diff --git a/arch/arm/common/gic.c b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
index cb6b041c39d23bf877363308aaf22665b41d5b93..90919d5391c8139d788a4e8773f2ebe9745f6110 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/gic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ void __cpuinit gic_enable_ppi(unsigned int irq)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	irq_to_desc(irq)->status |= IRQ_NOPROBE;
+	irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NOPROBE);
 	gic_unmask_irq(irq_get_irq_data(irq));
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }