diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_proto.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_proto.h
index a4ae6c3875eb9b6fcc88e78aafc31acb99da9029..55d95eb789b3142efb38ddf7d31afc2bcf77cf44 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_proto.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_proto.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 extern int amd_iommu_init_dma_ops(void);
 extern int amd_iommu_init_passthrough(void);
+extern irqreturn_t amd_iommu_int_thread(int irq, void *data);
 extern irqreturn_t amd_iommu_int_handler(int irq, void *data);
 extern void amd_iommu_apply_erratum_63(u16 devid);
 extern void amd_iommu_reset_cmd_buffer(struct amd_iommu *iommu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu.c
index dc5dddafe5c24a148d28736b9cfe2f9f2ef8c97d..873e7e1ead7b6f233bd79a56ad646f217f233053 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static void iommu_poll_events(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iommu->lock, flags);
 }
 
-irqreturn_t amd_iommu_int_handler(int irq, void *data)
+irqreturn_t amd_iommu_int_thread(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	struct amd_iommu *iommu;
 
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ irqreturn_t amd_iommu_int_handler(int irq, void *data)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
+irqreturn_t amd_iommu_int_handler(int irq, void *data)
+{
+	return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
+}
+
 /****************************************************************************
  *
  * IOMMU command queuing functions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
index 28b07813368870f238384ee472fbc0133e971b14..9179c21120a88ea5e764297fc5c91c6a488fb51c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
@@ -1034,10 +1034,11 @@ static int iommu_setup_msi(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
 	if (pci_enable_msi(iommu->dev))
 		return 1;
 
-	r = request_irq(iommu->dev->irq, amd_iommu_int_handler,
-			IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM,
-			"AMD-Vi",
-			NULL);
+	r = request_threaded_irq(iommu->dev->irq,
+				 amd_iommu_int_handler,
+				 amd_iommu_int_thread,
+				 0, "AMD-Vi",
+				 iommu->dev);
 
 	if (r) {
 		pci_disable_msi(iommu->dev);