diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h
index b8e24fd..031f4c1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -137,11 +137,6 @@ static inline int pci_get_legacy_ide_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, int channel)
 	return channel ? 15 : 14;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
-/* MSI arch hook for OCTEON */
-#define arch_setup_msi_irqs arch_setup_msi_irqs
-#endif
-
 extern char * (*pcibios_plat_setup)(char *str);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h
index 6653f27..95145a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ extern int pci_domain_nr(struct pci_bus *bus);
 /* Decide whether to display the domain number in /proc */
 extern int pci_proc_domain(struct pci_bus *bus);
 
-/* MSI arch hooks */
-#define arch_setup_msi_irqs arch_setup_msi_irqs
-#define arch_teardown_msi_irqs arch_teardown_msi_irqs
-#define arch_msi_check_device arch_msi_check_device
-
 struct vm_area_struct;
 /* Map a range of PCI memory or I/O space for a device into user space */
 int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
index 6c18012..8641e8d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ void pci_iounmap(struct pci_dev *, void __iomem *);
 int pci_domain_nr(struct pci_bus *);
 int pci_proc_domain(struct pci_bus *);
 
-/* MSI arch hooks */
-#define arch_setup_msi_irqs	arch_setup_msi_irqs
-#define arch_teardown_msi_irqs	arch_teardown_msi_irqs
-
 #define ZPCI_BUS_NR			0	/* default bus number */
 #define ZPCI_DEVFN			0	/* default device number */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h
index d9e9e6c..8c61de0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -100,29 +100,6 @@ static inline void early_quirks(void) { }
 extern void pci_iommu_alloc(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
-/* MSI arch specific hooks */
-static inline int x86_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
-{
-	return x86_msi.setup_msi_irqs(dev, nvec, type);
-}
-
-static inline void x86_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev)
-{
-	x86_msi.teardown_msi_irqs(dev);
-}
-
-static inline void x86_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	x86_msi.teardown_msi_irq(irq);
-}
-static inline void x86_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq)
-{
-	x86_msi.restore_msi_irqs(dev, irq);
-}
-#define arch_setup_msi_irqs x86_setup_msi_irqs
-#define arch_teardown_msi_irqs x86_teardown_msi_irqs
-#define arch_teardown_msi_irq x86_teardown_msi_irq
-#define arch_restore_msi_irqs x86_restore_msi_irqs
 /* implemented in arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic. */
 struct msi_desc;
 int native_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type);
@@ -130,11 +107,6 @@ void native_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq);
 void native_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq);
 int setup_msi_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, struct msi_desc *msidesc,
 		  unsigned int irq_base, unsigned int irq_offset);
-/* default to the implementation in drivers/lib/msi.c */
-#define HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_TEARDOWN_IRQS
-#define HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_RESTORE_IRQS
-void default_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);
-void default_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq);
 #else
 #define native_setup_msi_irqs		NULL
 #define native_teardown_msi_irq		NULL
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
index 45a14db..a2b189c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
@@ -116,6 +116,27 @@ struct x86_msi_ops x86_msi = {
 	.setup_hpet_msi		= default_setup_hpet_msi,
 };
 
+/* MSI arch specific hooks */
+int arch_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
+{
+	return x86_msi.setup_msi_irqs(dev, nvec, type);
+}
+
+void arch_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	x86_msi.teardown_msi_irqs(dev);
+}
+
+void arch_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	x86_msi.teardown_msi_irq(irq);
+}
+
+void arch_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq)
+{
+	x86_msi.restore_msi_irqs(dev, irq);
+}
+
 struct x86_io_apic_ops x86_io_apic_ops = {
 	.init			= native_io_apic_init_mappings,
 	.read			= native_io_apic_read,
diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c
index 2c10752..4bc0c8f 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
@@ -30,19 +30,35 @@ static int pci_msi_enable = 1;
 
 /* Arch hooks */
 
-#ifndef arch_msi_check_device
-int arch_msi_check_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
+int default_setup_msi_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, struct msi_desc *desc)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+int __weak arch_setup_msi_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, struct msi_desc *desc)
+{
+	return default_setup_msi_irq(dev, desc);
+}
+
+void default_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq)
+{
+}
+
+void __weak arch_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	return default_teardown_msi_irq(irq);
+}
+
+int default_msi_check_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif
 
-#ifndef arch_setup_msi_irqs
-# define arch_setup_msi_irqs default_setup_msi_irqs
-# define HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_SETUP_IRQS
-#endif
+int __weak arch_msi_check_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
+{
+	return default_msi_check_device(dev, nvec, type);
+}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_SETUP_IRQS
 int default_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
 {
 	struct msi_desc *entry;
@@ -65,14 +81,12 @@ int default_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif
 
-#ifndef arch_teardown_msi_irqs
-# define arch_teardown_msi_irqs default_teardown_msi_irqs
-# define HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_TEARDOWN_IRQS
-#endif
+int __weak arch_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
+{
+	return default_setup_msi_irqs(dev, nvec, type);
+}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_TEARDOWN_IRQS
 void default_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct msi_desc *entry;
@@ -86,14 +100,12 @@ void default_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev)
 			arch_teardown_msi_irq(entry->irq + i);
 	}
 }
-#endif
 
-#ifndef arch_restore_msi_irqs
-# define arch_restore_msi_irqs default_restore_msi_irqs
-# define HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_RESTORE_IRQS
-#endif
+void __weak arch_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	return default_teardown_msi_irqs(dev);
+}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_DEFAULT_MSI_RESTORE_IRQS
 void default_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq)
 {
 	struct msi_desc *entry;
@@ -111,7 +123,11 @@ void default_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq)
 	if (entry)
 		write_msi_msg(irq, &entry->msg);
 }
-#endif
+
+void __weak arch_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq)
+{
+	return default_restore_msi_irqs(dev, irq);
+}
 
 static void msi_set_enable(struct pci_dev *dev, int enable)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/msi.h b/include/linux/msi.h
index 20c2d6d..e792a3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/msi.h
+++ b/include/linux/msi.h
@@ -50,12 +50,25 @@ struct msi_desc {
 };
 
 /*
- * The arch hook for setup up msi irqs
+ * The arch hooks to setup up msi irqs. Those functions are
+ * implemented as weak symbols so that they /can/ be overriden by
+ * architecture specific code if needed. In turn, such architecture
+ * specific code may be interested in calling back into the default
+ * implementation of those operations, in which case the non-weak
+ * default_*() variants can be used.
  */
 int arch_setup_msi_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, struct msi_desc *desc);
 void arch_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq);
 int arch_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type);
 void arch_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);
 int arch_msi_check_device(struct pci_dev* dev, int nvec, int type);
+void arch_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq);
+
+int default_setup_msi_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, struct msi_desc *desc);
+void default_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq);
+int default_msi_check_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type);
+int default_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type);
+void default_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);
+void default_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq);
 
 #endif /* LINUX_MSI_H */
