diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
index 3b5e10aa48ab..8a4adbeb2b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
@@ -746,6 +746,12 @@ static int gic_irq_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *d, unsigned int virq,
 		/* verify that it doesn't conflict with an IPI irq */
 		if (test_bit(spec->hwirq, ipi_resrv))
 			return -EBUSY;
+
+		hwirq = GIC_SHARED_TO_HWIRQ(spec->hwirq);
+
+		return irq_domain_set_hwirq_and_chip(d, virq, hwirq,
+						     &gic_level_irq_controller,
+						     NULL);
 	} else {
 		base_hwirq = find_first_bit(ipi_resrv, gic_shared_intrs);
 		if (base_hwirq == gic_shared_intrs) {
@@ -867,10 +873,14 @@ static int gic_dev_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *d, unsigned int virq,
 						    &gic_level_irq_controller,
 						    NULL);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto error;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+error:
+	irq_domain_free_irqs_parent(d, virq, nr_irqs);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void gic_dev_domain_free(struct irq_domain *d, unsigned int virq,