diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index bea4055..30a3009 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@
  */
 #include <asm/hw_irq.h>
 
+#ifndef ARCH_IRQ_INIT_FLAGS
+# define ARCH_IRQ_INIT_FLAGS	0
+#endif
+
+#define IRQ_DEFAULT_INIT_FLAGS	(IRQ_DISABLED | ARCH_IRQ_INIT_FLAGS)
+
 struct irqaction;
 extern int setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *new);
 extern void remove_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 659be32..3405761 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 	/* Ensure we don't have left over values from a previous use of this irq */
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	desc->status = IRQ_DISABLED;
+	desc->status = IRQ_DEFAULT_INIT_FLAGS;
 	desc->irq_data.chip = &no_irq_chip;
 	desc->handle_irq = handle_bad_irq;
 	desc->depth = 1;
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 78ff426..29963f9 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
 
 static struct irq_desc irq_desc_init = {
-	.status		= IRQ_DISABLED,
+	.status		= IRQ_DEFAULT_INIT_FLAGS,
 	.handle_irq	= handle_bad_irq,
 	.depth		= 1,
 	.lock		= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(irq_desc_init.lock),
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
 static struct irq_desc irq_desc_legacy[NR_IRQS_LEGACY] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = {
 	[0 ... NR_IRQS_LEGACY-1] = {
-		.status		= IRQ_DISABLED,
+		.status		= IRQ_DEFAULT_INIT_FLAGS,
 		.handle_irq	= handle_bad_irq,
 		.depth		= 1,
 		.lock		= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(irq_desc_init.lock),
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 
 struct irq_desc irq_desc[NR_IRQS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = {
 	[0 ... NR_IRQS-1] = {
-		.status		= IRQ_DISABLED,
+		.status		= IRQ_DEFAULT_INIT_FLAGS,
 		.handle_irq	= handle_bad_irq,
 		.depth		= 1,
 		.lock		= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(irq_desc->lock),