diff --git a/include/linux/msi.h b/include/linux/msi.h
index f71a25e5fd25b574bceaf9b397b62e0913419067..1c0bb2c0b211f6132133a1fb43cfdf08fb1f6de8 100644
--- a/include/linux/msi.h
+++ b/include/linux/msi.h
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ struct irq_domain *platform_msi_create_irq_domain(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 int platform_msi_domain_alloc_irqs(struct device *dev, unsigned int nvec,
 				   irq_write_msi_msg_t write_msi_msg);
 void platform_msi_domain_free_irqs(struct device *dev);
+
+/* When an MSI domain is used as an intermediate domain */
+int msi_domain_prepare_irqs(struct irq_domain *domain, struct device *dev,
+			    int nvec, msi_alloc_info_t *args);
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN
diff --git a/kernel/irq/msi.c b/kernel/irq/msi.c
index 6b0c0b74a2a1a88c0d3f81519fea7c520b290967..9a85613d4227a64e51ddfea4f6af1917c01d3cf8 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/msi.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/msi.c
@@ -252,6 +252,20 @@ struct irq_domain *msi_create_irq_domain(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 					   &msi_domain_ops, info);
 }
 
+int msi_domain_prepare_irqs(struct irq_domain *domain, struct device *dev,
+			    int nvec, msi_alloc_info_t *arg)
+{
+	struct msi_domain_info *info = domain->host_data;
+	struct msi_domain_ops *ops = info->ops;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ops->msi_check(domain, info, dev);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = ops->msi_prepare(domain, dev, nvec, arg);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * msi_domain_alloc_irqs - Allocate interrupts from a MSI interrupt domain
  * @domain:	The domain to allocate from
@@ -270,9 +284,7 @@ int msi_domain_alloc_irqs(struct irq_domain *domain, struct device *dev,
 	struct msi_desc *desc;
 	int i, ret, virq = -1;
 
-	ret = ops->msi_check(domain, info, dev);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		ret = ops->msi_prepare(domain, dev, nvec, &arg);
+	ret = msi_domain_prepare_irqs(domain, dev, nvec, &arg);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;