if (rc)
                goto err_out;
 
-       if (!legacy_mode) {
+       if (!legacy_mode && pdev->irq) {
+               /* We may have no IRQ assigned in which case we can poll. This
+                  shouldn't happen on a sane system but robustness is cheap
+                  in this case */
                rc = devm_request_irq(dev, pdev->irq, pi->port_ops->irq_handler,
                                      IRQF_SHARED, DRV_NAME, host);
                if (rc)
 
                ata_port_desc(host->ports[0], "irq %d", pdev->irq);
                ata_port_desc(host->ports[1], "irq %d", pdev->irq);
-       } else {
+       } else if (legacy_mode) {
                if (!ata_port_is_dummy(host->ports[0])) {
                        rc = devm_request_irq(dev, ATA_PRIMARY_IRQ(pdev),
                                              pi->port_ops->irq_handler,