{
        unsigned long flags;
        cpumask_t online;
+       unsigned int destination_bits;
+       unsigned int distribution_mode;
 
        /* errout if no online cpu per @cpumask */
        if (!cpumask_and(&online, cpumask, cpu_online_mask))
 
        raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&mcip_lock, flags);
 
-       idu_set_dest(data->hwirq, cpumask_bits(&online)[0]);
-       idu_set_mode(data->hwirq, IDU_M_TRIG_LEVEL, IDU_M_DISTRI_RR);
+       destination_bits = cpumask_bits(&online)[0];
+       idu_set_dest(data->hwirq, destination_bits);
+
+       if (ffs(destination_bits) == fls(destination_bits))
+               distribution_mode = IDU_M_DISTRI_DEST;
+       else
+               distribution_mode = IDU_M_DISTRI_RR;
+
+       idu_set_mode(data->hwirq, IDU_M_TRIG_LEVEL, distribution_mode);
 
        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mcip_lock, flags);