diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
index ff213e70fa5a..4fbc208c32cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,6 @@ static int __devinit omap_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	bank->is_mpuio = pdata->is_mpuio;
 	bank->non_wakeup_gpios = pdata->non_wakeup_gpios;
 	bank->loses_context = pdata->loses_context;
-	bank->get_context_loss_count = pdata->get_context_loss_count;
 	bank->regs = pdata->regs;
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_GPIO
 	bank->chip.of_node = of_node_get(node);
@@ -1145,6 +1144,9 @@ static int __devinit omap_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	omap_gpio_chip_init(bank);
 	omap_gpio_show_rev(bank);
 
+	if (bank->loses_context)
+		bank->get_context_loss_count = pdata->get_context_loss_count;
+
 	pm_runtime_put(bank->dev);
 
 	list_add_tail(&bank->node, &omap_gpio_list);