diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt
index 079576573ec0fd..5f45c78e31a975 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Optional properties:
   SOC-specific hard-wiring of those irqs which unexpectedly bypasses the
   crossbar. These irqs have a crossbar register, but still cannot be used.
 
+- ti,irqs-safe-map: integer which maps to a safe configuration to use
+  when the interrupt controller irq is unused (when not provided, default is 0)
+
 Examples:
 		crossbar_mpu: @4a020000 {
 			compatible = "ti,irq-crossbar";
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c
index 0533a71fa86ff6..4be30c00f0415c 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c
@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@
 
 /*
  * @int_max: maximum number of supported interrupts
+ * @safe_map: safe default value to initialize the crossbar
  * @irq_map: array of interrupts to crossbar number mapping
  * @crossbar_base: crossbar base address
  * @register_offsets: offsets for each irq number
  */
 struct crossbar_device {
 	uint int_max;
+	uint safe_map;
 	uint *irq_map;
 	void __iomem *crossbar_base;
 	int *register_offsets;
-	void (*write) (int, int);
+	void (*write)(int, int);
 };
 
 static struct crossbar_device *cb;
@@ -88,8 +90,10 @@ static void crossbar_domain_unmap(struct irq_domain *d, unsigned int irq)
 {
 	irq_hw_number_t hw = irq_get_irq_data(irq)->hwirq;
 
-	if (hw > GIC_IRQ_START)
+	if (hw > GIC_IRQ_START) {
 		cb->irq_map[hw - GIC_IRQ_START] = IRQ_FREE;
+		cb->write(hw - GIC_IRQ_START, cb->safe_map);
+	}
 }
 
 static int crossbar_domain_xlate(struct irq_domain *d,
@@ -214,6 +218,17 @@ static int __init crossbar_of_init(struct device_node *node)
 		reserved += size;
 	}
 
+	of_property_read_u32(node, "ti,irqs-safe-map", &cb->safe_map);
+
+	/* Initialize the crossbar with safe map to start with */
+	for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+		if (cb->irq_map[i] == IRQ_RESERVED ||
+		    cb->irq_map[i] == IRQ_SKIP)
+			continue;
+
+		cb->write(i, cb->safe_map);
+	}
+
 	register_routable_domain_ops(&routable_irq_domain_ops);
 	return 0;