diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 8209744b2829..be33c9768ea1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1588,10 +1588,6 @@ void __init mpic_init(struct mpic *mpic)
 			num_timers = 8;
 	}
 
-	/* FSL mpic error interrupt intialization */
-	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_FSL_HAS_EIMR)
-		mpic_err_int_init(mpic, MPIC_FSL_ERR_INT);
-
 	/* Initialize timers to our reserved vectors and mask them for now */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_timers; i++) {
 		unsigned int offset = mpic_tm_offset(mpic, i);
@@ -1675,6 +1671,10 @@ void __init mpic_init(struct mpic *mpic)
 			irq_set_chained_handler(virq, &mpic_cascade);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* FSL mpic error interrupt intialization */
+	if (mpic->flags & MPIC_FSL_HAS_EIMR)
+		mpic_err_int_init(mpic, MPIC_FSL_ERR_INT);
 }
 
 void __init mpic_set_clk_ratio(struct mpic *mpic, u32 clock_ratio)