diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 12c3afee0f6fabcd664c12e7ddca1bf367bc401e..2f3abcf8f6bc9b2b206652b52cf1318f93acb74a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ config IA64
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_LEGACY
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
index 19f107be734e6e9db90c050b2389eb2a79cc1b71..cd44a57c73be76b48227c285b4cf0421f5efdc1f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ iosapic_register_intr (unsigned int gsi,
 		rte = find_rte(irq, gsi);
 		if(iosapic_intr_info[irq].count == 0) {
 			assign_irq_vector(irq);
-			dynamic_irq_init(irq);
+			irq_init_desc(irq);
 		} else if (rte->refcnt != NO_REF_RTE) {
 			rte->refcnt++;
 			goto unlock_iosapic_lock;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c
index 5774c3b65fe5f9ccfd86a273fbca514547249901..03ea78ed64a93384f8d4730720b99fa34e02b2d1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c
@@ -382,8 +382,7 @@ void destroy_and_reserve_irq(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	dynamic_irq_cleanup(irq);
-
+	irq_init_desc(irq);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vector_lock, flags);
 	__clear_irq_vector(irq);
 	irq_status[irq] = IRQ_RSVD;
@@ -416,13 +415,13 @@ int create_irq(void)
  out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vector_lock, flags);
 	if (irq >= 0)
-		dynamic_irq_init(irq);
+		irq_init_desc(irq);
 	return irq;
 }
 
 void destroy_irq(unsigned int irq)
 {
-	dynamic_irq_cleanup(irq);
+	irq_init_desc(irq);
 	clear_irq_vector(irq);
 }