diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
index 87a7b13cf868..dc383d874ee3 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * struct scmi_smc - Structure representing a SCMI smc transport
  *
+ * @irq: An optional IRQ for completion
  * @cinfo: SCMI channel info
  * @shmem: Transmit/Receive shared memory area
  * @shmem_lock: Lock to protect access to Tx/Rx shared memory area.
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
  */
 
 struct scmi_smc {
+	int irq;
 	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo;
 	struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem;
 	/* Protect access to shmem area */
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
 	struct resource res;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	u32 func_id;
-	int ret, irq;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!tx)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -142,11 +144,10 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
 	 * completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt rather than by
 	 * the return of the SMC call.
 	 */
-	irq = of_irq_get_byname(cdev->of_node, "a2p");
-	if (irq > 0) {
-		ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, smc_msg_done_isr,
-				       IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
-				       dev_name(dev), scmi_info);
+	scmi_info->irq = of_irq_get_byname(cdev->of_node, "a2p");
+	if (scmi_info->irq > 0) {
+		ret = request_irq(scmi_info->irq, smc_msg_done_isr,
+				  IRQF_NO_SUSPEND, dev_name(dev), scmi_info);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to setup SCMI smc irq\n");
 			return ret;
@@ -168,6 +169,10 @@ static int smc_chan_free(int id, void *p, void *data)
 	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = p;
 	struct scmi_smc *scmi_info = cinfo->transport_info;
 
+	/* Ignore any possible further reception on the IRQ path */
+	if (scmi_info->irq > 0)
+		free_irq(scmi_info->irq, scmi_info);
+
 	cinfo->transport_info = NULL;
 	scmi_info->cinfo = NULL;