diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 5ab6e89603c5..edbbae17e820 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2327,6 +2327,7 @@ config USE_OF
 	bool "Flattened Device Tree support"
 	select OF
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
+	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	help
 	  Include support for flattened device tree machine descriptions.
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
index 2354c870a63a..fb698dc09bc9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/irqdomain.h>
 
 #include <asm/mipsmtregs.h>
 
 #include <irq.h>
 
-static inline void irq_dispose_mapping(unsigned int virq)
-{
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_I8259
 static inline int irq_canonicalize(int irq)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
index 6b8b4208481e..558b5395795d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
@@ -60,20 +60,6 @@ void __init early_init_dt_setup_initrd_arch(unsigned long start,
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * irq_create_of_mapping - Hook to resolve OF irq specifier into a Linux irq#
- *
- * Currently the mapping mechanism is trivial; simple flat hwirq numbers are
- * mapped 1:1 onto Linux irq numbers.  Cascaded irq controllers are not
- * supported.
- */
-unsigned int irq_create_of_mapping(struct device_node *controller,
-				   const u32 *intspec, unsigned int intsize)
-{
-	return intspec[0];
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_create_of_mapping);
-
 void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 {
 	/* Setup flat device-tree pointer */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
index 25a498eb98a3..af48e59bc2ff 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
@@ -411,6 +411,18 @@ unsigned int irq_create_of_mapping(struct device_node *controller,
 
 	domain = controller ? irq_find_host(controller) : irq_default_domain;
 	if (!domain) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
+		/*
+		 * Workaround to avoid breaking interrupt controller drivers
+		 * that don't yet register an irq_domain.  This is temporary
+		 * code. ~~~gcl, Feb 24, 2012
+		 *
+		 * Scheduled for removal in Linux v3.6.  That should be enough
+		 * time.
+		 */
+		if (intsize > 0)
+			return intspec[0];
+#endif
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "irq: no irq domain found for %s !\n",
 		       controller->full_name);
 		return 0;