diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
index 94daed1..b6c4f1a 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@
 	info->cpu = cpu;
 
 	evtchn_to_irq[evtchn] = irq;
+
+	irq_clear_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NOREQUEST|IRQ_NOAUTOEN);
 }
 
 static void xen_irq_info_evtchn_init(unsigned irq,
@@ -874,7 +876,6 @@
 		struct irq_info *info = info_for_irq(irq);
 		WARN_ON(info == NULL || info->type != IRQT_EVTCHN);
 	}
-	irq_clear_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NOREQUEST|IRQ_NOAUTOEN);
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&irq_mapping_update_lock);