diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 87cb19d1b10c..26664cef8f11 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -11,18 +11,9 @@
 #ifndef _XTENSA_HARDIRQ_H
 #define _XTENSA_HARDIRQ_H
 
-#include <linux/cache.h>
-#include <asm/irq.h>
-
-/* headers.S is sensitive to the offsets of these fields */
-typedef struct {
-	unsigned int __softirq_pending;
-	unsigned int __syscall_count;
-	struct task_struct * __ksoftirqd_task; /* waitqueue is too large */
-	unsigned int __nmi_count;	       /* arch dependent */
-} ____cacheline_aligned irq_cpustat_t;
-
 void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq);
-#include <linux/irq_cpustat.h>	/* Standard mappings for irq_cpustat_t above */
+#define ack_bad_irq ack_bad_irq
+
+#include <asm-generic/hardirq.h>
 
 #endif	/* _XTENSA_HARDIRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/irq.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/irq.c
index 8cd38484e130..c64a5d387de5 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/irq.c
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@ static unsigned int cached_irq_mask;
 
 atomic_t irq_err_count;
 
-/*
- * 'what should we do if we get a hw irq event on an illegal vector'.
- * each architecture has to answer this themselves.
- */
-void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq)
-{
-          printk("unexpected IRQ trap at vector %02x\n", irq);
-}
-
 /*
  * do_IRQ handles all normal device IRQ's (the special
  * SMP cross-CPU interrupts have their own specific