diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
index bca9a88012f0..1139de9da21a 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ config VERSATILE_FPGA_IRQ_NR
 config XTENSA_MX
 	bool
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK
 
 config XILINX_INTC
 	bool
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-xtensa-mx.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-xtensa-mx.c
index 72a391e01011..a15a9510c904 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-xtensa-mx.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-xtensa-mx.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static int xtensa_mx_irq_map(struct irq_domain *d, unsigned int irq,
 		irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_LEVEL);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	irqd_set_single_target(irq_desc_get_irq_data(irq_to_desc(irq)));
 	return xtensa_irq_map(d, irq, hw);
 }
 
@@ -121,9 +122,12 @@ static int xtensa_mx_irq_retrigger(struct irq_data *d)
 static int xtensa_mx_irq_set_affinity(struct irq_data *d,
 		const struct cpumask *dest, bool force)
 {
-	unsigned mask = 1u << cpumask_any_and(dest, cpu_online_mask);
+	int cpu = cpumask_any_and(dest, cpu_online_mask);
+	unsigned mask = 1u << cpu;
 
 	set_er(mask, MIROUT(d->hwirq - HW_IRQ_MX_BASE));
+	irq_data_update_effective_affinity(d, cpumask_of(cpu));
+
 	return 0;
 
 }