diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 330f6abc7703c0302db441be299eafc842a3ff52..18e15a651d516fed8bef619980025bf083e51a7f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1649,9 +1649,7 @@ config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	default y
 
 config IRQ_PER_CPU
-	depends on SMP
 	bool
-	default y
 
 #
 # - Highmem only makes sense for the 32-bit kernel.
@@ -1719,6 +1717,7 @@ source "mm/Kconfig"
 config SMP
 	bool "Multi-Processing support"
 	depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP
+	select IRQ_PER_CPU
 	help
 	  This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
 	  a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/irq.h b/include/asm-mips/irq.h
index 896550bad3229cbd388fa8ce9705129ecdf91ca4..d35c61776a0249d5620a8a70a8033b15735f48fc 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/irq.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/irq.h
@@ -76,8 +76,4 @@ extern int setup_irq_smtc(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction * new,
                           unsigned long hwmask);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#define ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _ASM_IRQ_H */