diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
index 1e5ad12f1061ff6772037e4b05616e03f03cde42..5aa523c2d57338e4add5da5e2d5c3ea00aee95a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@
  * (these are usually mapped into the 0x30-0xff vector range)
  */
 
-/*
- * IRQ2 is cascade interrupt to second interrupt controller
- */
-static struct irqaction irq2 = {
-	.handler = no_action,
-	.name = "cascade",
-	.flags = IRQF_NO_THREAD,
-};
-
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(vector_irq_t, vector_irq) = {
 	[0 ... NR_VECTORS - 1] = VECTOR_UNUSED,
 };
@@ -104,6 +95,9 @@ void __init native_init_IRQ(void)
 	idt_setup_apic_and_irq_gates();
 	lapic_assign_system_vectors();
 
-	if (!acpi_ioapic && !of_ioapic && nr_legacy_irqs())
-		setup_irq(2, &irq2);
+	if (!acpi_ioapic && !of_ioapic && nr_legacy_irqs()) {
+		/* IRQ2 is cascade interrupt to second interrupt controller */
+		if (request_irq(2, no_action, IRQF_NO_THREAD, "cascade", NULL))
+			pr_err("%s: request_irq() failed\n", "cascade");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
index d8673d8a779b5c22d107dd8fa70fb818aaf4e58a..8c5213e6ec2046784411a94c5bb554e84761a386 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
@@ -62,19 +62,16 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static struct irqaction irq0  = {
-	.handler = timer_interrupt,
-	.flags = IRQF_NOBALANCING | IRQF_IRQPOLL | IRQF_TIMER,
-	.name = "timer"
-};
-
 static void __init setup_default_timer_irq(void)
 {
+	unsigned long flags = IRQF_NOBALANCING | IRQF_IRQPOLL | IRQF_TIMER;
+
 	/*
-	 * Unconditionally register the legacy timer; even without legacy
-	 * PIC/PIT we need this for the HPET0 in legacy replacement mode.
+	 * Unconditionally register the legacy timer interrupt; even
+	 * without legacy PIC/PIT we need this for the HPET0 in legacy
+	 * replacement mode.
 	 */
-	if (setup_irq(0, &irq0))
+	if (request_irq(0, timer_interrupt, flags, "timer", NULL))
 		pr_info("Failed to register legacy timer interrupt\n");
 }