diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index a900741b43ea..67b77cfb2a34 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ typedef	void (*irq_flow_handler_t)(unsigned int irq,
 #define IRQF_MODIFY_MASK	\
 	(IRQ_TYPE_SENSE_MASK | IRQ_NOPROBE | IRQ_NOREQUEST | \
 	 IRQ_NOAUTOEN | IRQ_MOVE_PCNTXT | IRQ_LEVEL | IRQ_NO_BALANCING | \
-	 IRQ_PER_CPU)
+	 IRQ_PER_CPU | IRQ_NESTED_THREAD)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_PER_CPU
 # define CHECK_IRQ_PER_CPU(var) ((var) & IRQ_PER_CPU)
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ set_irq_chained_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle)
 	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 1, NULL);
 }
 
-extern void set_irq_nested_thread(unsigned int irq, int nest);
-
 void irq_modify_status(unsigned int irq, unsigned long clr, unsigned long set);
 
 static inline void irq_set_status_flags(unsigned int irq, unsigned long set)
@@ -331,6 +329,14 @@ static inline void irq_set_probe(unsigned int irq)
 	irq_modify_status(irq, IRQ_NOPROBE, 0);
 }
 
+static inline void irq_set_nested_thread(unsigned int irq, bool nest)
+{
+	if (nest)
+		irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NESTED_THREAD);
+	else
+		irq_clear_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NESTED_THREAD);
+}
+
 /* Handle dynamic irq creation and destruction */
 extern unsigned int create_irq_nr(unsigned int irq_want, int node);
 extern int create_irq(void);
@@ -448,6 +454,10 @@ static inline void set_irq_probe(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	irq_set_probe(irq);
 }
+static inline void set_irq_nested_thread(unsigned int irq, int nest)
+{
+	irq_set_nested_thread(irq, nest);
+}
 #endif
 
 int irq_alloc_descs(int irq, unsigned int from, unsigned int cnt, int node);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 143eb2a9fa4e..bff21f233a02 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -164,34 +164,6 @@ struct irq_data *irq_get_irq_data(unsigned int irq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_get_irq_data);
 
-/**
- *	set_irq_nested_thread - Set/Reset the IRQ_NESTED_THREAD flag of an irq
- *
- *	@irq:	Interrupt number
- *	@nest:	0 to clear / 1 to set the IRQ_NESTED_THREAD flag
- *
- *	The IRQ_NESTED_THREAD flag indicates that on
- *	request_threaded_irq() no separate interrupt thread should be
- *	created for the irq as the handler are called nested in the
- *	context of a demultiplexing interrupt handler thread.
- */
-void set_irq_nested_thread(unsigned int irq, int nest)
-{
-	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (!desc)
-		return;
-
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	if (nest)
-		desc->status |= IRQ_NESTED_THREAD;
-	else
-		desc->status &= ~IRQ_NESTED_THREAD;
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_irq_nested_thread);
-
 int irq_startup(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
 	desc->status &= ~IRQ_DISABLED;