diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
index 8f64ac824d20..7187af1bea03 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
@@ -268,10 +268,9 @@ static int gic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *d, const struct cpumask *cpumask,
 	if (read_gic_mask(irq))
 		set_bit(irq, per_cpu_ptr(pcpu_masks, cpu));
 
-	cpumask_copy(irq_data_get_affinity_mask(d), cpumask);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gic_lock, flags);
 
-	return IRQ_SET_MASK_OK_NOCOPY;
+	return IRQ_SET_MASK_OK;
 }
 #endif