diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mpc52xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mpc52xx.c
index 924d820448fb..04c2270cd2cf 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mpc52xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mpc52xx.c
@@ -472,13 +472,15 @@ static int mpc52xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	if (ms->irq0 && ms->irq1) {
 		rc = request_irq(ms->irq0, mpc52xx_spi_irq, 0,
 				  "mpc5200-spi-modf", ms);
-		rc |= request_irq(ms->irq1, mpc52xx_spi_irq, 0,
-				  "mpc5200-spi-spif", ms);
-		if (rc) {
-			free_irq(ms->irq0, ms);
-			free_irq(ms->irq1, ms);
-			ms->irq0 = ms->irq1 = 0;
+		if (rc == 0) {
+			rc = request_irq(ms->irq1, mpc52xx_spi_irq, 0,
+					 "mpc5200-spi-spif", ms);
+			if (rc)
+				free_irq(ms->irq0, ms);
 		}
+
+		if (rc)
+			ms->irq0 = ms->irq1 = 0;
 	} else {
 		/* operate in polled mode */
 		ms->irq0 = ms->irq1 = 0;
@@ -498,8 +500,10 @@ static int mpc52xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 
  err_register:
 	dev_err(&ms->host->dev, "initialization failed\n");
-	free_irq(ms->irq0, ms);
-	free_irq(ms->irq1, ms);
+	if (ms->irq0) {
+		free_irq(ms->irq0, ms);
+		free_irq(ms->irq1, ms);
+	}
 	cancel_work_sync(&ms->work);
  err_gpio:
 	while (i-- > 0)
@@ -522,8 +526,10 @@ static void mpc52xx_spi_remove(struct platform_device *op)
 
 	spi_unregister_controller(host);
 
-	free_irq(ms->irq0, ms);
-	free_irq(ms->irq1, ms);
+	if (ms->irq0) {
+		free_irq(ms->irq0, ms);
+		free_irq(ms->irq1, ms);
+	}
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&ms->work);