diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 4e9ccb1..9deec44 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,14 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Read extra device-tree properties into the flags variable */
+	if (of_get_property(node, "big-endian", NULL))
+		flags |= MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN;
+	if (of_get_property(node, "pic-no-reset", NULL))
+		flags |= MPIC_NO_RESET;
+	if (of_device_is_compatible(node, "fsl,mpic"))
+		flags |= MPIC_FSL;
+
 	mpic = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mpic), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (mpic == NULL)
 		goto err_of_node_put;
@@ -1189,15 +1197,16 @@
 	mpic->name = name;
 	mpic->node = node;
 	mpic->paddr = phys_addr;
+	mpic->flags = flags;
 
 	mpic->hc_irq = mpic_irq_chip;
 	mpic->hc_irq.name = name;
-	if (!(flags & MPIC_SECONDARY))
+	if (!(mpic->flags & MPIC_SECONDARY))
 		mpic->hc_irq.irq_set_affinity = mpic_set_affinity;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPIC_U3_HT_IRQS
 	mpic->hc_ht_irq = mpic_irq_ht_chip;
 	mpic->hc_ht_irq.name = name;
-	if (!(flags & MPIC_SECONDARY))
+	if (!(mpic->flags & MPIC_SECONDARY))
 		mpic->hc_ht_irq.irq_set_affinity = mpic_set_affinity;
 #endif /* CONFIG_MPIC_U3_HT_IRQS */
 
@@ -1209,12 +1218,11 @@
 	mpic->hc_tm = mpic_tm_chip;
 	mpic->hc_tm.name = name;
 
-	mpic->flags = flags;
 	mpic->isu_size = isu_size;
 	mpic->irq_count = irq_count;
 	mpic->num_sources = 0; /* so far */
 
-	if (flags & MPIC_LARGE_VECTORS)
+	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_LARGE_VECTORS)
 		intvec_top = 2047;
 	else
 		intvec_top = 255;
@@ -1233,12 +1241,6 @@
 	mpic->ipi_vecs[3]   = intvec_top - 1;
 	mpic->spurious_vec  = intvec_top;
 
-	/* Check for "big-endian" in device-tree */
-	if (of_get_property(mpic->node, "big-endian", NULL) != NULL)
-		mpic->flags |= MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN;
-	if (of_device_is_compatible(mpic->node, "fsl,mpic"))
-		mpic->flags |= MPIC_FSL;
-
 	/* Look for protected sources */
 	psrc = of_get_property(mpic->node, "protected-sources", &psize);
 	if (psrc) {
@@ -1254,11 +1256,11 @@
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPIC_WEIRD
-	mpic->hw_set = mpic_infos[MPIC_GET_REGSET(flags)];
+	mpic->hw_set = mpic_infos[MPIC_GET_REGSET(mpic->flags)];
 #endif
 
 	/* default register type */
-	if (flags & MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN)
+	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN)
 		mpic->reg_type = mpic_access_mmio_be;
 	else
 		mpic->reg_type = mpic_access_mmio_le;
@@ -1268,10 +1270,10 @@
 	 * only if the kernel includes DCR support.
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_DCR
-	if (flags & MPIC_USES_DCR)
+	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_USES_DCR)
 		mpic->reg_type = mpic_access_dcr;
 #else
-	BUG_ON(flags & MPIC_USES_DCR);
+	BUG_ON(mpic->flags & MPIC_USES_DCR);
 #endif
 
 	/* Map the global registers */
@@ -1283,10 +1285,7 @@
 	/* When using a device-node, reset requests are only honored if the MPIC
 	 * is allowed to reset.
 	 */
-	if (of_get_property(mpic->node, "pic-no-reset", NULL))
-		mpic->flags |= MPIC_NO_RESET;
-
-	if ((flags & MPIC_WANTS_RESET) && !(mpic->flags & MPIC_NO_RESET)) {
+	if ((mpic->flags & MPIC_WANTS_RESET) && !(mpic->flags & MPIC_NO_RESET)) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "mpic: Resetting\n");
 		mpic_write(mpic->gregs, MPIC_INFO(GREG_GLOBAL_CONF_0),
 			   mpic_read(mpic->gregs, MPIC_INFO(GREG_GLOBAL_CONF_0))
@@ -1297,12 +1296,12 @@
 	}
 
 	/* CoreInt */
-	if (flags & MPIC_ENABLE_COREINT)
+	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_ENABLE_COREINT)
 		mpic_write(mpic->gregs, MPIC_INFO(GREG_GLOBAL_CONF_0),
 			   mpic_read(mpic->gregs, MPIC_INFO(GREG_GLOBAL_CONF_0))
 			   | MPIC_GREG_GCONF_COREINT);
 
-	if (flags & MPIC_ENABLE_MCK)
+	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_ENABLE_MCK)
 		mpic_write(mpic->gregs, MPIC_INFO(GREG_GLOBAL_CONF_0),
 			   mpic_read(mpic->gregs, MPIC_INFO(GREG_GLOBAL_CONF_0))
 			   | MPIC_GREG_GCONF_MCK);
@@ -1313,7 +1312,7 @@
 	 */
 	greg_feature = mpic_read(mpic->gregs, MPIC_INFO(GREG_FEATURE_0));
 	if (isu_size == 0) {
-		if (flags & MPIC_BROKEN_FRR_NIRQS)
+		if (mpic->flags & MPIC_BROKEN_FRR_NIRQS)
 			mpic->num_sources = mpic->irq_count;
 		else
 			mpic->num_sources =
@@ -1347,8 +1346,7 @@
 
 	mpic->irqhost = irq_alloc_host(mpic->node, IRQ_HOST_MAP_LINEAR,
 				       isu_size ? isu_size : mpic->num_sources,
-				       &mpic_host_ops,
-				       flags & MPIC_LARGE_VECTORS ? 2048 : 256);
+				       &mpic_host_ops, intvec_top + 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: The code leaks the MPIC object and mappings here; this
@@ -1383,7 +1381,7 @@
 	mpic->next = mpics;
 	mpics = mpic;
 
-	if (!(flags & MPIC_SECONDARY)) {
+	if (!(mpic->flags & MPIC_SECONDARY)) {
 		mpic_primary = mpic;
 		irq_set_default_host(mpic->irqhost);
 	}