diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/include/mach/generic.h b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/include/mach/generic.h
index ce19113ca791ae1478cc0b846bdc7bf511cf7533..c26b7a4b11264ec56aeaaa2dd76e26578e812d11 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/include/mach/generic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/include/mach/generic.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ extern struct pl08x_platform_data pl080_plat_data;
 void __init spear_setup_of_timer(void);
 void __init spear3xx_clk_init(void);
 void __init spear3xx_map_io(void);
-void __init spear3xx_dt_init_irq(void);
 
 void spear_restart(char, const char *);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear300.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear300.c
index 7a11d852d44aa97d0e0a23ae2a39cb1d4ed08ebe..499479bbbaf9a3c683420fb73161ceaa2acb2ad0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear300.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear300.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "SPEAr300: " fmt
 
 #include <linux/amba/pl08x.h>
+#include <linux/irqchip.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <mach/generic.h>
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ static void __init spear300_map_io(void)
 
 DT_MACHINE_START(SPEAR300_DT, "ST SPEAr300 SoC with Flattened Device Tree")
 	.map_io		=	spear300_map_io,
-	.init_irq	=	spear3xx_dt_init_irq,
+	.init_irq	=	irqchip_init,
 	.timer		=	&spear3xx_timer,
 	.init_machine	=	spear300_dt_init,
 	.restart	=	spear_restart,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear310.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear310.c
index 9719f835dbb38d72b6c20e96a35472d87f8bdab3..367d9be40ec12df2b573071834ae8babde13c59f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear310.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear310.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/amba/pl08x.h>
 #include <linux/amba/serial.h>
+#include <linux/irqchip.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <mach/generic.h>
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ static void __init spear310_map_io(void)
 
 DT_MACHINE_START(SPEAR310_DT, "ST SPEAr310 SoC with Flattened Device Tree")
 	.map_io		=	spear310_map_io,
-	.init_irq	=	spear3xx_dt_init_irq,
+	.init_irq	=	irqchip_init,
 	.timer		=	&spear3xx_timer,
 	.init_machine	=	spear310_dt_init,
 	.restart	=	spear_restart,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear320.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear320.c
index 3a22d8422976883647143625ca9fd68e71481d98..34c212e6cbf6b0abc91050927d0ed6ec4bdbe53e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear320.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear320.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/amba/pl022.h>
 #include <linux/amba/pl08x.h>
 #include <linux/amba/serial.h>
+#include <linux/irqchip.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <mach/generic.h>
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ static void __init spear320_map_io(void)
 
 DT_MACHINE_START(SPEAR320_DT, "ST SPEAr320 SoC with Flattened Device Tree")
 	.map_io		=	spear320_map_io,
-	.init_irq	=	spear3xx_dt_init_irq,
+	.init_irq	=	irqchip_init,
 	.timer		=	&spear3xx_timer,
 	.init_machine	=	spear320_dt_init,
 	.restart	=	spear_restart,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear3xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear3xx.c
index 38fe95db31a70a69c241699edf2b5022be8d698a..c6003ef0c9f6688c0d29a2931052eab2e055854a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear3xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear3xx/spear3xx.c
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/amba/pl022.h>
 #include <linux/amba/pl08x.h>
-#include <linux/irqchip/spear-shirq.h>
-#include <linux/of_irq.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/pl080.h>
-#include <asm/hardware/vic.h>
 #include <plat/pl080.h>
 #include <mach/generic.h>
 #include <mach/spear.h>
@@ -119,16 +116,3 @@ static void __init spear3xx_timer_init(void)
 struct sys_timer spear3xx_timer = {
 	.init = spear3xx_timer_init,
 };
-
-static const struct of_device_id vic_of_match[] __initconst = {
-	{ .compatible = "arm,pl190-vic", .data = vic_of_init, },
-	{ .compatible = "st,spear300-shirq", .data = spear300_shirq_of_init, },
-	{ .compatible = "st,spear310-shirq", .data = spear310_shirq_of_init, },
-	{ .compatible = "st,spear320-shirq", .data = spear320_shirq_of_init, },
-	{ /* Sentinel */ }
-};
-
-void __init spear3xx_dt_init_irq(void)
-{
-	of_irq_init(vic_of_match);
-}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear6xx/spear6xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear6xx/spear6xx.c
index 9d81068f1b752d8c82339a36e46a87de6ffbc7bd..3f6fac0fdb719bb2aa53c60a4545b26276881e12 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear6xx/spear6xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear6xx/spear6xx.c
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
 #include <linux/amba/pl08x.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/irqchip.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
-#include <linux/of_irq.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/pl080.h>
-#include <asm/hardware/vic.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <asm/mach/time.h>
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
@@ -425,19 +424,9 @@ static const char *spear600_dt_board_compat[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static const struct of_device_id vic_of_match[] __initconst = {
-	{ .compatible = "arm,pl190-vic", .data = vic_of_init, },
-	{ /* Sentinel */ }
-};
-
-static void __init spear6xx_dt_init_irq(void)
-{
-	of_irq_init(vic_of_match);
-}
-
 DT_MACHINE_START(SPEAR600_DT, "ST SPEAr600 (Flattened Device Tree)")
 	.map_io		=	spear6xx_map_io,
-	.init_irq	=	spear6xx_dt_init_irq,
+	.init_irq	=	irqchip_init,
 	.timer		=	&spear6xx_timer,
 	.init_machine	=	spear600_dt_init,
 	.restart	=	spear_restart,
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/spear-shirq.c b/drivers/irqchip/spear-shirq.c
index 80e1d2fd9d4c383522c2cb96d3d4b3f7d2b89a42..8527743b5cef14ad608307f6ffe6e0341ffb9b28 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/spear-shirq.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/spear-shirq.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <linux/of_irq.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
+#include "irqchip.h"
+
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
 
 /* spear300 shared irq registers offsets and masks */
@@ -300,6 +302,7 @@ int __init spear300_shirq_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 	return shirq_init(spear300_shirq_blocks,
 			ARRAY_SIZE(spear300_shirq_blocks), np);
 }
+IRQCHIP_DECLARE(spear300_shirq, "st,spear300-shirq", spear300_shirq_of_init);
 
 int __init spear310_shirq_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 		struct device_node *parent)
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@ int __init spear310_shirq_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 	return shirq_init(spear310_shirq_blocks,
 			ARRAY_SIZE(spear310_shirq_blocks), np);
 }
+IRQCHIP_DECLARE(spear310_shirq, "st,spear310-shirq", spear310_shirq_of_init);
 
 int __init spear320_shirq_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 		struct device_node *parent)
@@ -314,3 +318,4 @@ int __init spear320_shirq_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 	return shirq_init(spear320_shirq_blocks,
 			ARRAY_SIZE(spear320_shirq_blocks), np);
 }
+IRQCHIP_DECLARE(spear320_shirq, "st,spear320-shirq", spear320_shirq_of_init);