diff --git a/include/sound/core.h b/include/sound/core.h
index cdfecafff0f4..31079ea5e484 100644
--- a/include/sound/core.h
+++ b/include/sound/core.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct snd_card {
 	char driver[16];		/* driver name */
 	char shortname[32];		/* short name of this soundcard */
 	char longname[80];		/* name of this soundcard */
+	char irq_descr[32];		/* Interrupt description */
 	char mixername[80];		/* mixer name */
 	char components[128];		/* card components delimited with
 								space */
diff --git a/sound/core/init.c b/sound/core/init.c
index 20f37fb3800e..6bda8436d765 100644
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ int snd_card_new(struct device *parent, int idx, const char *xid,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto __error;
 
+	snprintf(card->irq_descr, sizeof(card->irq_descr), "%s:%s",
+		 dev_driver_string(card->dev), dev_name(&card->card_dev));
+
 	/* the control interface cannot be accessed from the user space until */
 	/* snd_cards_bitmask and snd_cards are set with snd_card_register */
 	err = snd_ctl_create(card);
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index 83800ac6ebd7..c0bef11afa7e 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static int azx_acquire_irq(struct azx *chip, int do_disconnect)
 
 	if (request_irq(chip->pci->irq, azx_interrupt,
 			chip->msi ? 0 : IRQF_SHARED,
-			KBUILD_MODNAME, chip)) {
+			chip->card->irq_descr, chip)) {
 		dev_err(chip->card->dev,
 			"unable to grab IRQ %d, disabling device\n",
 			chip->pci->irq);