diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/events.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/events.h
index 19144184983a..1df35417c412 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/events.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/events.h
@@ -15,10 +15,4 @@ static inline int xen_irqs_disabled(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return raw_irqs_disabled_flags(regs->flags);
 }
 
-static inline void xen_do_IRQ(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	regs->orig_ax = ~irq;
-	do_IRQ(regs);
-}
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_XEN_EVENTS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/irq.c b/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
index 5a070900ad35..cfd17799bd6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
@@ -19,21 +19,6 @@ void xen_force_evtchn_callback(void)
 	(void)HYPERVISOR_xen_version(0, NULL);
 }
 
-static void __init __xen_init_IRQ(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	/* Create identity vector->irq map */
-	for(i = 0; i < NR_VECTORS; i++) {
-		int cpu;
-
-		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-			per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[i] = i;
-	}
-
-	xen_init_IRQ();
-}
-
 static unsigned long xen_save_fl(void)
 {
 	struct vcpu_info *vcpu;
@@ -127,7 +112,7 @@ static void xen_halt(void)
 }
 
 static const struct pv_irq_ops xen_irq_ops __initdata = {
-	.init_IRQ = __xen_init_IRQ,
+	.init_IRQ = xen_init_IRQ,
 
 	.save_fl = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_save_fl),
 	.restore_fl = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_restore_fl),
diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
index 7c3705479ea1..2c8d710713f5 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/sync_bitops.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
@@ -517,6 +518,24 @@ irqreturn_t xen_debug_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 }
 
 
+static void xen_do_irq(unsigned irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
+
+	if (WARN_ON(irq == -1))
+		return;
+
+	exit_idle();
+	irq_enter();
+
+	//printk("cpu %d handling irq %d\n", smp_processor_id(), info->irq);
+	handle_irq(irq, regs);
+
+	irq_exit();
+
+	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
+}
+
 /*
  * Search the CPUs pending events bitmasks.  For each one found, map
  * the event number to an irq, and feed it into do_IRQ() for
@@ -557,8 +576,7 @@ void xen_evtchn_do_upcall(struct pt_regs *regs)
 				int port = (word_idx * BITS_PER_LONG) + bit_idx;
 				int irq = evtchn_to_irq[port];
 
-				if (irq != -1)
-					xen_do_IRQ(irq, regs);
+				xen_do_irq(irq, regs);
 			}
 		}