diff --git a/hw/arm/highbank.c b/hw/arm/highbank.c
index 35d5511d28a11837159c90608990fb46ecbcd1b5..f733a6cba7eb6f39a59c3985795631d2da433968 100644
--- a/hw/arm/highbank.c
+++ b/hw/arm/highbank.c
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ static void calxeda_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args, enum cxmachines machine)
     const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
     DeviceState *dev = NULL;
     SysBusDevice *busdev;
-    qemu_irq *irqp;
     qemu_irq pic[128];
     int n;
     qemu_irq cpu_irq[4];
@@ -239,8 +238,7 @@ static void calxeda_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args, enum cxmachines machine)
 
         /* This will become a QOM property eventually */
         cpu->reset_cbar = GIC_BASE_ADDR;
-        irqp = arm_pic_init_cpu(cpu);
-        cpu_irq[n] = irqp[ARM_PIC_CPU_IRQ];
+        cpu_irq[n] = qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(cpu), ARM_CPU_IRQ);
     }
 
     sysmem = get_system_memory();