diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index cfc4f08..f5958c5 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -111,6 +111,28 @@
 	return show_irq_affinity(AFFINITY_LIST, m);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_AUTO_IRQ_AFFINITY
+static inline int irq_select_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If the interrupt is started up already then this fails. The
+	 * interrupt is assigned to an online CPU already. There is no
+	 * point to move it around randomly. Tell user space that the
+	 * selected mask is bogus.
+	 *
+	 * If not then any change to the affinity is pointless because the
+	 * startup code invokes irq_setup_affinity() which will select
+	 * a online CPU anyway.
+	 */
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+#else
+/* ALPHA magic affinity auto selector. Keep it for historical reasons. */
+static inline int irq_select_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	return irq_select_affinity(irq);
+}
+#endif
 
 static ssize_t write_irq_affinity(int type, struct file *file,
 		const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)