diff --git a/arch/ia64/xen/irq_xen.c b/arch/ia64/xen/irq_xen.c
index a3fb7cf9ae1db1664217a7f7bd915b597ebeb483..108bb858acf2cee32801a99f137ea970bdb73487 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/xen/irq_xen.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/xen/irq_xen.c
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ static void
 __xen_register_percpu_irq(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int vec,
 			struct irqaction *action, int save)
 {
-	struct irq_desc *desc;
 	int irq = 0;
 
 	if (xen_slab_ready) {
@@ -223,8 +222,7 @@ __xen_register_percpu_irq(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int vec,
 			 * mark the interrupt for migrations and trigger it
 			 * on cpu hotplug.
 			 */
-			desc = irq_desc + irq;
-			desc->status |= IRQ_PER_CPU;
+			irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_PER_CPU);
 		}
 	}