diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
index 956db6e..ddd1c91 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -18,9 +18,24 @@
 #include <irq.h>
 
 #define IRQ_STACK_SIZE			THREAD_SIZE
+#define IRQ_STACK_START			(IRQ_STACK_SIZE - sizeof(unsigned long))
 
 extern void *irq_stack[NR_CPUS];
 
+/*
+ * The highest address on the IRQ stack contains a dummy frame put down in
+ * genex.S (handle_int & except_vec_vi_handler) which is structured as follows:
+ *
+ *   top ------------
+ *       | task sp  | <- irq_stack[cpu] + IRQ_STACK_START
+ *       ------------
+ *       |          | <- First frame of IRQ context
+ *       ------------
+ *
+ * task sp holds a copy of the task stack pointer where the struct pt_regs
+ * from exception entry can be found.
+ */
+
 static inline bool on_irq_stack(int cpu, unsigned long sp)
 {
 	unsigned long low = (unsigned long)irq_stack[cpu];