diff --git a/arch/cris/Kconfig b/arch/cris/Kconfig
index 0a7a4c11d8b1..4db5b46e1eff 100644
--- a/arch/cris/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/Kconfig
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ config CRIS
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO_DEPRECATED
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 
 config HZ
 	int
diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c b/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c
index c346952f06dc..788eb2248916 100644
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c
@@ -37,45 +37,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
-int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
-{
-	int i = *(loff_t *) v, j;
-	struct irqaction * action;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (i == 0) {
-		seq_printf(p, "           ");
-		for_each_online_cpu(j)
-			seq_printf(p, "CPU%d       ",j);
-		seq_putc(p, '\n');
-	}
-
-	if (i < NR_IRQS) {
-		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_desc[i].lock, flags);
-		action = irq_desc[i].action;
-		if (!action)
-			goto skip;
-		seq_printf(p, "%3d: ",i);
-#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
-		seq_printf(p, "%10u ", kstat_irqs(i));
-#else
-		for_each_online_cpu(j)
-			seq_printf(p, "%10u ", kstat_irqs_cpu(i, j));
-#endif
-		seq_printf(p, " %14s", irq_desc[i].irq_data.chip->name);
-		seq_printf(p, "  %s", action->name);
-
-		for (action=action->next; action; action = action->next)
-			seq_printf(p, ", %s", action->name);
-
-		seq_putc(p, '\n');
-skip:
-		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_desc[i].lock, flags);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
 /* called by the assembler IRQ entry functions defined in irq.h
  * to dispatch the interrupts to registered handlers
  * interrupts are disabled upon entry - depending on if the