diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/pci.c b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/pci.c
index e92e5e0705bc..234740d90385 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/pci.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/pci.c
@@ -294,6 +294,19 @@ int __init pci_versatile_setup(int nr, struct pci_sys_data *sys)
 	__raw_writel(PHYS_OFFSET, local_pci_cfg_base + PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_1);
 	__raw_writel(PHYS_OFFSET, local_pci_cfg_base + PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_2);
 
+	/*
+	 * For many years the kernel and QEMU were symbiotically buggy
+	 * in that they both assumed the same broken IRQ mapping.
+	 * QEMU therefore attempts to auto-detect old broken kernels
+	 * so that they still work on newer QEMU as they did on old
+	 * QEMU. Since we now use the correct (ie matching-hardware)
+	 * IRQ mapping we write a definitely different value to a
+	 * PCI_INTERRUPT_LINE register to tell QEMU that we expect
+	 * real hardware behaviour and it need not be backwards
+	 * compatible for us. This write is harmless on real hardware.
+	 */
+	__raw_writel(0, VERSATILE_PCI_VIRT_BASE+PCI_INTERRUPT_LINE);
+
 	/*
 	 * Do not to map Versatile FPGA PCI device into memory space
 	 */
@@ -327,13 +340,13 @@ static int __init versatile_map_irq(const struct pci_dev *dev, u8 slot, u8 pin)
 {
 	int irq;
 
-	/* slot,  pin,	irq
-	 *  24     1     IRQ_SIC_PCI0
-	 *  25     1     IRQ_SIC_PCI1
-	 *  26     1     IRQ_SIC_PCI2
-	 *  27     1     IRQ_SIC_PCI3
+	/*
+	 * Slot	INTA	INTB	INTC	INTD
+	 * 31	PCI1	PCI2	PCI3	PCI0
+	 * 30	PCI0	PCI1	PCI2	PCI3
+	 * 29	PCI3	PCI0	PCI1	PCI2
 	 */
-	irq = IRQ_SIC_PCI0 + ((slot - 24 + pin - 1) & 3);
+	irq = IRQ_SIC_PCI0 + ((slot + 2 + pin - 1) & 3);
 
 	return irq;
 }