diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
index 6fec4dab70bb..e4408ff4e674 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,6 @@ static void __init setup_IO_APIC_irqs(void)
 		}
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 		__ioapic_write_entry(apic, pin, entry);
-		irq_desc[irq].affinity = TARGET_CPUS;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 	}
 	}
@@ -2875,7 +2874,6 @@ int io_apic_set_pci_routing (int ioapic, int pin, int irq, int edge_level, int a
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 	__ioapic_write_entry(ioapic, pin, entry);
-	irq_desc[irq].affinity = TARGET_CPUS;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
index 48593f6b708f..0a91368f8b60 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -830,10 +830,6 @@ static void setup_IO_APIC_irq(int apic, int pin, unsigned int irq,
 		disable_8259A_irq(irq);
 
 	ioapic_write_entry(apic, pin, entry);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioapic_lock, flags);
-	irq_desc[irq].affinity = TARGET_CPUS;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void __init setup_IO_APIC_irqs(void)