diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
index 2fe543f58ac807d360b5aacaaa528b4b1da5c5fa..976039377846bc62cba1d1fd840a000a4db17ec3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static struct irq_cfg irq_cfgx[NR_IRQS] = {
 	[15] = { .domain = CPU_MASK_ALL, .vector = IRQ15_VECTOR, },
 };
 
-void __init arch_early_irq_init(void)
+int __init arch_early_irq_init(void)
 {
 	struct irq_cfg *cfg;
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ void __init arch_early_irq_init(void)
 		desc = irq_to_desc(i);
 		desc->chip_data = &cfg[i];
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ static struct irq_cfg *get_one_free_irq_cfg(int cpu)
 	return cfg;
 }
 
-void arch_init_chip_data(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu)
+int arch_init_chip_data(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu)
 {
 	struct irq_cfg *cfg;
 
@@ -224,6 +226,8 @@ void arch_init_chip_data(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu)
 			BUG_ON(1);
 		}
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_MIGRATE_IRQ_DESC
diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index 69da275c0ebdaf70d00d74895f2a8686c3124c80..0e40af4bac40740dad7b7eea4e52d80e37ce90e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ struct irq_desc {
 	const char		*name;
 } ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 
-extern void early_irq_init(void);
-extern void arch_early_irq_init(void);
-extern void arch_init_chip_data(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu);
+extern int early_irq_init(void);
+extern int arch_early_irq_init(void);
+extern int arch_init_chip_data(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu);
 extern void arch_init_copy_chip_data(struct irq_desc *old_desc,
 					struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu);
 extern void arch_free_chip_data(struct irq_desc *old_desc, struct irq_desc *desc);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index c1f999a3cf31b5c7f830f76cadc78f1e2a91a291..c314aa15370ef157038105822fc72f9d9aa588e5 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -539,13 +539,14 @@ void __init __weak thread_info_cache_init(void)
 {
 }
 
-void __init __weak arch_early_irq_init(void)
+int __init __weak arch_early_irq_init(void)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 
-void __init __weak early_irq_init(void)
+int __init __weak early_irq_init(void)
 {
-	arch_early_irq_init();
+	return arch_early_irq_init();
 }
 
 asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index 893da67b7781b0dd46cadc59dc33a32b1d516595..0bef3ecb7a0e464e1c1966b9db6eff68cd34f197 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ void init_kstat_irqs(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu, int nr)
 		desc->kstat_irqs = (unsigned int *)ptr;
 }
 
-void __attribute__((weak)) arch_init_chip_data(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu)
+int __weak arch_init_chip_data(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void init_one_irq_desc(int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu)
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ static struct irq_desc irq_desc_legacy[NR_IRQS_LEGACY] __cacheline_aligned_in_sm
 /* FIXME: use bootmem alloc ...*/
 static unsigned int kstat_irqs_legacy[NR_IRQS_LEGACY][NR_CPUS];
 
-void __init early_irq_init(void)
+int __init early_irq_init(void)
 {
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
 	int legacy_count;
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ void __init early_irq_init(void)
 	for (i = legacy_count; i < NR_IRQS; i++)
 		irq_desc_ptrs[i] = NULL;
 
-	arch_early_irq_init();
+	return arch_early_irq_init();
 }
 
 struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq)