diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
index 4300b6606f5e..57d165e026f4 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
@@ -246,10 +246,14 @@ static int gic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *d, const struct cpumask *mask_val,
 			    bool force)
 {
 	void __iomem *reg = gic_dist_base(d) + GIC_DIST_TARGET + (gic_irq(d) & ~3);
-	unsigned int shift = (gic_irq(d) % 4) * 8;
-	unsigned int cpu = cpumask_any_and(mask_val, cpu_online_mask);
+	unsigned int cpu, shift = (gic_irq(d) % 4) * 8;
 	u32 val, mask, bit;
 
+	if (!force)
+		cpu = cpumask_any_and(mask_val, cpu_online_mask);
+	else
+		cpu = cpumask_first(mask_val);
+
 	if (cpu >= NR_GIC_CPU_IF || cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
 		return -EINVAL;