{
        struct xgene_msi *msi = &xgene_msi_ctrl;
        struct xgene_msi_group *msi_group;
-       cpumask_var_t mask;
        int i;
        int err;
 
        for (i = cpu; i < NR_HW_IRQS; i += msi->num_cpus) {
                msi_group = &msi->msi_groups[i];
-               if (!msi_group->gic_irq)
-                       continue;
-
-               irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(msi_group->gic_irq,
-                       xgene_msi_isr, msi_group);
 
                /*
                 * Statically allocate MSI GIC IRQs to each CPU core.
                 * With 8-core X-Gene v1, 2 MSI GIC IRQs are allocated
                 * to each core.
                 */
-               if (alloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
-                       cpumask_clear(mask);
-                       cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mask);
-                       err = irq_set_affinity(msi_group->gic_irq, mask);
-                       if (err)
-                               pr_err("failed to set affinity for GIC IRQ");
-                       free_cpumask_var(mask);
-               } else {
-                       pr_err("failed to alloc CPU mask for affinity\n");
-                       err = -EINVAL;
-               }
-
+               irq_set_status_flags(msi_group->gic_irq, IRQ_NO_BALANCING);
+               err = irq_set_affinity(msi_group->gic_irq, cpumask_of(cpu));
                if (err) {
-                       irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(msi_group->gic_irq,
-                                                        NULL, NULL);
+                       pr_err("failed to set affinity for GIC IRQ");
                        return err;
                }
+
+               irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(msi_group->gic_irq,
+                       xgene_msi_isr, msi_group);
        }
 
        return 0;
 
        for (i = cpu; i < NR_HW_IRQS; i += msi->num_cpus) {
                msi_group = &msi->msi_groups[i];
-               if (!msi_group->gic_irq)
-                       continue;
-
                irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(msi_group->gic_irq, NULL,
                                                 NULL);
        }