diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-aic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-aic.txt
index aabca4f83402198c50893724a2d3dbcfb3d221d4..1953b0c1b7c5bc92b0c86c2cadf24382cf378840 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-aic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-aic.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Required properties:
       Valid combinations are 1, 2, 3, 4, 8.
       Default flag for internal sources should be set to 4 (active high).
 - reg: Should contain AIC registers location and length
+- atmel,external-irqs: u32 array of external irqs.
 
 Examples:
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9260.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9260.dtsi
index f449efc9825fd711d485b57318adf02b47e01f3e..f2c96430f9cb1d12639f0a4648772461d6c622c6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9260.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9260.dtsi
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 				compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-aic";
 				interrupt-controller;
 				reg = <0xfffff000 0x200>;
+				atmel,external-irqs = <29 30 31>;
 			};
 
 			ramc0: ramc@ffffea00 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9263.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9263.dtsi
index 0209913a65a2001dafea2bacda1ce741fa227872..c803636ca9f5dcd917331865d89ee5116a96393f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9263.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9263.dtsi
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 				compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-aic";
 				interrupt-controller;
 				reg = <0xfffff000 0x200>;
+				atmel,external-irqs = <30 31>;
 			};
 
 			pmc: pmc@fffffc00 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9g45.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9g45.dtsi
index 7dbccaf199f7e0844bdeb3ee8cf789d8543f0a6f..2d01ce2a023f79d8d818c206980878a92391e6a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9g45.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9g45.dtsi
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 				compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-aic";
 				interrupt-controller;
 				reg = <0xfffff000 0x200>;
+				atmel,external-irqs = <31>;
 			};
 
 			ramc0: ramc@ffffe400 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9x5.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9x5.dtsi
index 6b3ef4339ae7030eff85882a89f04d29ea346c21..6a0a0fbb6283672ab5547f114d219a2b9fd42a50 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9x5.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91sam9x5.dtsi
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 				compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-aic";
 				interrupt-controller;
 				reg = <0xfffff000 0x200>;
+				atmel,external-irqs = <31>;
 			};
 
 			ramc0: ramc@ffffe800 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9x5.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9x5.c
index 1b144b4d3ce19da1ef7a580d2bbde299100eaa5f..537710b689820abb74490d8e01ef23ee70315546 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9x5.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9x5.c
@@ -312,8 +312,6 @@ static void __init at91sam9x5_map_io(void)
 
 void __init at91sam9x5_initialize(void)
 {
-	at91_extern_irq = (1 << AT91SAM9X5_ID_IRQ0);
-
 	/* Register GPIO subsystem (using DT) */
 	at91_gpio_init(NULL, 0);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/irq.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/irq.c
index 2d5d4c88a52732e0ed05c3f99a452eb7cc6ae119..df8605fd7bad2273b92a1526757dc795c78c2f78 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/irq.c
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ static struct irq_domain_ops at91_aic_irq_ops = {
 int __init at91_aic_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 				     struct device_node *parent)
 {
+	struct property *prop;
+	const __be32 *p;
+	u32 val;
+
 	at91_aic_base = of_iomap(node, 0);
 	at91_aic_np = node;
 
@@ -202,6 +206,14 @@ int __init at91_aic_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 	if (!at91_aic_domain)
 		panic("Unable to add AIC irq domain (DT)\n");
 
+	at91_extern_irq = 0;
+	of_property_for_each_u32(node, "atmel,external-irqs", prop, p, val) {
+		if (val > 31)
+			pr_warn("AIC: external irq %d > 31 skip it\n", val);
+		else
+			at91_extern_irq |= (1 << val);
+	}
+
 	irq_set_default_host(at91_aic_domain);
 
 	at91_aic_hw_init(NR_AIC_IRQS);