diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h
index be1d07d59ee9784c7b3dd12a2150a009c7c742ba..1bd9510de1b9ced64b1947f2734ddbf4c8ce4f5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ extern void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(bool);
 #define arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(x) arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(x)
 #endif
 
+static inline int nr_legacy_irqs(void)
+{
+	return NR_IRQS_LEGACY;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/irq.h
index bbb251b14746cb7005d1be35d50fdfb453464870..8b9bf54105b3e12dc41829194981bac6c95ef3fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ static inline void acpi_irq_init(void)
 }
 #define acpi_irq_init acpi_irq_init
 
+static inline int nr_legacy_irqs(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
index 849500e4e14d14af7dd29fe7737d77d62f87a36d..524c22146429d7c87acc8682976031c2f8a727d6 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/io_apic.h>
+#include <asm/i8259.h>
 #include <asm/xen/pci.h>
 #endif
 #include <asm/sync_bitops.h>
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ static int __must_check xen_allocate_irq_gsi(unsigned gsi)
 		return xen_allocate_irq_dynamic();
 
 	/* Legacy IRQ descriptors are already allocated by the arch. */
-	if (gsi < NR_IRQS_LEGACY)
+	if (gsi < nr_legacy_irqs())
 		irq = gsi;
 	else
 		irq = irq_alloc_desc_at(gsi, -1);
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ static void xen_free_irq(unsigned irq)
 	kfree(info);
 
 	/* Legacy IRQ descriptors are managed by the arch. */
-	if (irq < NR_IRQS_LEGACY)
+	if (irq < nr_legacy_irqs())
 		return;
 
 	irq_free_desc(irq);