1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
index 564bb7a31da4..84e5a9df2344 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
@@ -241,6 +241,19 @@ struct gpio_desc *of_find_gpio(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
 
                 desc = of_get_named_gpiod_flags(dev->of_node, prop_name, idx,
                                                 &of_flags);
+                /*
+                 * -EPROBE_DEFER in our case means that we found a
+                 * valid GPIO property, but no controller has been
+                 * registered so far.
+                 *
+                 * This means we don't need to look any further for
+                 * alternate name conventions, and we should really
+                 * preserve the return code for our user to be able to
+                 * retry probing later.
+                 */
+                if (IS_ERR(desc) && PTR_ERR(desc) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+                        return desc;
+
                 if (!IS_ERR(desc) || (PTR_ERR(desc) != -ENOENT))
                         break;
         }
@@ -250,7 +263,7 @@ struct gpio_desc *of_find_gpio(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
                 desc = of_find_spi_gpio(dev, con_id, &of_flags);
 
         /* Special handling for regulator GPIOs if used */
-        if (IS_ERR(desc))
+        if (IS_ERR(desc) && PTR_ERR(desc) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
                 desc = of_find_regulator_gpio(dev, con_id, &of_flags);
 
         if (IS_ERR(desc))