1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
index a71aecac451f..a18c4aa68b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ static int of_gpiochip_find_and_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data)
 int of_get_named_gpio_flags(struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
                            int index, enum of_gpio_flags *flags)
 {
-        struct gg_data gg_data = { .flags = flags, .out_gpio = -ENODEV };
+        /* Return -EPROBE_DEFER to support probe() functions to be called
+         * later when the GPIO actually becomes available
+         */
+        struct gg_data gg_data = { .flags = flags, .out_gpio = -EPROBE_DEFER };
         int ret;
 
         /* .of_xlate might decide to not fill in the flags, so clear it. */