diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h
index abdc4d4efa28938bdb3b37ab494787e4ba22e540..19c0423108f5f774693fdac2810578c50fcaae42 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/r8a7740.h
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ enum {
 
 extern void r8a7740_meram_workaround(void);
 extern void r8a7740_init_irq(void);
+extern void r8a7740_init_irq_of(void);
 extern void r8a7740_map_io(void);
 extern void r8a7740_add_early_devices(void);
 extern void r8a7740_add_standard_devices(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c
index b741c8409a5a5e0f9eb219ee8dba3d0ad3147dc4..8871f7717dc8ff7d05b631b2c2b5d027dd5eff4b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-r8a7740.c
@@ -20,19 +20,15 @@
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/irqchip.h>
 #include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h>
 
-void __init r8a7740_init_irq(void)
+static void __init r8a7740_init_irq_common(void)
 {
-	void __iomem *gic_dist_base = ioremap_nocache(0xc2800000, 0x1000);
-	void __iomem *gic_cpu_base = ioremap_nocache(0xc2000000, 0x1000);
 	void __iomem *intc_prio_base = ioremap_nocache(0xe6900010, 0x10);
 	void __iomem *intc_msk_base = ioremap_nocache(0xe6900040, 0x10);
 	void __iomem *pfc_inta_ctrl = ioremap_nocache(0xe605807c, 0x4);
 
-	/* initialize the Generic Interrupt Controller PL390 r0p0 */
-	gic_init(0, 29, gic_dist_base, gic_cpu_base);
-
 	/* route signals to GIC */
 	iowrite32(0x0, pfc_inta_ctrl);
 
@@ -54,3 +50,19 @@ void __init r8a7740_init_irq(void)
 	iounmap(intc_msk_base);
 	iounmap(pfc_inta_ctrl);
 }
+
+void __init r8a7740_init_irq_of(void)
+{
+	irqchip_init();
+	r8a7740_init_irq_common();
+}
+
+void __init r8a7740_init_irq(void)
+{
+	void __iomem *gic_dist_base = ioremap_nocache(0xc2800000, 0x1000);
+	void __iomem *gic_cpu_base = ioremap_nocache(0xc2000000, 0x1000);
+
+	/* initialize the Generic Interrupt Controller PL390 r0p0 */
+	gic_init(0, 29, gic_dist_base, gic_cpu_base);
+	r8a7740_init_irq_common();
+}