diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c
index 5ce908ef9c9585f5f0350503fa39caf0e3e732bf..9c72ea3f6432d115ca32090d0c8bd9c8365d5c07 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ void set_irq_affinity_info (unsigned int irq, int hwid, int redir)
 
 	if (irq < NR_IRQS) {
 		irq_affinity[irq] = mask;
-		set_irq_info(irq, mask);
 		irq_redir[irq] = (char) (redir & 0xff);
 	}
 }