diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/bcsr.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/bcsr.c
index 596ad00e7f05..463d2c4d9441 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/bcsr.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/bcsr.c
@@ -89,8 +89,12 @@ static void bcsr_csc_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *d)
 {
 	unsigned short bisr = __raw_readw(bcsr_virt + BCSR_REG_INTSTAT);
 
+	disable_irq_nosync(irq);
+
 	for ( ; bisr; bisr &= bisr - 1)
 		generic_handle_irq(bcsr_csc_base + __ffs(bisr));
+
+	enable_irq(irq);
 }
 
 /* NOTE: both the enable and mask bits must be cleared, otherwise the
diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200/setup.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200/setup.c
index 1dac4f27d334..4a8980027ecf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200/setup.c
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ void __init board_setup(void)
 	unsigned long freq0, clksrc, div, pfc;
 	unsigned short whoami;
 
-	/* Set Config[OD] (disable overlapping bus transaction):
-	 * This gets rid of a _lot_ of spurious interrupts (especially
-	 * wrt. IDE); but incurs ~10% performance hit in some
-	 * cpu-bound applications.
-	 */
-	set_c0_config(1 << 19);
-
 	bcsr_init(DB1200_BCSR_PHYS_ADDR,
 		  DB1200_BCSR_PHYS_ADDR + DB1200_BCSR_HEXLED_OFS);