diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index 27d33f92afe2..8de644b6b959 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ extern asmlinkage void smp_invalidate_interrupt(struct pt_regs *);
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 extern void (*__initconst interrupt[NR_VECTORS-FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR])(void);
-#endif
 
 typedef int vector_irq_t[NR_VECTORS];
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(vector_irq_t, vector_irq);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index b86f332c96a6..9b2aeaac9a6b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -627,6 +627,46 @@ END(stub_rt_sigreturn)
    vector already pushed) */
 #define XCPT_FRAME _frame ORIG_RAX
 
+/*
+ * Build the entry stubs and pointer table with some assembler magic.
+ * We pack 7 stubs into a single 32-byte chunk, which will fit in a
+ * single cache line on all modern x86 implementations.
+ */
+	.section .init.rodata,"a"
+ENTRY(interrupt)
+	.text
+	.p2align 5
+	.p2align CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
+ENTRY(irq_entries_start)
+	INTR_FRAME
+vector=FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR
+.rept (NR_VECTORS-FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR+6)/7
+	.balign 32
+  .rept	7
+    .if vector < NR_VECTORS
+      .if vector != FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR
+	CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET -8
+      .endif
+1:	pushq $(~vector+0x80)	/* Note: always in signed byte range */
+	CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8
+      .if ((vector-FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR)%7) != 6
+	jmp 2f
+      .endif
+      .previous
+	.quad 1b
+      .text
+vector=vector+1
+    .endif
+  .endr
+2:	jmp common_interrupt
+.endr
+	CFI_ENDPROC
+END(irq_entries_start)
+
+.previous
+END(interrupt)
+.previous
+
 /* 
  * Interrupt entry/exit.
  *
@@ -635,11 +675,12 @@ END(stub_rt_sigreturn)
  * Entry runs with interrupts off.	
  */ 
 
-/* 0(%rsp): interrupt number */ 
+/* 0(%rsp): ~(interrupt number)+0x80 */ 
 	.macro interrupt func
+	addq $-0x80,(%rsp)		/* Adjust vector to [-256,-1] range */
 	cld
 	SAVE_ARGS
-	leaq -ARGOFFSET(%rsp),%rdi	# arg1 for handler
+	leaq -ARGOFFSET(%rsp),%rdi	/* arg1 for handler */
 	pushq %rbp
 	/*
 	 * Save rbp twice: One is for marking the stack frame, as usual, and the
@@ -670,7 +711,8 @@ END(stub_rt_sigreturn)
 	call \func
 	.endm
 
-ENTRY(common_interrupt)
+	.p2align CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
+common_interrupt:
 	XCPT_FRAME
 	interrupt do_IRQ
 	/* 0(%rsp): oldrsp-ARGOFFSET */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c
index ff0235391285..8670b3ce626e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c
@@ -23,41 +23,6 @@
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #include <asm/i8259.h>
 
-/*
- * Common place to define all x86 IRQ vectors
- *
- * This builds up the IRQ handler stubs using some ugly macros in irq.h
- *
- * These macros create the low-level assembly IRQ routines that save
- * register context and call do_IRQ(). do_IRQ() then does all the
- * operations that are needed to keep the AT (or SMP IOAPIC)
- * interrupt-controller happy.
- */
-
-#define IRQ_NAME2(nr) nr##_interrupt(void)
-#define IRQ_NAME(nr) IRQ_NAME2(IRQ##nr)
-
-/*
- *	SMP has a few special interrupts for IPI messages
- */
-
-#define BUILD_IRQ(nr)				\
-	asmlinkage void IRQ_NAME(nr);		\
-	asm("\n.text\n.p2align\n"		\
-	    "IRQ" #nr "_interrupt:\n\t"		\
-	    "push $~(" #nr ") ; "		\
-	    "jmp common_interrupt\n"		\
-	    ".previous");
-
-#define BI(x,y) \
-	BUILD_IRQ(x##y)
-
-#define BUILD_16_IRQS(x) \
-	BI(x,0) BI(x,1) BI(x,2) BI(x,3) \
-	BI(x,4) BI(x,5) BI(x,6) BI(x,7) \
-	BI(x,8) BI(x,9) BI(x,a) BI(x,b) \
-	BI(x,c) BI(x,d) BI(x,e) BI(x,f)
-
 /*
  * ISA PIC or low IO-APIC triggered (INTA-cycle or APIC) interrupts:
  * (these are usually mapped to vectors 0x30-0x3f)
@@ -73,37 +38,6 @@
  *
  * (these are usually mapped into the 0x30-0xff vector range)
  */
-				      BUILD_16_IRQS(0x2) BUILD_16_IRQS(0x3)
-BUILD_16_IRQS(0x4) BUILD_16_IRQS(0x5) BUILD_16_IRQS(0x6) BUILD_16_IRQS(0x7)
-BUILD_16_IRQS(0x8) BUILD_16_IRQS(0x9) BUILD_16_IRQS(0xa) BUILD_16_IRQS(0xb)
-BUILD_16_IRQS(0xc) BUILD_16_IRQS(0xd) BUILD_16_IRQS(0xe) BUILD_16_IRQS(0xf)
-
-#undef BUILD_16_IRQS
-#undef BI
-
-
-#define IRQ(x,y) \
-	IRQ##x##y##_interrupt
-
-#define IRQLIST_16(x) \
-	IRQ(x,0), IRQ(x,1), IRQ(x,2), IRQ(x,3), \
-	IRQ(x,4), IRQ(x,5), IRQ(x,6), IRQ(x,7), \
-	IRQ(x,8), IRQ(x,9), IRQ(x,a), IRQ(x,b), \
-	IRQ(x,c), IRQ(x,d), IRQ(x,e), IRQ(x,f)
-
-/* for the irq vectors */
-static void (*__initdata interrupt[NR_VECTORS - FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR])(void) = {
-					  IRQLIST_16(0x2), IRQLIST_16(0x3),
-	IRQLIST_16(0x4), IRQLIST_16(0x5), IRQLIST_16(0x6), IRQLIST_16(0x7),
-	IRQLIST_16(0x8), IRQLIST_16(0x9), IRQLIST_16(0xa), IRQLIST_16(0xb),
-	IRQLIST_16(0xc), IRQLIST_16(0xd), IRQLIST_16(0xe), IRQLIST_16(0xf)
-};
-
-#undef IRQ
-#undef IRQLIST_16
-
-
-
 
 /*
  * IRQ2 is cascade interrupt to second interrupt controller