diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 613eacf7f4096be12bb1f021f7b6fd63b5d8ec0a..4eecaaa54451f6c71993d6a7c593791a0db806b8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if PERF_EVENTS && PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
+	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select IRQ_PER_CPU
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 01e2877e8e04805694695361326ee0613a502fe1..9b6e80668cfb8209e9d588b912000e41f480d118 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@ extern int tau_interrupts(int);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_desc);
-#endif
-
 int distribute_irqs = 1;
 
 static inline notrace unsigned long get_hard_enabled(void)