diff --git a/arch/arm/common/gic.c b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
index 66c7c482010899884d213be0b995eb60feead07c..734db99eaee768bb060ac684fd6cff19d33b1472 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/gic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ void __init gic_init(unsigned int gic_nr, unsigned int irq_start,
 	if (gic_nr == 0)
 		gic_cpu_base_addr = cpu_base;
 
+	gic_chip.flags |= gic_arch_extn.flags;
 	gic_dist_init(gic, irq_start);
 	gic_cpu_init(gic);
 	gic_pm_init(gic);