diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
index 434d1504066a..ca60683452b9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
@@ -724,10 +724,17 @@ static int r8a7779_set_wake(struct irq_data *data, unsigned int on)
 
 void __init r8a7779_init_irq_dt(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_SHMOBILE_LEGACY
+	void __iomem *gic_dist_base = ioremap_nocache(0xf0001000, 0x1000);
+	void __iomem *gic_cpu_base = ioremap_nocache(0xf0000100, 0x1000);
+#endif
 	gic_arch_extn.irq_set_wake = r8a7779_set_wake;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_SHMOBILE_LEGACY
+	gic_init(0, 29, gic_dist_base, gic_cpu_base);
+#else
 	irqchip_init();
-
+#endif
 	/* route all interrupts to ARM */
 	__raw_writel(0xffffffff, INT2NTSR0);
 	__raw_writel(0x3fffffff, INT2NTSR1);