diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
index c1f7af9d9ae7..b6b0f86584d6 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ static void __init gic_dist_init(void)
 	unsigned int i;
 	u64 affinity;
 	void __iomem *base = gic_data.dist_base;
+	u32 val;
 
 	/* Disable the distributor */
 	writel_relaxed(0, base + GICD_CTLR);
@@ -755,9 +756,14 @@ static void __init gic_dist_init(void)
 	/* Now do the common stuff, and wait for the distributor to drain */
 	gic_dist_config(base, GIC_LINE_NR, gic_dist_wait_for_rwp);
 
+	val = GICD_CTLR_ARE_NS | GICD_CTLR_ENABLE_G1A | GICD_CTLR_ENABLE_G1;
+	if (gic_data.rdists.gicd_typer2 & GICD_TYPER2_nASSGIcap) {
+		pr_info("Enabling SGIs without active state\n");
+		val |= GICD_CTLR_nASSGIreq;
+	}
+
 	/* Enable distributor with ARE, Group1 */
-	writel_relaxed(GICD_CTLR_ARE_NS | GICD_CTLR_ENABLE_G1A | GICD_CTLR_ENABLE_G1,
-		       base + GICD_CTLR);
+	writel_relaxed(val, base + GICD_CTLR);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set all global interrupts to the boot CPU only. ARE must be
diff --git a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h
index 83439bfb6c5b..c29a02678a6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #define GICD_SPENDSGIR			0x0F20
 
 #define GICD_CTLR_RWP			(1U << 31)
+#define GICD_CTLR_nASSGIreq		(1U << 8)
 #define GICD_CTLR_DS			(1U << 6)
 #define GICD_CTLR_ARE_NS		(1U << 4)
 #define GICD_CTLR_ENABLE_G1A		(1U << 1)
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
 #define GICD_TYPER_ESPIS(typer)						\
 	(((typer) & GICD_TYPER_ESPI) ? GICD_TYPER_SPIS((typer) >> 27) : 0)
 
+#define GICD_TYPER2_nASSGIcap		(1U << 8)
 #define GICD_TYPER2_VIL			(1U << 7)
 #define GICD_TYPER2_VID			GENMASK(4, 0)