diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 4a0952d..54105bd 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -462,9 +462,18 @@
 	if (!handle)
 		handle = handle_bad_irq;
 
-	if (is_chained && desc->chip == &no_irq_chip)
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Trying to install "
-		       "chained interrupt type for IRQ%d\n", irq);
+	if (desc->chip == &no_irq_chip) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Trying to install %sinterrupt handler "
+		       "for IRQ%d\n", is_chained ? "chained " : " ", irq);
+		/*
+		 * Some ARM implementations install a handler for really dumb
+		 * interrupt hardware without setting an irq_chip. This worked
+		 * with the ARM no_irq_chip but the check in setup_irq would
+		 * prevent us to setup the interrupt at all. Switch it to
+		 * dummy_irq_chip for easy transition.
+		 */
+		desc->chip = &dummy_irq_chip;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);