diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
index 1e36ec5e2e0c..fa6e3c8823d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ void of_mm_gpiochip_remove(struct of_mm_gpio_chip *mm_gc)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_mm_gpiochip_remove);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL
-static void of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip)
+static int of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = chip->of_node;
 	struct of_phandle_args pinspec;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static void of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	struct property *group_names;
 
 	if (!np)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	group_names = of_find_property(np, group_names_propname, NULL);
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static void of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 
 		pctldev = of_pinctrl_get(pinspec.np);
 		if (!pctldev)
-			break;
+			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 		if (pinspec.args[2]) {
 			if (group_names) {
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 					pinspec.args[1],
 					pinspec.args[2]);
 			if (ret)
-				break;
+				return ret;
 		} else {
 			/* npins == 0: special range */
 			if (pinspec.args[1]) {
@@ -408,32 +408,41 @@ static void of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 			ret = gpiochip_add_pingroup_range(chip, pctldev,
 						pinspec.args[0], name);
 			if (ret)
-				break;
+				return ret;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #else
-static void of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip) {}
+static int of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
-void of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
+int of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 {
+	int status;
+
 	if ((!chip->of_node) && (chip->dev))
 		chip->of_node = chip->dev->of_node;
 
 	if (!chip->of_node)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (!chip->of_xlate) {
 		chip->of_gpio_n_cells = 2;
 		chip->of_xlate = of_gpio_simple_xlate;
 	}
 
-	of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(chip);
+	status = of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(chip);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
+
 	of_node_get(chip->of_node);
 
 	of_gpiochip_scan_hogs(chip);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void of_gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 9312bbcb19b9..1b5b8da71154 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	if (!chip->owner && chip->dev && chip->dev->driver)
 		chip->owner = chip->dev->driver->owner;
 
-	of_gpiochip_add(chip);
+	status = of_gpiochip_add(chip);
+	if (status)
+		goto err_remove_chip;
+
 	acpi_gpiochip_add(chip);
 
 	status = gpiochip_sysfs_register(chip);
diff --git a/include/linux/of_gpio.h b/include/linux/of_gpio.h
index 69dbe312b11b..f3191828f037 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_gpio.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_gpio.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ extern int of_mm_gpiochip_add(struct device_node *np,
 			      struct of_mm_gpio_chip *mm_gc);
 extern void of_mm_gpiochip_remove(struct of_mm_gpio_chip *mm_gc);
 
-extern void of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc);
+extern int of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc);
 extern void of_gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc);
 extern int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 				const struct of_phandle_args *gpiospec,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static inline int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static inline void of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc) { }
+static inline int of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc) { return 0; }
 static inline void of_gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF_GPIO */