1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c b/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c
index fc04d3da1af5..1a0fd65ec280 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c
@@ -2047,10 +2047,8 @@ static int snd_ali_free(struct snd_ali * codec)
 {
         if (codec->hw_initialized)
                 snd_ali_disable_address_interrupt(codec);
-        if (codec->irq >= 0) {
-                synchronize_irq(codec->irq);
+        if (codec->irq >= 0)
                 free_irq(codec->irq, codec);
-        }
         if (codec->port)
                 pci_release_regions(codec->pci);
         pci_disable_device(codec->pci);