diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
index f6f3c15ddcd0..d3d4f65b377b 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 #include "irq-gic-common.h"
 
+#define FLAGS_WORKAROUND_GICR_WAKER_MSM8996	(1ULL << 0)
+
 struct redist_region {
 	void __iomem		*redist_base;
 	phys_addr_t		phys_base;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ struct gic_chip_data {
 	struct irq_domain	*domain;
 	u64			redist_stride;
 	u32			nr_redist_regions;
+	u64			flags;
 	bool			has_rss;
 	unsigned int		irq_nr;
 	struct partition_desc	*ppi_descs[16];
@@ -139,6 +142,9 @@ static void gic_enable_redist(bool enable)
 	u32 count = 1000000;	/* 1s! */
 	u32 val;
 
+	if (gic_data.flags & FLAGS_WORKAROUND_GICR_WAKER_MSM8996)
+		return;
+
 	rbase = gic_data_rdist_rd_base();
 
 	val = readl_relaxed(rbase + GICR_WAKER);
@@ -1067,6 +1073,15 @@ static const struct irq_domain_ops partition_domain_ops = {
 	.select = gic_irq_domain_select,
 };
 
+static bool gic_enable_quirk_msm8996(void *data)
+{
+	struct gic_chip_data *d = data;
+
+	d->flags |= FLAGS_WORKAROUND_GICR_WAKER_MSM8996;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int __init gic_init_bases(void __iomem *dist_base,
 				 struct redist_region *rdist_regs,
 				 u32 nr_redist_regions,
@@ -1272,6 +1287,11 @@ static void __init gic_of_setup_kvm_info(struct device_node *node)
 }
 
 static const struct gic_quirk gic_quirks[] = {
+	{
+		.desc	= "GICv3: Qualcomm MSM8996 broken firmware",
+		.compatible = "qcom,msm8996-gic-v3",
+		.init	= gic_enable_quirk_msm8996,
+	},
 	{
 	}
 };