diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 8619f2a3f1f6..466e2183e86c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1144,9 +1144,12 @@ struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
 	mpic->num_cpus = ((greg_feature & MPIC_GREG_FEATURE_LAST_CPU_MASK)
 			  >> MPIC_GREG_FEATURE_LAST_CPU_SHIFT) + 1;
 	if (isu_size == 0)
-		mpic->num_sources =
-			((greg_feature & MPIC_GREG_FEATURE_LAST_SRC_MASK)
-			 >> MPIC_GREG_FEATURE_LAST_SRC_SHIFT) + 1;
+		if (flags & MPIC_BROKEN_FRR_NIRQS)
+			mpic->num_sources = mpic->irq_count;
+		else
+			mpic->num_sources =
+				((greg_feature & MPIC_GREG_FEATURE_LAST_SRC_MASK)
+				 >> MPIC_GREG_FEATURE_LAST_SRC_SHIFT) + 1;
 
 	/* Map the per-CPU registers */
 	for (i = 0; i < mpic->num_cpus; i++) {
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/mpic.h b/include/asm-powerpc/mpic.h
index 943c5a3fac8a..6802570f4240 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/mpic.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/mpic.h
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ struct mpic
 #define MPIC_ENABLE_MCK			0x00000200
 /* Disable bias among target selection, spread interrupts evenly */
 #define MPIC_NO_BIAS			0x00000400
+/* Ignore NIRQS as reported by FRR */
+#define MPIC_BROKEN_FRR_NIRQS		0x00000800
 
 /* MPIC HW modification ID */
 #define MPIC_REGSET_MASK		0xf0000000