diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
index 8eeb0e284896..9380aa43493d 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
@@ -2464,6 +2464,7 @@ static int its_alloc_device_irq(struct its_device *dev, int nvecs, irq_hw_number
 {
 	int idx;
 
+	/* Find a free LPI region in lpi_map and allocate them. */
 	idx = bitmap_find_free_region(dev->event_map.lpi_map,
 				      dev->event_map.nr_lpis,
 				      get_count_order(nvecs));
@@ -2471,7 +2472,6 @@ static int its_alloc_device_irq(struct its_device *dev, int nvecs, irq_hw_number
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	*hwirq = dev->event_map.lpi_base + idx;
-	set_bit(idx, dev->event_map.lpi_map);
 
 	return 0;
 }