diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 0fa5fdcd1f01..d60cc68fa31e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <asm/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/hazards.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2
+#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2) || defined (CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR6)
 
 static inline void arch_local_irq_disable(void)
 {
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ void arch_local_irq_disable(void);
 unsigned long arch_local_irq_save(void);
 void arch_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags);
 void __arch_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags);
-#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2 */
+#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2 || CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR6 */
 
 static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
 {
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
 	"	.set	push						\n"
 	"	.set	reorder						\n"
 	"	.set	noat						\n"
-#if   defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2)
+#if   defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR6)
 	"	ei							\n"
 #else
 	"	mfc0	$1,$12						\n"
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/mips-atomic.c b/arch/mips/lib/mips-atomic.c
index be777d9a3f85..272af8ac2425 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/mips-atomic.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/mips-atomic.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2
+#if !defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2) && !defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR6)
 
 /*
  * For cli() we have to insert nops to make sure that the new value