diff --git a/arch/mips/jazz/irq.c b/arch/mips/jazz/irq.c
index 7fd170d007e7587d4839abcfd1f48370285c5c34..7bd32d04c2cc7c0df7867d8e7f6a81385f38ebca 100644
--- a/arch/mips/jazz/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/jazz/irq.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static irqreturn_t r4030_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 static struct irqaction r4030_timer_irqaction = {
 	.handler	= r4030_timer_interrupt,
-	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_TIMER,
 	.name		= "R4030 timer",
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c
index 92351e00ae0e2ff3f98f8d7432aebf88d659966f..f5d265eb6eae7f5708e53912d06ff63b4f7cd42a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static irqreturn_t gt641xx_timer0_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 static struct irqaction gt641xx_timer0_irqaction = {
 	.handler	= gt641xx_timer0_interrupt,
-	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_TIMER,
 	.name		= "gt641xx_timer0",
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
index 2652362ce0477d9449dfbd6fa4a0f7e48a2f0ef0..b469ad05d520c3629348368a3037d07a0ef7a631 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ irqreturn_t c0_compare_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 struct irqaction c0_compare_irqaction = {
 	.handler = c0_compare_interrupt,
-	.flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU,
+	.flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_TIMER,
 	.name = "timer",
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c
index f7d8d5d0ddbf0337978cacacf5232b38bf4a87a4..ed5c441615e471cf4b4c1888bcce3eec9c84e6fa 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 static struct irqaction irq0  = {
 	.handler = timer_interrupt,
-	.flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_NOBALANCING,
+	.flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_NOBALANCING | IRQF_TIMER,
 	.name = "timer"
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/nxp/pnx8550/common/time.c b/arch/mips/nxp/pnx8550/common/time.c
index 18b192784877d9f8f9da3bc46174d9d07acce5bb..d987a89c1e4ece5b5f0f77a89ff4e7b92377cb39 100644
--- a/arch/mips/nxp/pnx8550/common/time.c
+++ b/arch/mips/nxp/pnx8550/common/time.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static irqreturn_t pnx8xxx_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 static struct irqaction pnx8xxx_timer_irq = {
 	.handler	= pnx8xxx_timer_interrupt,
-	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_TIMER,
 	.name		= "pnx8xxx_timer",
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
index 6d0e59ffba2ed17826a13d475961c7c10fe82c4a..d6802d6d1f827a21b79cd0d8c4fb54b29cf7ae4d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static irqreturn_t hub_rt_counter_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 struct irqaction hub_rt_irqaction = {
 	.handler	= hub_rt_counter_handler,
-	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_TIMER,
 	.name		= "hub-rt",
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/sni/time.c b/arch/mips/sni/time.c
index 62df6a598e0a6a33bfe45dc2817280aa068ce07d..f3b60e671207bea19676fd1c0cca9a4a38180ccb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sni/time.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sni/time.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static irqreturn_t a20r_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 static struct irqaction a20r_irqaction = {
 	.handler	= a20r_interrupt,
-	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_TIMER,
 	.name		= "a20r-timer",
 };