diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
index c0f9ef90f0b8407a22987dfe4c83c73ed0cbc1d3..ea6bf7220da99e02d4e88f9ceff8231aa342f7af 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ struct mpic
 #define	MPIC_REGSET_STANDARD		MPIC_REGSET(0)	/* Original MPIC */
 #define	MPIC_REGSET_TSI108		MPIC_REGSET(1)	/* Tsi108/109 PIC */
 
+/* Get the version of primary MPIC */
+extern u32 fsl_mpic_primary_get_version(void);
+
 /* Allocate the controller structure and setup the linux irq descs
  * for the range if interrupts passed in. No HW initialization is
  * actually performed.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 3cc2f9159ab1185f9f8f00ccefbcac14995ae6b1..1a4e19c6a688c5c7460d8475681e87ba248728da 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1173,10 +1173,33 @@ static struct irq_domain_ops mpic_host_ops = {
 	.xlate = mpic_host_xlate,
 };
 
+static u32 fsl_mpic_get_version(struct mpic *mpic)
+{
+	u32 brr1;
+
+	if (!(mpic->flags & MPIC_FSL))
+		return 0;
+
+	brr1 = _mpic_read(mpic->reg_type, &mpic->thiscpuregs,
+			MPIC_FSL_BRR1);
+
+	return brr1 & MPIC_FSL_BRR1_VER;
+}
+
 /*
  * Exported functions
  */
 
+u32 fsl_mpic_primary_get_version(void)
+{
+	struct mpic *mpic = mpic_primary;
+
+	if (mpic)
+		return fsl_mpic_get_version(mpic);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
 				phys_addr_t phys_addr,
 				unsigned int flags,
@@ -1323,7 +1346,6 @@ struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
 	mpic_map(mpic, mpic->paddr, &mpic->tmregs, MPIC_INFO(TIMER_BASE), 0x1000);
 
 	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_FSL) {
-		u32 brr1;
 		int ret;
 
 		/*
@@ -1334,9 +1356,7 @@ struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
 		mpic_map(mpic, mpic->paddr, &mpic->thiscpuregs,
 			 MPIC_CPU_THISBASE, 0x1000);
 
-		brr1 = _mpic_read(mpic->reg_type, &mpic->thiscpuregs,
-				MPIC_FSL_BRR1);
-		fsl_version = brr1 & MPIC_FSL_BRR1_VER;
+		fsl_version = fsl_mpic_get_version(mpic);
 
 		/* Error interrupt mask register (EIMR) is required for
 		 * handling individual device error interrupts. EIMR
@@ -1526,9 +1546,7 @@ void __init mpic_init(struct mpic *mpic)
 	mpic_cpu_write(MPIC_INFO(CPU_CURRENT_TASK_PRI), 0xf);
 
 	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_FSL) {
-		u32 brr1 = _mpic_read(mpic->reg_type, &mpic->thiscpuregs,
-				      MPIC_FSL_BRR1);
-		u32 version = brr1 & MPIC_FSL_BRR1_VER;
+		u32 version = fsl_mpic_get_version(mpic);
 
 		/*
 		 * Timer group B is present at the latest in MPIC 3.1 (e.g.