diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h
index 20aaab8971ad..4c588f9820cf 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_ARC_IRQ_H
 #define __ASM_ARC_IRQ_H
 
+#define NR_IRQS		32
+
 /* Platform Independent IRQs */
 #define TIMER0_IRQ      3
 #define TIMER1_IRQ      4
diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-arcfpga/include/plat/irq.h b/arch/arc/plat-arcfpga/include/plat/irq.h
index 6515df232f21..41e335670f60 100644
--- a/arch/arc/plat-arcfpga/include/plat/irq.h
+++ b/arch/arc/plat-arcfpga/include/plat/irq.h
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
 #ifndef __PLAT_IRQ_H
 #define __PLAT_IRQ_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#define NR_IRQS 32
-#else
-#define NR_IRQS 16
-#endif
-
 #define UART0_IRQ	5
 #define UART1_IRQ	10
 #define UART2_IRQ	11