diff --git a/include/asm-cris/irq.h b/include/asm-cris/irq.h
index 8e787fdaedd41835db69807807278d953b337c34..4fab5c3b2e15ca4ee294346535d14456145c520e 100644
--- a/include/asm-cris/irq.h
+++ b/include/asm-cris/irq.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_IRQ_H
 #define _ASM_IRQ_H
 
+/*
+ * IRQ line status macro IRQ_PER_CPU is used
+ */
+#define ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU
+
 #include <asm/arch/irq.h>
 
 extern __inline__ int irq_canonicalize(int irq)
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/irq.h b/include/asm-ia64/irq.h
index 5d930fdc0bea49fb3c9c39e8c1ae1a1a7a5b3028..cd984d08fd15b09f27cdc28c4698b38d7bd57ddc 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/irq.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/irq.h
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 #define NR_IRQS		256
 #define NR_IRQ_VECTORS	NR_IRQS
 
+/*
+ * IRQ line status macro IRQ_PER_CPU is used
+ */
+#define ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU
+
 static __inline__ int
 irq_canonicalize (int irq)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/irq.h b/include/asm-parisc/irq.h
index 75654ba9335359b71c61bd2f0369b757e188c196..f876bdf220569f0f90eaec0436665a8bf95d1464 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/irq.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/irq.h
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 
 #define NR_IRQS		(CPU_IRQ_MAX + 1)
 
+/*
+ * IRQ line status macro IRQ_PER_CPU is used
+ */
+#define ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU
+
 static __inline__ int irq_canonicalize(int irq)
 {
 	return (irq == 2) ? 9 : irq;
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/irq.h b/include/asm-ppc/irq.h
index a244d93ca9537179a7fe6835df81d19eeb9325fb..b4b270457eddce51eac0e30a6e604fb82630740e 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/irq.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/irq.h
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 #define IRQ_POLARITY_POSITIVE	0x2	/* high level or low->high edge */
 #define IRQ_POLARITY_NEGATIVE	0x0	/* low level or high->low edge */
 
+/*
+ * IRQ line status macro IRQ_PER_CPU is used
+ */
+#define ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_40x)
 #include <asm/ibm4xx.h>
 
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc64/irq.h b/include/asm-ppc64/irq.h
index 570678b1da950335f1821485745381f470af62ee..99782afb4cdede53a3e1edfc41050f9c2a9ad990 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/irq.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/irq.h
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 #define IRQ_POLARITY_POSITIVE	0x2	/* high level or low->high edge */
 #define IRQ_POLARITY_NEGATIVE	0x0	/* low level or high->low edge */
 
+/*
+ * IRQ line status macro IRQ_PER_CPU is used
+ */
+#define ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU
+
 #define get_irq_desc(irq) (&irq_desc[(irq)])
 
 /* Define a way to iterate across irqs. */
diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index 4a362b9ec966e30cf34e926b5085365e8a03bea4..69681c3b1f05f8fac09efb8ad5334c60b65686c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@
 #define IRQ_WAITING	32	/* IRQ not yet seen - for autodetection */
 #define IRQ_LEVEL	64	/* IRQ level triggered */
 #define IRQ_MASKED	128	/* IRQ masked - shouldn't be seen again */
-#define IRQ_PER_CPU	256	/* IRQ is per CPU */
+#if defined(ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU)
+# define IRQ_PER_CPU	256	/* IRQ is per CPU */
+# define CHECK_IRQ_PER_CPU(var) ((var) & IRQ_PER_CPU)
+#else
+# define CHECK_IRQ_PER_CPU(var) 0
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Interrupt controller descriptor. This is all we need
diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index c29f83c16497cff719b118bf1a8fabfb78076cd2..3ff7b925c38773f1c0df8eb4dcda1ea5926f1ea3 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ fastcall unsigned int __do_IRQ(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned int status;
 
 	kstat_this_cpu.irqs[irq]++;
-	if (desc->status & IRQ_PER_CPU) {
+	if (CHECK_IRQ_PER_CPU(desc->status)) {
 		irqreturn_t action_ret;
 
 		/*