diff --git a/fs/proc/stat.c b/fs/proc/stat.c
index bf31b03fc275..b80c620565bf 100644
--- a/fs/proc/stat.c
+++ b/fs/proc/stat.c
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ static int show_stat(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 		guest = cputime64_add(guest, kstat_cpu(i).cpustat.guest);
 		guest_nice = cputime64_add(guest_nice,
 			kstat_cpu(i).cpustat.guest_nice);
-		for_each_irq_nr(j) {
-			sum += kstat_irqs_cpu(j, i);
-		}
+		sum += kstat_cpu_irqs_sum(i);
 		sum += arch_irq_stat_cpu(i);
 
 		for (j = 0; j < NR_SOFTIRQS; j++) {
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
index c059044bc6dc..8b9b89085530 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct kernel_stat {
 #ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
        unsigned int irqs[NR_IRQS];
 #endif
+	unsigned long irqs_sum;
 	unsigned int softirqs[NR_SOFTIRQS];
 };
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ static inline void kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(unsigned int irq,
 					    struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
 	kstat_this_cpu.irqs[irq]++;
+	kstat_this_cpu.irqs_sum++;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int kstat_irqs_cpu(unsigned int irq, int cpu)
@@ -65,8 +67,9 @@ static inline unsigned int kstat_irqs_cpu(unsigned int irq, int cpu)
 extern unsigned int kstat_irqs_cpu(unsigned int irq, int cpu);
 #define kstat_irqs_this_cpu(DESC) \
 	((DESC)->kstat_irqs[smp_processor_id()])
-#define kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irqno, DESC) \
-	((DESC)->kstat_irqs[smp_processor_id()]++)
+#define kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irqno, DESC) do {\
+	((DESC)->kstat_irqs[smp_processor_id()]++);\
+	kstat_this_cpu.irqs_sum++; } while (0)
 
 #endif
 
@@ -94,6 +97,13 @@ static inline unsigned int kstat_irqs(unsigned int irq)
 	return sum;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Number of interrupts per cpu, since bootup
+ */
+static inline unsigned int kstat_cpu_irqs_sum(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return kstat_cpu(cpu).irqs_sum;
+}
 
 /*
  * Lock/unlock the current runqueue - to extract task statistics: