diff --git a/drivers/base/platform-msi.c b/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
index c4a17e5edf8b4333b9e8df0977c3c450aaf9797e..2c1e2e0c1a59cc5f037f57aec963c8fcfa04a8e2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ static int platform_msi_init(struct irq_domain *domain,
 	return irq_domain_set_hwirq_and_chip(domain, virq, hwirq,
 					     info->chip, info->chip_data);
 }
+
+static void platform_msi_set_proxy_dev(msi_alloc_info_t *arg)
+{
+	arg->flags |= MSI_ALLOC_FLAGS_PROXY_DEVICE;
+}
 #else
 #define platform_msi_set_desc		NULL
 #define platform_msi_init		NULL
+#define platform_msi_set_proxy_dev(x)	do {} while(0)
 #endif
 
 static void platform_msi_update_dom_ops(struct msi_domain_info *info)
@@ -343,6 +349,7 @@ __platform_msi_create_device_domain(struct device *dev,
 	if (!domain)
 		goto free_priv;
 
+	platform_msi_set_proxy_dev(&data->arg);
 	err = msi_domain_prepare_irqs(domain->parent, dev, nvec, &data->arg);
 	if (err)
 		goto free_domain;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/msi.h b/include/asm-generic/msi.h
index e6795f088bdddf4fa1bbd322a6a4a39280a6f3b6..1010e74cb8e054375e03230b2b281cc1d10c226d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/msi.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/msi.h
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@ struct msi_desc;
 typedef struct msi_alloc_info {
 	struct msi_desc			*desc;
 	irq_hw_number_t			hwirq;
+	unsigned long			flags;
 	union {
 		unsigned long		ul;
 		void			*ptr;
 	} scratchpad[NUM_MSI_ALLOC_SCRATCHPAD_REGS];
 } msi_alloc_info_t;
 
+/* Device generating MSIs is proxying for another device */
+#define MSI_ALLOC_FLAGS_PROXY_DEVICE	(1UL << 0)
+
 #define GENERIC_MSI_DOMAIN_OPS		1
 
 #endif