diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
index 313c2c64498a..d6bcc6be0777 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ int __init brcmstb_l2_intc_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 
 	/* Disable all interrupts by default */
 	writel(0xffffffff, data->base + CPU_MASK_SET);
-	writel(0xffffffff, data->base + CPU_CLEAR);
+
+	/* Wakeup interrupts may be retained from S5 (cold boot) */
+	data->can_wake = of_property_read_bool(np, "brcm,irq-can-wake");
+	if (!data->can_wake)
+		writel(0xffffffff, data->base + CPU_CLEAR);
 
 	data->parent_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
 	if (!data->parent_irq) {
@@ -188,8 +192,7 @@ int __init brcmstb_l2_intc_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 	ct->chip.irq_suspend = brcmstb_l2_intc_suspend;
 	ct->chip.irq_resume = brcmstb_l2_intc_resume;
 
-	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "brcm,irq-can-wake")) {
-		data->can_wake = true;
+	if (data->can_wake) {
 		/* This IRQ chip can wake the system, set all child interrupts
 		 * in wake_enabled mask
 		 */