diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-common.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-common.c
index ad96ebb0c7abd882075f67162ff605b8969a792b..9448e391cb710363d18df4c3079ae0504b0cbd44 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-common.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-common.c
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@
 int gic_configure_irq(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type,
 		       void __iomem *base, void (*sync_access)(void))
 {
-	u32 enablemask = 1 << (irq % 32);
-	u32 enableoff = (irq / 32) * 4;
 	u32 confmask = 0x2 << ((irq % 16) * 2);
 	u32 confoff = (irq / 16) * 4;
-	bool enabled = false;
 	u32 val, oldval;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -42,17 +39,6 @@ int gic_configure_irq(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type,
 	else if (type & IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH)
 		val |= confmask;
 
-	/*
-	 * As recommended by the spec, disable the interrupt before changing
-	 * the configuration
-	 */
-	if (readl_relaxed(base + GIC_DIST_ENABLE_SET + enableoff) & enablemask) {
-		writel_relaxed(enablemask, base + GIC_DIST_ENABLE_CLEAR + enableoff);
-		if (sync_access)
-			sync_access();
-		enabled = true;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Write back the new configuration, and possibly re-enable
 	 * the interrupt. If we tried to write a new configuration and failed,
@@ -62,9 +48,6 @@ int gic_configure_irq(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type,
 	if (readl_relaxed(base + GIC_DIST_CONFIG + confoff) != val && val != oldval)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (enabled)
-		writel_relaxed(enablemask, base + GIC_DIST_ENABLE_SET + enableoff);
-
 	if (sync_access)
 		sync_access();
 
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
index 49875adb6b44bd4c293e3f7a95d422a40aafd3b5..c52f7ba205b4c872205323868ecf0349f8174b20 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ static struct irq_chip gic_chip = {
 	.irq_set_affinity	= gic_set_affinity,
 	.irq_get_irqchip_state	= gic_irq_get_irqchip_state,
 	.irq_set_irqchip_state	= gic_irq_set_irqchip_state,
+	.flags			= IRQCHIP_SET_TYPE_MASKED,
 };
 
 #define GIC_ID_NR		(1U << gic_data.rdists.id_bits)
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
index 01999d74bd3af32c5d05b8f14c97c07637d4571e..8d7e1c8b6d566cb385c5cc92ff67c24f40692c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ static struct irq_chip gic_chip = {
 #endif
 	.irq_get_irqchip_state	= gic_irq_get_irqchip_state,
 	.irq_set_irqchip_state	= gic_irq_set_irqchip_state,
+	.flags			= IRQCHIP_SET_TYPE_MASKED,
 };
 
 void __init gic_cascade_irq(unsigned int gic_nr, unsigned int irq)
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-hip04.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-hip04.c
index 7d6ffb5de84fce346ebd89c63c4a7a5fbb74e714..0cae45d106950783108b60c31432a9149e75f638 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-hip04.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-hip04.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static struct irq_chip hip04_irq_chip = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	.irq_set_affinity	= hip04_irq_set_affinity,
 #endif
+	.flags			= IRQCHIP_SET_TYPE_MASKED,
 };
 
 static u16 hip04_get_cpumask(struct hip04_irq_data *intc)