diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_remapping.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_remapping.h
index b7747c4c2cf2ff0e73e2e0896fe550825b827eba..f1b619e5a50d321e80364feac867069abcb42d3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_remapping.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_remapping.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct irq_cfg;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP
 
-extern void setup_irq_remapping_ops(void);
 extern int irq_remapping_supported(void);
 extern void set_irq_remapping_broken(void);
 extern int irq_remapping_prepare(void);
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ void irq_remap_modify_chip_defaults(struct irq_chip *chip);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP */
 
-static inline void setup_irq_remapping_ops(void) { }
 static inline int irq_remapping_supported(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void set_irq_remapping_broken(void) { }
 static inline int irq_remapping_prepare(void) { return -ENODEV; }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 29b5b18afa27dca80d384fade47906299a581e8f..141f1031013d548c65cc846380eafc5992b5394a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1597,9 +1597,6 @@ void __init enable_IR_x2apic(void)
 	int ret, x2apic_enabled = 0;
 	int hardware_init_ret;
 
-	/* Make sure irq_remap_ops are initialized */
-	setup_irq_remapping_ops();
-
 	hardware_init_ret = irq_remapping_prepare();
 	if (hardware_init_ret && !x2apic_supported())
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c b/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c
index 89c4846683be521a1b3fd968afcf9a031e69043a..91d5884d3ed96ba99c5c3f697b5fdc16d5eb6c70 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c
@@ -194,16 +194,6 @@ static __init int setup_irqremap(char *str)
 }
 early_param("intremap", setup_irqremap);
 
-void __init setup_irq_remapping_ops(void)
-{
-	remap_ops = &intel_irq_remap_ops;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU
-	if (amd_iommu_irq_ops.prepare() == 0)
-		remap_ops = &amd_iommu_irq_ops;
-#endif
-}
-
 void set_irq_remapping_broken(void)
 {
 	irq_remap_broken = 1;
@@ -222,9 +212,14 @@ int irq_remapping_supported(void)
 
 int __init irq_remapping_prepare(void)
 {
-	if (!remap_ops || !remap_ops->prepare)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	remap_ops = &intel_irq_remap_ops;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU
+	if (amd_iommu_irq_ops.prepare() == 0) {
+		remap_ops = &amd_iommu_irq_ops;
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
 	return remap_ops->prepare();
 }