diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
index 150e1e364ca7..e04e66cf2c68 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ retry:
 					continue;
 				rc = request_irq( ip2config.irq[i], ip2_interrupt,
 					IP2_SA_FLAGS | (ip2config.type[i] == PCI ? IRQF_SHARED : 0),
-					pcName, (void *)&pcName);
+					pcName, i2BoardPtrTable[i]);
 				if (rc) {
 					printk(KERN_ERR "IP2: an request_irq failed: error %d\n",rc);
 					ip2config.irq[i] = CIR_POLL;
@@ -1191,12 +1191,12 @@ ip2_irq_work(i2eBordStrPtr pB)
 #endif /* USE_IQI */
 }
 
-static irqreturn_t
-ip2_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+static void
+ip2_polled_interrupt(void)
 {
 	int i;
 	i2eBordStrPtr  pB;
-	int handled = 0;
+	const int irq = 0;
 
 	ip2trace (ITRC_NO_PORT, ITRC_INTR, 99, 1, irq );
 
@@ -1208,7 +1208,6 @@ ip2_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 //			IRQ = 0 for polled boards, we won't poll "IRQ" boards
 
 		if ( pB && (pB->i2eUsingIrq == irq) ) {
-			handled = 1;
 			ip2_irq_work(pB);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1216,7 +1215,21 @@ ip2_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	++irq_counter;
 
 	ip2trace (ITRC_NO_PORT, ITRC_INTR, ITRC_RETURN, 0 );
-	return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t
+ip2_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	i2eBordStrPtr pB = dev_id;
+
+	ip2trace (ITRC_NO_PORT, ITRC_INTR, 99, 1, pB->i2eUsingIrq );
+
+	ip2_irq_work(pB);
+
+	++irq_counter;
+
+	ip2trace (ITRC_NO_PORT, ITRC_INTR, ITRC_RETURN, 0 );
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -1239,7 +1252,7 @@ ip2_poll(unsigned long arg)
 	// Just polled boards, IRQ = 0 will hit all non-interrupt boards.
 	// It will NOT poll boards handled by hard interrupts.
 	// The issue of queued BH interrups is handled in ip2_interrupt().
-	ip2_interrupt(0, NULL);
+	ip2_polled_interrupt();
 
 	PollTimer.expires = POLL_TIMEOUT;
 	add_timer( &PollTimer );