diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index 3924fbe829d4..c9d8eb7f5c02 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ static inline void unregister_handler_proc(unsigned int irq,
 
 extern bool irq_can_set_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq);
 
-extern int irq_select_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq);
-
 extern void irq_set_thread_affinity(struct irq_desc *desc);
 
 extern int irq_do_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data,
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 3089a60ea8f9..7eee98c38f25 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -481,23 +481,9 @@ int irq_setup_affinity(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
 	return irq_select_affinity(irq_desc_get_irq(desc));
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_AUTO_IRQ_AFFINITY */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-/*
- * Called when a bogus affinity is set via /proc/irq
- */
-int irq_select_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
-
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	ret = irq_setup_affinity(desc);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
-	return ret;
-}
-#endif
 
 /**
  *	irq_set_vcpu_affinity - Set vcpu affinity for the interrupt
diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index 9e5783d98033..32c071d7bc03 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -111,6 +111,28 @@ static int irq_affinity_list_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	return show_irq_affinity(AFFINITY_LIST, m);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_AUTO_IRQ_AFFINITY
+static inline int irq_select_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If the interrupt is started up already then this fails. The
+	 * interrupt is assigned to an online CPU already. There is no
+	 * point to move it around randomly. Tell user space that the
+	 * selected mask is bogus.
+	 *
+	 * If not then any change to the affinity is pointless because the
+	 * startup code invokes irq_setup_affinity() which will select
+	 * a online CPU anyway.
+	 */
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+#else
+/* ALPHA magic affinity auto selector. Keep it for historical reasons. */
+static inline int irq_select_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	return irq_select_affinity(irq);
+}
+#endif
 
 static ssize_t write_irq_affinity(int type, struct file *file,
 		const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)