diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt
index 391717a68f3b..ec96b1f01478 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ The MISC interrupt controller is a secondary controller for lower priority
 interrupt.
 
 Required Properties:
-- compatible: has to be "qca,<soctype>-cpu-intc", "qca,ar7100-misc-intc"
-  as fallback
+- compatible: has to be "qca,<soctype>-cpu-intc", "qca,ar7100-misc-intc" or
+  "qca,<soctype>-cpu-intc", "qca,ar7240-misc-intc"
 - reg: Base address and size of the controllers memory area
 - interrupt-parent: phandle of the parent interrupt controller.
 - interrupts: Interrupt specifier for the controllers interrupt.
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Required Properties:
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode interrupt
 		     source, should be 1
 
+Compatible fallback depends on the SoC. Use ar7100 for ar71xx and ar913x,
+use ar7240 for all other SoCs.
+
 Please refer to interrupts.txt in this directory for details of the common
 Interrupt Controllers bindings used by client devices.
 
@@ -28,3 +31,16 @@ Example:
 		interrupt-controller;
 		#interrupt-cells = <1>;
 	};
+
+Another example:
+
+	interrupt-controller@18060010 {
+		compatible = "qca,ar9331-misc-intc", qca,ar7240-misc-intc";
+		reg = <0x18060010 0x4>;
+
+		interrupt-parent = <&cpuintc>;
+		interrupts = <6>;
+
+		interrupt-controller;
+		#interrupt-cells = <1>;
+	};
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/irq.c b/arch/mips/ath79/irq.c
index bf1651cc7e64..eeb3953ed8ac 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/irq.c
@@ -304,6 +304,16 @@ static int __init ar7100_misc_intc_of_init(
 IRQCHIP_DECLARE(ar7100_misc_intc, "qca,ar7100-misc-intc",
 		ar7100_misc_intc_of_init);
 
+static int __init ar7240_misc_intc_of_init(
+	struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
+{
+	ath79_misc_irq_chip.irq_ack = ar724x_misc_irq_ack;
+	return ath79_misc_intc_of_init(node, parent);
+}
+
+IRQCHIP_DECLARE(ar7240_misc_intc, "qca,ar7240-misc-intc",
+		ar7240_misc_intc_of_init);
+
 static int __init ar79_cpu_intc_of_init(
 	struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
 {