diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/irq.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/irq.h
index 139cd200e79d291449198df6b8f65d128aaa12fc..050e18bb1a049da4500b75451be148013321a220 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/irq.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/irq.h
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_IRQ_CPU */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_GIC
+#ifndef MIPS_GIC_IRQ_BASE
+#define MIPS_GIC_IRQ_BASE (MIPS_CPU_IRQ_BASE + 8)
+#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_GIC */
+
 #endif /* __ASM_MACH_GENERIC_IRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/maltaint.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/maltaint.h
index 4186606bef0c8c020a7a1eca5f4adf2042259d1e..d741628e3397f7c3cd10bbe21bfa3e10f3ba67a4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/maltaint.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/maltaint.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef _MIPS_MALTAINT_H
 #define _MIPS_MALTAINT_H
 
-#define MIPS_GIC_IRQ_BASE	(MIPS_CPU_IRQ_BASE + 8)
-
 /*
  * Interrupts 0..15 are used for Malta ISA compatible interrupts
  */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h
index 2320331f14644a8720d15b3dac1d2bb1be53c3e4..11ebec94f8078cc1a5a9840f5348fea71ba6ae22 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@
 #define GIC_BASE_ADDR		0x1b1c0000
 #define GIC_ADDRSPACE_SZ	(128 * 1024)
 
-#define MIPS_GIC_IRQ_BASE	(MIPS_CPU_IRQ_BASE + 8)
-
 #endif /* !(_MIPS_SEAD3INT_H) */