diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index 38709a3ab1c0..7f1f0157fd00 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -704,10 +704,12 @@ struct irq_chip_generic {
  * @IRQ_GC_INIT_NESTED_LOCK:	Set the lock class of the irqs to nested for
  *				irq chips which need to call irq_set_wake() on
  *				the parent irq. Usually GPIO implementations
+ * @IRQ_GC_MASK_CACHE_PER_TYPE:	Mask cache is chip type private
  */
 enum irq_gc_flags {
 	IRQ_GC_INIT_MASK_CACHE		= 1 << 0,
 	IRQ_GC_INIT_NESTED_LOCK		= 1 << 1,
+	IRQ_GC_MASK_CACHE_PER_TYPE	= 1 << 2,
 };
 
 /* Generic chip callback functions */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c b/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c
index 113d9ebfe0aa..da2a94191fc5 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c
@@ -241,18 +241,21 @@ void irq_setup_generic_chip(struct irq_chip_generic *gc, u32 msk,
 {
 	struct irq_chip_type *ct = gc->chip_types;
 	unsigned int i;
+	u32 *mskptr = &gc->mask_cache, mskreg = ct->regs.mask;
 
 	raw_spin_lock(&gc_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&gc->list, &gc_list);
 	raw_spin_unlock(&gc_lock);
 
-	/* Init mask cache ? */
-	if (flags & IRQ_GC_INIT_MASK_CACHE)
-		gc->mask_cache = irq_reg_readl(gc->reg_base + ct->regs.mask);
-
-	/* Initialize mask cache pointer */
-	for (i = 0; i < gc->num_ct; i++)
-		ct[i].mask_cache = &gc->mask_cache;
+	for (i = 0; i < gc->num_ct; i++) {
+		if (flags & IRQ_GC_MASK_CACHE_PER_TYPE) {
+			mskptr = &ct[i].mask_cache_priv;
+			mskreg = ct[i].regs.mask;
+		}
+		ct[i].mask_cache = mskptr;
+		if (flags & IRQ_GC_INIT_MASK_CACHE)
+			*mskptr = irq_reg_readl(gc->reg_base + mskreg);
+	}
 
 	for (i = gc->irq_base; msk; msk >>= 1, i++) {
 		if (!(msk & 0x01))