diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
index 8151722eef38..c083734b6954 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
 #define MBOX_INTR_CFG_TYPE1		0
 #define MBOX_INTR_CFG_TYPE2		1
 
+typedef enum {
+	IRQ_TX = 1,
+	IRQ_RX = 2,
+} omap_mbox_irq_t;
+
 struct omap_mbox_fifo {
 	unsigned long msg;
 	unsigned long fifo_stat;
diff --git a/include/linux/omap-mailbox.h b/include/linux/omap-mailbox.h
index f8ddf8e81416..3cc5c4ed7f5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/omap-mailbox.h
+++ b/include/linux/omap-mailbox.h
@@ -10,8 +10,4 @@ typedef uintptr_t mbox_msg_t;
 
 #define omap_mbox_message(data) (u32)(mbox_msg_t)(data)
 
-typedef int __bitwise omap_mbox_irq_t;
-#define IRQ_TX ((__force omap_mbox_irq_t) 1)
-#define IRQ_RX ((__force omap_mbox_irq_t) 2)
-
 #endif /* OMAP_MAILBOX_H */