diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
index 57f09cb54464..269c2354c431 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int gic_get_c0_fdc_int(void)
 				  GIC_LOCAL_TO_HWIRQ(GIC_LOCAL_INT_FDC));
 }
 
-static void gic_handle_shared_int(void)
+static void gic_handle_shared_int(bool chained)
 {
 	unsigned int i, intr, virq;
 	unsigned long *pcpu_mask;
@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ static void gic_handle_shared_int(void)
 	while (intr != gic_shared_intrs) {
 		virq = irq_linear_revmap(gic_irq_domain,
 					 GIC_SHARED_TO_HWIRQ(intr));
-		do_IRQ(virq);
+		if (chained)
+			generic_handle_irq(virq);
+		else
+			do_IRQ(virq);
 
 		/* go to next pending bit */
 		bitmap_clear(pending, intr, 1);
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ static struct irq_chip gic_edge_irq_controller = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static void gic_handle_local_int(void)
+static void gic_handle_local_int(bool chained)
 {
 	unsigned long pending, masked;
 	unsigned int intr, virq;
@@ -445,7 +448,10 @@ static void gic_handle_local_int(void)
 	while (intr != GIC_NUM_LOCAL_INTRS) {
 		virq = irq_linear_revmap(gic_irq_domain,
 					 GIC_LOCAL_TO_HWIRQ(intr));
-		do_IRQ(virq);
+		if (chained)
+			generic_handle_irq(virq);
+		else
+			do_IRQ(virq);
 
 		/* go to next pending bit */
 		bitmap_clear(&pending, intr, 1);
@@ -509,13 +515,14 @@ static struct irq_chip gic_all_vpes_local_irq_controller = {
 
 static void __gic_irq_dispatch(void)
 {
-	gic_handle_local_int();
-	gic_handle_shared_int();
+	gic_handle_local_int(false);
+	gic_handle_shared_int(false);
 }
 
 static void gic_irq_dispatch(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
-	__gic_irq_dispatch();
+	gic_handle_local_int(true);
+	gic_handle_shared_int(true);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_GIC_IPI