diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index fc196421b2ce..f18aff82c27b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ config ARM
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
+	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ_IRQENTRY
 	select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL if AEABI && !OABI_COMPAT
 	select HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE if (CPU_32v7M || CPU_32v7) && !CPU_32v6
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 5c7ae4c3954b..553239a5a5f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
+	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ_IRQENTRY
 	select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
 	select HAVE_MOVE_PMD
 	select HAVE_MOVE_PUD
diff --git a/arch/csky/Kconfig b/arch/csky/Kconfig
index 9d4d898df76b..45f03f674a61 100644
--- a/arch/csky/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/csky/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config CSKY
 	select DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
+	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ_IRQENTRY
 	select DW_APB_TIMER_OF
 	select GENERIC_IOREMAP
 	select GENERIC_LIB_ASHLDI3
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index e804026b4797..ed783a67065e 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config OPENRISC
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
+	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ_IRQENTRY
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 301a54233c7e..740653063a56 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL if MMU && 64BIT
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
+	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ_IRQENTRY
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL if !XIP_KERNEL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL_RELATIVE if !XIP_KERNEL
diff --git a/kernel/irq/Kconfig b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
index fbc54c2a7f23..897dfc552bb0 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ config IRQ_MSI_IOMMU
 config HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	bool
 
+# Legacy behaviour; architectures should call irq_{enter,exit}() themselves
+config HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ_IRQENTRY
+	bool
+
 config IRQ_TIMINGS
 	bool
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index e25d4bddf3d8..5677a849cf1f 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ int generic_handle_domain_irq(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int hwirq)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_handle_domain_irq);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
+#ifdef CONFIG_HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ_IRQENTRY
 /**
  * handle_domain_irq - Invoke the handler for a HW irq belonging to a domain,
  *                     usually for a root interrupt controller
@@ -699,6 +700,35 @@ int handle_domain_irq(struct irq_domain *domain,
 	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
 	return ret;
 }
+#else
+/**
+ * handle_domain_irq - Invoke the handler for a HW irq belonging to a domain,
+ *                     usually for a root interrupt controller
+ * @domain:	The domain where to perform the lookup
+ * @hwirq:	The HW irq number to convert to a logical one
+ * @regs:	Register file coming from the low-level handling code
+ *
+ * 		This function must be called from an IRQ context.
+ *
+ * Returns:	0 on success, or -EINVAL if conversion has failed
+ */
+int handle_domain_irq(struct irq_domain *domain,
+		      unsigned int hwirq, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * IRQ context needs to be setup earlier.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON(!in_irq());
+
+	ret = generic_handle_domain_irq(domain, hwirq);
+
+	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
 
 /**
  * handle_domain_nmi - Invoke the handler for a HW irq belonging to a domain