diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-bcm2836.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-bcm2836.c
index cbc7c740e4dc39f1740df68f6b0e031d512e8d2b..f4247c257581e44855f39698befb76a8afe0073f 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-bcm2836.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-bcm2836.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int bcm2836_map(struct irq_domain *d, unsigned int irq,
 	irq_set_percpu_devid(irq);
 	irq_domain_set_info(d, irq, hw, chip, d->host_data,
 			    handle_percpu_devid_irq, NULL, NULL);
-	irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NOAUTOEN);
+	irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NOAUTOEN | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW);
 
 	return 0;
 }