diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
index ba41220f618e..c313ddfdb17a 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,6 @@ pmu_sr_intr(void)
 
 	if (in_8(&via[B]) & TREQ) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "PMU: spurious SR intr (%x)\n", in_8(&via[B]));
-		out_8(&via[IFR], SR_INT);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	/* The ack may not yet be low when we get the interrupt */