1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
index da9c316059bc..eea5d7e578c9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
@@ -801,9 +801,11 @@ static int mcp230xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
                 client->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(client->dev.of_node, 0);
         } else {
                 pdata = dev_get_platdata(&client->dev);
-                if (!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) {
-                        dev_dbg(&client->dev, "invalid platform data\n");
-                        return -EINVAL;
+                if (!pdata) {
+                        pdata = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev,
+                                        sizeof(struct mcp23s08_platform_data),
+                                        GFP_KERNEL);
+                        pdata->base = -1;
                 }
         }
 
@@ -924,10 +926,11 @@ static int mcp23s08_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
         } else {
                 type = spi_get_device_id(spi)->driver_data;
                 pdata = dev_get_platdata(&spi->dev);
-                if (!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) {
-                        dev_dbg(&spi->dev,
-                                        "invalid or missing platform data\n");
-                        return -EINVAL;
+                if (!pdata) {
+                        pdata = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev,
+                                        sizeof(struct mcp23s08_platform_data),
+                                        GFP_KERNEL);
+                        pdata->base = -1;
                 }
 
                 for (addr = 0; addr < ARRAY_SIZE(pdata->chip); addr++) {