.superfreq =
@@ -1657,24 +1654,34 @@ static int qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	init_completion(&ctrl->qmi_up);
 
 	ctrl->pdr = pdr_handle_alloc(slim_pd_status, ctrl);
-	if (IS_ERR(ctrl->pdr)) {
-		ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctrl->pdr),
-				    "Failed to init PDR handle\n");
-		goto err_unregister_ssr;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(ctrl->pdr))
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctrl->pdr), "Failed to init PDR handle\n");
+
+	ret = of_qcom_slim_ngd_register(dev, ctrl);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_pdr_release;
 
 	pds = pdr_add_lookup(ctrl->pdr, "avs/audio", "msm/adsp/audio_pd");
 	if (IS_ERR(pds) && PTR_ERR(pds) != -EALREADY) {
 		ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(pds), "pdr add lookup failed\n");
-		goto err_pdr_release;
+		goto err_unregister_ngd;
 	}
 
-	return of_qcom_slim_ngd_register(dev, ctrl);
+	ctrl->nb.notifier_call = qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_notify;
+	ctrl->notifier = qcom_register_ssr_notifier("lpass", &ctrl->nb);
+	if (IS_ERR(ctrl->notifier)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ctrl->notifier);
+		goto err_unregister_ngd;
+	}
 
+	enable_irq(irq);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_unregister_ngd:
+	qcom_slim_ngd_unregister(ctrl);
 err_pdr_release:
 	pdr_handle_release(ctrl->pdr);
-err_unregister_ssr:
-	qcom_unregister_ssr_notifier(ctrl->notifier, &ctrl->nb);
 
 	return ret;
 }