diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 0efc12d1a3d77f98716f500c5ca12f9f923e3e9d..bbee441ae867c2e2d420de7775b815ed8c551428 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -613,23 +613,23 @@ static int irq_choose_cpu(unsigned int virt_irq)
 #define mpic_irq_to_hw(virq)	((unsigned int)irq_map[virq].hwirq)
 
 /* Find an mpic associated with a given linux interrupt */
-static struct mpic *mpic_find(unsigned int irq, unsigned int *is_ipi)
+static struct mpic *mpic_find(unsigned int irq)
 {
-	unsigned int src = mpic_irq_to_hw(irq);
-	struct mpic *mpic;
-
 	if (irq < NUM_ISA_INTERRUPTS)
 		return NULL;
 
-	mpic = irq_desc[irq].chip_data;
+	return irq_desc[irq].chip_data;
+}
 
-	if (is_ipi)
-		*is_ipi = (src >= mpic->ipi_vecs[0] &&
-			   src <= mpic->ipi_vecs[3]);
+/* Determine if the linux irq is an IPI */
+static unsigned int mpic_is_ipi(struct mpic *mpic, unsigned int irq)
+{
+	unsigned int src = mpic_irq_to_hw(irq);
 
-	return mpic;
+	return (src >= mpic->ipi_vecs[0] && src <= mpic->ipi_vecs[3]);
 }
 
+
 /* Convert a cpu mask from logical to physical cpu numbers. */
 static inline u32 mpic_physmask(u32 cpumask)
 {
@@ -1381,8 +1381,7 @@ void __init mpic_set_serial_int(struct mpic *mpic, int enable)
 
 void mpic_irq_set_priority(unsigned int irq, unsigned int pri)
 {
-	unsigned int is_ipi;
-	struct mpic *mpic = mpic_find(irq, &is_ipi);
+	struct mpic *mpic = mpic_find(irq);
 	unsigned int src = mpic_irq_to_hw(irq);
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 reg;
@@ -1391,7 +1390,7 @@ void mpic_irq_set_priority(unsigned int irq, unsigned int pri)
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mpic_lock, flags);
-	if (is_ipi) {
+	if (mpic_is_ipi(mpic, irq)) {
 		reg = mpic_ipi_read(src - mpic->ipi_vecs[0]) &
 			~MPIC_VECPRI_PRIORITY_MASK;
 		mpic_ipi_write(src - mpic->ipi_vecs[0],