diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index c20db0be9173..3aba8d12f328 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ void handle_bad_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 	ack_bad_irq(irq);
 }
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS)
+static void __init init_irq_default_affinity(void)
+{
+	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&irq_default_affinity);
+	cpumask_setall(irq_default_affinity);
+}
+#else
+static void __init init_irq_default_affinity(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Linux has a controller-independent interrupt architecture.
  * Every controller has a 'controller-template', that is used
@@ -134,6 +146,8 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
 	int legacy_count;
 	int i;
 
+	init_irq_default_affinity();
+
 	desc = irq_desc_legacy;
 	legacy_count = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_desc_legacy);
 
@@ -219,6 +233,8 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
 	int count;
 	int i;
 
+	init_irq_default_affinity();
+
 	desc = irq_desc;
 	count = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_desc);
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 618a64f1915a..291f03664552 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS)
 cpumask_var_t irq_default_affinity;
 
-static int init_irq_default_affinity(void)
-{
-	alloc_cpumask_var(&irq_default_affinity, GFP_KERNEL);
-	cpumask_setall(irq_default_affinity);
-	return 0;
-}
-core_initcall(init_irq_default_affinity);
-
 /**
  *	synchronize_irq - wait for pending IRQ handlers (on other CPUs)
  *	@irq: interrupt number to wait for