diff --git a/arch/arm/include/armv7-a/irq.h b/arch/arm/include/armv7-a/irq.h
index 51a9702ae8..09880f4507 100755
--- a/arch/arm/include/armv7-a/irq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/armv7-a/irq.h
@@ -250,6 +250,23 @@ struct xcptcontext
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+/* Return the current IRQ state */
+
+static inline irqstate_t irqstate(void)
+{
+  unsigned int cpsr;
+
+  __asm__ __volatile__
+    (
+      "\tmrs    %0, cpsr\n"
+      : "=r" (cpsr)
+      :
+      : "memory"
+    );
+
+  return cpsr;
+}
+
 /* Disable IRQs and return the previous IRQ state */
 
 static inline irqstate_t irqsave(void)
@@ -286,24 +303,6 @@ static inline irqstate_t irqenable(void)
   return cpsr;
 }
 
-/* Disable IRQs and return the previous IRQ state */
-
-static inline irqstate_t irqdisable(void)
-{
-  unsigned int cpsr;
-
-  __asm__ __volatile__
-    (
-      "\tmrs    %0, cpsr\n"
-      "\tcpsid  i\n"
-      : "=r" (cpsr)
-      :
-      : "memory"
-    );
-
-  return cpsr;
-}
-
 /* Restore saved IRQ & FIQ state */
 
 static inline void irqrestore(irqstate_t flags)