diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/mips-extns.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/mips-extns.h
index 32ba6d95d47c..cc4296595df5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/mips-extns.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/mips-extns.h
@@ -68,6 +68,85 @@ do {									\
 		__write_64bit_c0_register($9, 7, (val));		\
 } while (0)
 
+/*
+ * Handling the 64 bit EIMR and EIRR registers in 32-bit mode with
+ * standard functions will be very inefficient. This provides
+ * optimized functions for the normal operations on the registers.
+ *
+ * Call with interrupts disabled.
+ */
+static inline void ack_c0_eirr(int irq)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+		".set	push\n\t"
+		".set	mips64\n\t"
+		".set	noat\n\t"
+		"li	$1, 1\n\t"
+		"dsllv	$1, $1, %0\n\t"
+		"dmtc0	$1, $9, 6\n\t"
+		".set	pop"
+		: : "r" (irq));
+}
+
+static inline void set_c0_eimr(int irq)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+		".set	push\n\t"
+		".set	mips64\n\t"
+		".set	noat\n\t"
+		"li	$1, 1\n\t"
+		"dsllv	%0, $1, %0\n\t"
+		"dmfc0	$1, $9, 7\n\t"
+		"or	$1, %0\n\t"
+		"dmtc0	$1, $9, 7\n\t"
+		".set	pop"
+		: "+r" (irq));
+}
+
+static inline void clear_c0_eimr(int irq)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+		".set	push\n\t"
+		".set	mips64\n\t"
+		".set	noat\n\t"
+		"li	$1, 1\n\t"
+		"dsllv	%0, $1, %0\n\t"
+		"dmfc0	$1, $9, 7\n\t"
+		"or	$1, %0\n\t"
+		"xor	$1, %0\n\t"
+		"dmtc0	$1, $9, 7\n\t"
+		".set	pop"
+		: "+r" (irq));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read c0 eimr and c0 eirr, do AND of the two values, the result is
+ * the interrupts which are raised and are not masked.
+ */
+static inline uint64_t read_c0_eirr_and_eimr(void)
+{
+	uint64_t val;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+	val = read_c0_eimr() & read_c0_eirr();
+#else
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+		".set	push\n\t"
+		".set	mips64\n\t"
+		".set	noat\n\t"
+		"dmfc0	%M0, $9, 6\n\t"
+		"dmfc0	%L0, $9, 7\n\t"
+		"and	%M0, %L0\n\t"
+		"dsll	%L0, %M0, 32\n\t"
+		"dsra	%M0, %M0, 32\n\t"
+		"dsra	%L0, %L0, 32\n\t"
+		".set	pop"
+		: "=r" (val));
+#endif
+
+	return val;
+}
+
 static inline int hard_smp_processor_id(void)
 {
 	return __read_32bit_c0_register($15, 1) & 0x3ff;
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/irq.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/irq.c
index 00dcc7a2bc5a..d42cd1a2a124 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/irq.c
@@ -105,21 +105,23 @@ static void xlp_pic_disable(struct irq_data *d)
 static void xlp_pic_mask_ack(struct irq_data *d)
 {
 	struct nlm_pic_irq *pd = irq_data_get_irq_handler_data(d);
-	uint64_t mask = 1ull << pd->picirq;
 
-	write_c0_eirr(mask);            /* ack by writing EIRR */
+	clear_c0_eimr(pd->picirq);
+	ack_c0_eirr(pd->picirq);
 }
 
 static void xlp_pic_unmask(struct irq_data *d)
 {
 	struct nlm_pic_irq *pd = irq_data_get_irq_handler_data(d);
 
-	if (!pd)
-		return;
+	BUG_ON(!pd);
 
 	if (pd->extra_ack)
 		pd->extra_ack(d);
 
+	/* re-enable the intr on this cpu */
+	set_c0_eimr(pd->picirq);
+
 	/* Ack is a single write, no need to lock */
 	nlm_pic_ack(pd->node->picbase, pd->irt);
 }
@@ -134,32 +136,17 @@ static struct irq_chip xlp_pic = {
 
 static void cpuintr_disable(struct irq_data *d)
 {
-	uint64_t eimr;
-	uint64_t mask = 1ull << d->irq;
-
-	eimr = read_c0_eimr();
-	write_c0_eimr(eimr & ~mask);
+	clear_c0_eimr(d->irq);
 }
 
 static void cpuintr_enable(struct irq_data *d)
 {
-	uint64_t eimr;
-	uint64_t mask = 1ull << d->irq;
-
-	eimr = read_c0_eimr();
-	write_c0_eimr(eimr | mask);
+	set_c0_eimr(d->irq);
 }
 
 static void cpuintr_ack(struct irq_data *d)
 {
-	uint64_t mask = 1ull << d->irq;
-
-	write_c0_eirr(mask);
-}
-
-static void cpuintr_nop(struct irq_data *d)
-{
-	WARN(d->irq >= PIC_IRQ_BASE, "Bad irq %d", d->irq);
+	ack_c0_eirr(d->irq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -170,9 +157,9 @@ struct irq_chip nlm_cpu_intr = {
 	.name		= "XLP-CPU-INTR",
 	.irq_enable	= cpuintr_enable,
 	.irq_disable	= cpuintr_disable,
-	.irq_mask	= cpuintr_nop,
-	.irq_ack	= cpuintr_nop,
-	.irq_eoi	= cpuintr_ack,
+	.irq_mask	= cpuintr_disable,
+	.irq_ack	= cpuintr_ack,
+	.irq_eoi	= cpuintr_enable,
 };
 
 static void __init nlm_init_percpu_irqs(void)
@@ -265,7 +252,7 @@ asmlinkage void plat_irq_dispatch(void)
 	int i, node;
 
 	node = nlm_nodeid();
-	eirr = read_c0_eirr() & read_c0_eimr();
+	eirr = read_c0_eirr_and_eimr();
 
 	i = __ilog2_u64(eirr);
 	if (i == -1)
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
index a080d9ee3cd7..2bb95dcfe20a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
@@ -84,15 +84,19 @@ void nlm_send_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, unsigned int action)
 /* IRQ_IPI_SMP_FUNCTION Handler */
 void nlm_smp_function_ipi_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
-	write_c0_eirr(1ull << irq);
+	clear_c0_eimr(irq);
+	ack_c0_eirr(irq);
 	smp_call_function_interrupt();
+	set_c0_eimr(irq);
 }
 
 /* IRQ_IPI_SMP_RESCHEDULE  handler */
 void nlm_smp_resched_ipi_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
-	write_c0_eirr(1ull << irq);
+	clear_c0_eimr(irq);
+	ack_c0_eirr(irq);
 	scheduler_ipi();
+	set_c0_eimr(irq);
 }
 
 /*