diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt
index 1486497a24c1d4..ce6a1a0720285b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ Specifying interrupt information for devices
 1) Interrupt client nodes
 -------------------------
 
-Nodes that describe devices which generate interrupts must contain an either an
-"interrupts" property or an "interrupts-extended" property. These properties
-contain a list of interrupt specifiers, one per output interrupt. The format of
-the interrupt specifier is determined by the interrupt controller to which the
-interrupts are routed; see section 2 below for details.
+Nodes that describe devices which generate interrupts must contain an
+"interrupts" property, an "interrupts-extended" property, or both. If both are
+present, the latter should take precedence; the former may be provided simply
+for compatibility with software that does not recognize the latter. These
+properties contain a list of interrupt specifiers, one per output interrupt. The
+format of the interrupt specifier is determined by the interrupt controller to
+which the interrupts are routed; see section 2 below for details.
 
   Example:
 	interrupt-parent = <&intc1>;
diff --git a/drivers/of/irq.c b/drivers/of/irq.c
index 3e06a699352d0c..1471e0a223a592 100644
--- a/drivers/of/irq.c
+++ b/drivers/of/irq.c
@@ -301,16 +301,17 @@ int of_irq_parse_one(struct device_node *device, int index, struct of_phandle_ar
 	/* Get the reg property (if any) */
 	addr = of_get_property(device, "reg", NULL);
 
+	/* Try the new-style interrupts-extended first */
+	res = of_parse_phandle_with_args(device, "interrupts-extended",
+					"#interrupt-cells", index, out_irq);
+	if (!res)
+		return of_irq_parse_raw(addr, out_irq);
+
 	/* Get the interrupts property */
 	intspec = of_get_property(device, "interrupts", &intlen);
-	if (intspec == NULL) {
-		/* Try the new-style interrupts-extended */
-		res = of_parse_phandle_with_args(device, "interrupts-extended",
-						"#interrupt-cells", index, out_irq);
-		if (res)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		return of_irq_parse_raw(addr, out_irq);
-	}
+	if (intspec == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	intlen /= sizeof(*intspec);
 
 	pr_debug(" intspec=%d intlen=%d\n", be32_to_cpup(intspec), intlen);