diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/irq.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/irq.c
index b7886f1..3d2483a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/irq.c
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@
 
 #define FIRST_LEGACY_IRQ 32
 
+#define SGI_MASK 0xFFFF
+
 static int num_ictlrs;
+static void __iomem *distbase = IO_ADDRESS(TEGRA_ARM_INT_DIST_BASE);
 
 static void __iomem *ictlr_reg_base[] = {
 	IO_ADDRESS(TEGRA_PRIMARY_ICTLR_BASE),
@@ -55,6 +58,18 @@ static void __iomem *ictlr_reg_base[] = {
 	IO_ADDRESS(TEGRA_QUINARY_ICTLR_BASE),
 };
 
+bool tegra_pending_sgi(void)
+{
+	u32 pending_set;
+
+	pending_set = readl_relaxed(distbase + GIC_DIST_PENDING_SET);
+
+	if (pending_set & SGI_MASK)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline void tegra_irq_write_mask(unsigned int irq, unsigned long reg)
 {
 	void __iomem *base;
@@ -114,9 +129,7 @@ static int tegra_retrigger(struct irq_data *d)
 void __init tegra_init_irq(void)
 {
 	int i;
-	void __iomem *distbase;
 
-	distbase = IO_ADDRESS(TEGRA_ARM_INT_DIST_BASE);
 	num_ictlrs = readl_relaxed(distbase + GIC_DIST_CTR) & 0x1f;
 
 	if (num_ictlrs > ARRAY_SIZE(ictlr_reg_base)) {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/irq.h b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/irq.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5142649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/irq.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TEGRA_IRQ_H
+#define __TEGRA_IRQ_H
+
+bool tegra_pending_sgi(void);
+
+#endif