diff --git a/include/linux/irqdesc.h b/include/linux/irqdesc.h
index c28612674acb..fd091c35d572 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqdesc.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqdesc.h
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ struct pt_regs;
 /**
  * struct irqstat - interrupt statistics
  * @cnt:	real-time interrupt count
+ * @ref:	snapshot of interrupt count
  */
 struct irqstat {
 	unsigned int	cnt;
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT
+	unsigned int	ref;
+#endif
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
index 9935f7ecbfb9..9c042c6384bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ static inline unsigned int kstat_cpu_softirqs_sum(int cpu)
 	return sum;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT
+extern void kstat_snapshot_irqs(void);
+extern unsigned int kstat_get_irq_since_snapshot(unsigned int irq);
+#else
+static inline void kstat_snapshot_irqs(void) { }
+static inline unsigned int kstat_get_irq_since_snapshot(unsigned int irq) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Number of interrupts per specific IRQ source, since bootup
  */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/Kconfig b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
index 2531f3496ab6..529adb1f5859 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ config GENERIC_IRQ_MATRIX_ALLOCATOR
 config GENERIC_IRQ_RESERVATION_MODE
 	bool
 
+# Snapshot for interrupt statistics
+config GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT
+	bool
+
 # Support forced irq threading
 config IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
        bool
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index b59b79200ad7..f348faffa7b4 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -994,6 +994,31 @@ static unsigned int kstat_irqs(unsigned int irq)
 	return sum;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT
+
+void kstat_snapshot_irqs(void)
+{
+	struct irq_desc *desc;
+	unsigned int irq;
+
+	for_each_irq_desc(irq, desc) {
+		if (!desc->kstat_irqs)
+			continue;
+		this_cpu_write(desc->kstat_irqs->ref, this_cpu_read(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt));
+	}
+}
+
+unsigned int kstat_get_irq_since_snapshot(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+
+	if (!desc || !desc->kstat_irqs)
+		return 0;
+	return this_cpu_read(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt) - this_cpu_read(desc->kstat_irqs->ref);
+}
+
+#endif
+
 /**
  * kstat_irqs_usr - Get the statistics for an interrupt from thread context
  * @irq:	The interrupt number