diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/gic.c b/xen/arch/arm/gic.c
index a7b29d8..e1165e3 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/gic.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/gic.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, gic_cpu_id);
 /* Maximum cpu interface per GIC */
 #define NR_GIC_CPU_IF 8
 
+static void gic_clear_one_lr(struct vcpu *v, int i);
+
 static unsigned int gic_cpu_mask(const cpumask_t *cpumask)
 {
     unsigned int cpu;
@@ -626,16 +628,18 @@ int __init setup_dt_irq(const struct dt_irq *irq, struct irqaction *new)
 static inline void gic_set_lr(int lr, struct pending_irq *p,
         unsigned int state)
 {
-    int maintenance_int = GICH_LR_MAINTENANCE_IRQ;
+    uint32_t lr_reg;
 
     BUG_ON(lr >= nr_lrs);
     BUG_ON(lr < 0);
     BUG_ON(state & ~(GICH_LR_STATE_MASK<<GICH_LR_STATE_SHIFT));
 
-    GICH[GICH_LR + lr] = state |
-        maintenance_int |
-        ((p->priority >> 3) << GICH_LR_PRIORITY_SHIFT) |
+    lr_reg = state | ((p->priority >> 3) << GICH_LR_PRIORITY_SHIFT) |
         ((p->irq & GICH_LR_VIRTUAL_MASK) << GICH_LR_VIRTUAL_SHIFT);
+    if ( p->desc != NULL )
+        lr_reg |= GICH_LR_HW | (p->desc->irq << GICH_LR_PHYSICAL_SHIFT);
+
+    GICH[GICH_LR + lr] = lr_reg;
 
     set_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE, &p->status);
     clear_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &p->status);
@@ -695,6 +699,56 @@ out:
     return;
 }
 
+static void gic_clear_one_lr(struct vcpu *v, int i)
+{
+    struct pending_irq *p;
+    uint32_t lr;
+    int irq;
+    bool_t inflight;
+
+    ASSERT(spin_is_locked(&v->arch.vgic.lock));
+
+    lr = GICH[GICH_LR + i];
+    if ( !(lr & (GICH_LR_PENDING|GICH_LR_ACTIVE)) )
+    {
+        inflight = 0;
+        GICH[GICH_LR + i] = 0;
+        clear_bit(i, &this_cpu(lr_mask));
+
+        irq = (lr >> GICH_LR_VIRTUAL_SHIFT) & GICH_LR_VIRTUAL_MASK;
+        spin_lock(&gic.lock);
+        p = irq_to_pending(v, irq);
+        if ( p->desc != NULL )
+            p->desc->status &= ~IRQ_INPROGRESS;
+        clear_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE, &p->status);
+        if ( test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &p->status) &&
+                test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_ENABLED, &p->status))
+        {
+            inflight = 1;
+            gic_set_guest_irq(v, irq, GICH_LR_PENDING, p->priority);
+        }
+        spin_unlock(&gic.lock);
+        if ( !inflight )
+            list_del_init(&p->inflight);
+    }
+}
+
+void gic_clear_lrs(struct vcpu *v)
+{
+    int i = 0;
+    unsigned long flags;
+
+    spin_lock_irqsave(&v->arch.vgic.lock, flags);
+
+    while ((i = find_next_bit((const unsigned long *) &this_cpu(lr_mask),
+                              nr_lrs, i)) < nr_lrs) {
+        gic_clear_one_lr(v, i);
+        i++;
+    }
+
+    spin_unlock_irqrestore(&v->arch.vgic.lock, flags);
+}
+
 static void gic_restore_pending_irqs(struct vcpu *v)
 {
     int i;
@@ -893,77 +947,14 @@ int gicv_setup(struct domain *d)
 
 }
 
-static void gic_irq_eoi(void *info)
-{
-    int virq = (uintptr_t) info;
-    GICC[GICC_DIR] = virq;
-}
-
 static void maintenance_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
 {
-    int i = 0, virq, pirq = -1;
-    uint32_t lr;
-    struct vcpu *v = current;
-    uint64_t eisr = GICH[GICH_EISR0] | (((uint64_t) GICH[GICH_EISR1]) << 32);
-
-    while ((i = find_next_bit((const long unsigned int *) &eisr,
-                              64, i)) < 64) {
-        struct pending_irq *p, *p2;
-        int cpu;
-        bool_t inflight;
-
-        cpu = -1;
-        inflight = 0;
-
-        spin_lock_irq(&gic.lock);
-        lr = GICH[GICH_LR + i];
-        virq = lr & GICH_LR_VIRTUAL_MASK;
-        GICH[GICH_LR + i] = 0;
-        clear_bit(i, &this_cpu(lr_mask));
-
-        p = irq_to_pending(v, virq);
-        if ( p->desc != NULL ) {
-            p->desc->status &= ~IRQ_INPROGRESS;
-            /* Assume only one pcpu needs to EOI the irq */
-            cpu = p->desc->arch.eoi_cpu;
-            pirq = p->desc->irq;
-        }
-        if ( test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &p->status) &&
-             test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_ENABLED, &p->status))
-        {
-            inflight = 1;
-            gic_add_to_lr_pending(v, p);
-        }
-
-        clear_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE, &p->status);
-
-        if ( !list_empty(&v->arch.vgic.lr_pending) ) {
-            p2 = list_entry(v->arch.vgic.lr_pending.next, typeof(*p2), lr_queue);
-            gic_set_lr(i, p2, GICH_LR_PENDING);
-            list_del_init(&p2->lr_queue);
-            set_bit(i, &this_cpu(lr_mask));
-        }
-        spin_unlock_irq(&gic.lock);
-
-        if ( !inflight )
-        {
-            spin_lock_irq(&v->arch.vgic.lock);
-            list_del_init(&p->inflight);
-            spin_unlock_irq(&v->arch.vgic.lock);
-        }
-
-        if ( p->desc != NULL ) {
-            /* this is not racy because we can't receive another irq of the
-             * same type until we EOI it.  */
-            if ( cpu == smp_processor_id() )
-                gic_irq_eoi((void*)(uintptr_t)pirq);
-            else
-                on_selected_cpus(cpumask_of(cpu),
-                                 gic_irq_eoi, (void*)(uintptr_t)pirq, 0);
-        }
-
-        i++;
-    }
+    /* 
+     * The maintenance interrupt handler doesn't do anything anymore, but
+     * receiving the interrupt is going to cause gic_inject to be called on
+     * return to guest that is going to clear the old LRs and inject new
+     * interrupts.
+     */
 }
 
 void gic_dump_info(struct vcpu *v)
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
index 21c7b26..dd936be 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static int debug_stack_lines = 40;
 
 integer_param("debug_stack_lines", debug_stack_lines);
 
+static void enter_hypervisor_head(void);
 
 void __cpuinit init_traps(void)
 {
@@ -1543,6 +1544,8 @@ asmlinkage void do_trap_hypervisor(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
 {
     union hsr hsr = { .bits = READ_SYSREG32(ESR_EL2) };
 
+    enter_hypervisor_head();
+
     switch (hsr.ec) {
     case HSR_EC_WFI_WFE:
         if ( !check_conditional_instr(regs, hsr) )
@@ -1620,11 +1623,13 @@ asmlinkage void do_trap_hypervisor(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
 
 asmlinkage void do_trap_irq(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
 {
+    enter_hypervisor_head();
     gic_interrupt(regs, 0);
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_trap_fiq(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
 {
+    enter_hypervisor_head();
     gic_interrupt(regs, 1);
 }
 
@@ -1642,6 +1647,11 @@ asmlinkage void leave_hypervisor_tail(void)
     }
 }
 
+static void enter_hypervisor_head(void)
+{
+    gic_clear_lrs(current);
+}
+
 /*
  * Local variables:
  * mode: C
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c b/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c
index aab490c..566f0ff 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c
@@ -701,8 +701,7 @@ void vgic_vcpu_inject_irq(struct vcpu *v, unsigned int irq)
         if ( (irq != current->domain->arch.evtchn_irq) ||
              (!test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE, &n->status)) )
             set_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &n->status);
-        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&v->arch.vgic.lock, flags);
-        return;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     /* vcpu offline */
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/gic.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/gic.h
index 6fce5c2..ebb90c6 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-arm/gic.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/gic.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ extern unsigned int gic_number_lines(void);
 /* IRQ translation function for the device tree */
 int gic_irq_xlate(const u32 *intspec, unsigned int intsize,
                   unsigned int *out_hwirq, unsigned int *out_type);
+void gic_clear_lrs(struct vcpu *v);
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif
