diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-armadillo800eva.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-armadillo800eva.c
index 66cfd56865784d766add3d14b4602361b6de0b26..68641952b63a7a7ef16a3cb4df6564b7e415aa9d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-armadillo800eva.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-armadillo800eva.c
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static const char *eva_boards_compat_dt[] __initdata = {
 DT_MACHINE_START(ARMADILLO800EVA_DT, "armadillo800eva")
 	.map_io		= r8a7740_map_io,
 	.init_early	= eva_add_early_devices,
-	.init_irq	= r8a7740_init_irq,
+	.init_irq	= r8a7740_init_irq_of,
 	.init_machine	= eva_init,
 	.init_late	= shmobile_init_late,
 	.init_time	= eva_earlytimer_init,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h
index 56f375005fcd7953757243bc9f3bb775b50ad309..d07932f872b6770273a5b227231c60a5cbf5a06f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ enum {
 
 extern void r8a7740_meram_workaround(void);
 extern void r8a7740_init_delay(void);
-extern void r8a7740_init_irq(void);
 extern void r8a7740_init_irq_of(void);
 extern void r8a7740_map_io(void);
 extern void r8a7740_add_early_devices(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c
index 8871f7717dc8ff7d05b631b2c2b5d027dd5eff4b..75193539b541cba4ece9ec5dd95f2a5d20324d37 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
 #include <linux/irqchip.h>
 #include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h>
 
-static void __init r8a7740_init_irq_common(void)
+void __init r8a7740_init_irq_of(void)
 {
 	void __iomem *intc_prio_base = ioremap_nocache(0xe6900010, 0x10);
 	void __iomem *intc_msk_base = ioremap_nocache(0xe6900040, 0x10);
 	void __iomem *pfc_inta_ctrl = ioremap_nocache(0xe605807c, 0x4);
 
+	irqchip_init();
+
 	/* route signals to GIC */
 	iowrite32(0x0, pfc_inta_ctrl);
 
@@ -50,19 +52,3 @@ static void __init r8a7740_init_irq_common(void)
 	iounmap(intc_msk_base);
 	iounmap(pfc_inta_ctrl);
 }
-
-void __init r8a7740_init_irq_of(void)
-{
-	irqchip_init();
-	r8a7740_init_irq_common();
-}
-
-void __init r8a7740_init_irq(void)
-{
-	void __iomem *gic_dist_base = ioremap_nocache(0xc2800000, 0x1000);
-	void __iomem *gic_cpu_base = ioremap_nocache(0xc2000000, 0x1000);
-
-	/* initialize the Generic Interrupt Controller PL390 r0p0 */
-	gic_init(0, 29, gic_dist_base, gic_cpu_base);
-	r8a7740_init_irq_common();
-}