diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 2ba6127c4fae5f2c7dcc8af3b39d021cc7a25c95..24c62b848bf976dea7eabd0c48684e561d0d29cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct gpio_desc {
 /* flag symbols are bit numbers */
 #define FLAG_REQUESTED	0
 #define FLAG_IS_OUT	1
+#define FLAG_RESERVED	2
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	const char		*label;
@@ -88,9 +89,10 @@ static int gpiochip_find_base(int ngpio)
 	int base = -ENOSPC;
 
 	for (i = ARCH_NR_GPIOS - 1; i >= 0 ; i--) {
-		struct gpio_chip *chip = gpio_desc[i].chip;
+		struct gpio_desc *desc = &gpio_desc[i];
+		struct gpio_chip *chip = desc->chip;
 
-		if (!chip) {
+		if (!chip && !test_bit(FLAG_RESERVED, &desc->flags)) {
 			spare++;
 			if (spare == ngpio) {
 				base = i;
@@ -98,7 +100,8 @@ static int gpiochip_find_base(int ngpio)
 			}
 		} else {
 			spare = 0;
-			i -= chip->ngpio - 1;
+			if (chip)
+				i -= chip->ngpio - 1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -107,6 +110,47 @@ static int gpiochip_find_base(int ngpio)
 	return base;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gpiochip_reserve() - reserve range of gpios to use with platform code only
+ * @start: starting gpio number
+ * @ngpio: number of gpios to reserve
+ * Context: platform init, potentially before irqs or kmalloc will work
+ *
+ * Returns a negative errno if any gpio within the range is already reserved
+ * or registered, else returns zero as a success code.  Use this function
+ * to mark a range of gpios as unavailable for dynamic gpio number allocation,
+ * for example because its driver support is not yet loaded.
+ */
+int __init gpiochip_reserve(int start, int ngpio)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!gpio_is_valid(start) || !gpio_is_valid(start + ngpio))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
+
+	for (i = start; i < start + ngpio; i++) {
+		struct gpio_desc *desc = &gpio_desc[i];
+
+		if (desc->chip || test_bit(FLAG_RESERVED, &desc->flags)) {
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		set_bit(FLAG_RESERVED, &desc->flags);
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("%s: reserved gpios from %d to %d\n",
+		 __func__, start, start + ngpio - 1);
+err:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gpio_lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * gpiochip_add() - register a gpio_chip
  * @chip: the chip to register, with chip->base initialized
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
index 464c5b334dc27695ae8511991d871a6affce6e96..ecf675a59d2197d00f934aa89f4506028a725839 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct gpio_chip {
 
 extern const char *gpiochip_is_requested(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 			unsigned offset);
+extern int __init __must_check gpiochip_reserve(int start, int ngpio);
 
 /* add/remove chips */
 extern int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip);