diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/msi_ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/msi_ia64.c
index d70bf15c690a..4d3053e25394 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/msi_ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/msi_ia64.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int ia64_set_msi_irq_affinity(struct irq_data *idata,
 	if (irq_prepare_move(irq, cpu))
 		return -1;
 
-	__get_cached_msi_msg(idata->msi_desc, &msg);
+	__get_cached_msi_msg(irq_data_get_msi_desc(idata), &msg);
 
 	addr = msg.address_lo;
 	addr &= MSI_ADDR_DEST_ID_MASK;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/msi_sn.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/msi_sn.c
index a0eb27b66d13..59ba6322b9f6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/msi_sn.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/msi_sn.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int sn_set_msi_irq_affinity(struct irq_data *data,
 	 * Release XIO resources for the old MSI PCI address
 	 */
 
-	__get_cached_msi_msg(data->msi_desc, &msg);
+	__get_cached_msi_msg(irq_data_get_msi_desc(data), &msg);
 	sn_pdev = (struct pcidev_info *)sn_irq_info->irq_pciioinfo;
 	pdev = sn_pdev->pdi_linux_pcidev;
 	provider = SN_PCIDEV_BUSPROVIDER(pdev);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-opal.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-opal.c
index 68c7e5cc98e0..11ac964d5175 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-opal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-opal.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static unsigned int ics_opal_startup(struct irq_data *d)
 	 * card, using the MSI mask bits. Firmware doesn't appear to unmask
 	 * at that level, so we do it here by hand.
 	 */
-	if (d->msi_desc)
+	if (irq_data_get_msi_desc(d))
 		pci_msi_unmask_irq(d);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-rtas.c
index 0af97deb83f3..d1c625c4cc5a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-rtas.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-rtas.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static unsigned int ics_rtas_startup(struct irq_data *d)
 	 * card, using the MSI mask bits. Firmware doesn't appear to unmask
 	 * at that level, so we do it here by hand.
 	 */
-	if (d->msi_desc)
+	if (irq_data_get_msi_desc(d))
 		pci_msi_unmask_irq(d);
 #endif
 	/* unmask it */
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/pci_gx.c b/arch/tile/kernel/pci_gx.c
index b1df847d0686..65b701b3b5ed 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/pci_gx.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/pci_gx.c
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ static struct pci_ops tile_cfg_ops = {
 /* MSI support starts here. */
 static unsigned int tilegx_msi_startup(struct irq_data *d)
 {
-	if (d->msi_desc)
+	if (irq_data_get_msi_desc(d))
 		pci_msi_unmask_irq(d);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c
index 64673f13bbb9..157eb8817fb8 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_enable_msix_range);
  */
 void pci_msi_domain_write_msg(struct irq_data *irq_data, struct msi_msg *msg)
 {
-	struct msi_desc *desc = irq_data->msi_desc;
+	struct msi_desc *desc = irq_data_get_msi_desc(irq_data);
 
 	/*
 	 * For MSI-X desc->irq is always equal to irq_data->irq. For