diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 5426627f9c55..7a11f73c5c3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -432,11 +432,25 @@ extern bool force_irqthreads;
 #define force_irqthreads	(0)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef local_softirq_pending
+
+#ifndef local_softirq_pending_ref
+#define local_softirq_pending_ref irq_stat.__softirq_pending
+#endif
+
+#define local_softirq_pending()	(__this_cpu_read(local_softirq_pending_ref))
+#define set_softirq_pending(x)	(__this_cpu_write(local_softirq_pending_ref, (x)))
+#define or_softirq_pending(x)	(__this_cpu_or(local_softirq_pending_ref, (x)))
+
+#else /* local_softirq_pending */
+
 #ifndef __ARCH_SET_SOFTIRQ_PENDING
 #define set_softirq_pending(x) (local_softirq_pending() = (x))
 #define or_softirq_pending(x)  (local_softirq_pending() |= (x))
 #endif
 
+#endif /* local_softirq_pending */
+
 /* Some architectures might implement lazy enabling/disabling of
  * interrupts. In some cases, such as stop_machine, we might want
  * to ensure that after a local_irq_disable(), interrupts have
diff --git a/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h b/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h
index ddea03c7c39d..6e8895cd4d92 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(irq_cpustat_t, irq_stat);	/* defined in asm/hardirq.h */
 #define __IRQ_STAT(cpu, member)	(per_cpu(irq_stat.member, cpu))
 #endif
 
-  /* arch independent irq_stat fields */
-#define local_softirq_pending() \
-	__IRQ_STAT(smp_processor_id(), __softirq_pending)
-
-  /* arch dependent irq_stat fields */
+/* arch dependent irq_stat fields */
 #define nmi_count(cpu)		__IRQ_STAT((cpu), __nmi_count)	/* i386 */
 
 #endif	/* __irq_cpustat_h */