diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 0a13ecb270c7d0c30ac3ea2613bf7a4f76552f69..3cc2f9159ab1185f9f8f00ccefbcac14995ae6b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(mpic_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32	/* XXX for now */
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_ALL_CPUS
-#define distribute_irqs	(!(mpic->flags & MPIC_SINGLE_DEST_CPU))
+#define distribute_irqs	(1)
 #else
 #define distribute_irqs	(0)
 #endif
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ void mpic_setup_this_cpu(void)
 	 * it differently, then we should make sure we also change the default
 	 * values of irq_desc[].affinity in irq.c.
  	 */
-	if (distribute_irqs) {
+	if (distribute_irqs && !(mpic->flags & MPIC_SINGLE_DEST_CPU)) {
 	 	for (i = 0; i < mpic->num_sources ; i++)
 			mpic_irq_write(i, MPIC_INFO(IRQ_DESTINATION),
 				mpic_irq_read(i, MPIC_INFO(IRQ_DESTINATION)) | msk);