diff --git a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
index b241bfa529ce..bae1f5d36c26 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
@@ -343,14 +343,6 @@ static void bind_evtchn_to_cpu(unsigned int chn, unsigned int cpu)
 	info->cpu = cpu;
 }
 
-static void xen_evtchn_mask_all(void)
-{
-	unsigned int evtchn;
-
-	for (evtchn = 0; evtchn < xen_evtchn_nr_channels(); evtchn++)
-		mask_evtchn(evtchn);
-}
-
 /**
  * notify_remote_via_irq - send event to remote end of event channel via irq
  * @irq: irq of event channel to send event to
@@ -1573,7 +1565,6 @@ void xen_irq_resume(void)
 	struct irq_info *info;
 
 	/* New event-channel space is not 'live' yet. */
-	xen_evtchn_mask_all();
 	xen_evtchn_resume();
 
 	/* No IRQ <-> event-channel mappings. */
@@ -1681,6 +1672,7 @@ module_param(fifo_events, bool, 0);
 void __init xen_init_IRQ(void)
 {
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	unsigned int evtchn;
 
 	if (fifo_events)
 		ret = xen_evtchn_fifo_init();
@@ -1692,7 +1684,8 @@ void __init xen_init_IRQ(void)
 	BUG_ON(!evtchn_to_irq);
 
 	/* No event channels are 'live' right now. */
-	xen_evtchn_mask_all();
+	for (evtchn = 0; evtchn < xen_evtchn_nr_channels(); evtchn++)
+		mask_evtchn(evtchn);
 
 	pirq_needs_eoi = pirq_needs_eoi_flag;