diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
index 5d163c0..7629b4f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
@@ -351,7 +351,10 @@
 {
 	struct davinci_gpio_controller *d = chip2controller(chip);
 
-	return irq_create_mapping(d->irq_domain, d->chip.base + offset);
+	if (d->irq_domain)
+		return irq_create_mapping(d->irq_domain, d->chip.base + offset);
+	else
+		return -ENXIO;
 }
 
 static int gpio_to_irq_unbanked(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
@@ -429,7 +432,7 @@
 	struct davinci_gpio_controller *chips = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct davinci_gpio_platform_data *pdata = dev->platform_data;
 	struct davinci_gpio_regs __iomem *g;
-	struct irq_domain	*irq_domain;
+	struct irq_domain	*irq_domain = NULL;
 
 	ngpio = pdata->ngpio;
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IRQ, 0);
@@ -453,18 +456,20 @@
 	}
 	clk_prepare_enable(clk);
 
-	irq = irq_alloc_descs(-1, 0, ngpio, 0);
-	if (irq < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't allocate IRQ numbers\n");
-		return irq;
-	}
+	if (!pdata->gpio_unbanked) {
+		irq = irq_alloc_descs(-1, 0, ngpio, 0);
+		if (irq < 0) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Couldn't allocate IRQ numbers\n");
+			return irq;
+		}
 
-	irq_domain = irq_domain_add_legacy(NULL, ngpio, irq, 0,
-						&davinci_gpio_irq_ops,
-						chips);
-	if (!irq_domain) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't register an IRQ domain\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		irq_domain = irq_domain_add_legacy(NULL, ngpio, irq, 0,
+							&davinci_gpio_irq_ops,
+							chips);
+		if (!irq_domain) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Couldn't register an IRQ domain\n");
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -475,8 +480,7 @@
 	 */
 	for (gpio = 0, bank = 0; gpio < ngpio; bank++, gpio += 32) {
 		chips[bank].chip.to_irq = gpio_to_irq_banked;
-		if (!pdata->gpio_unbanked)
-			chips[bank].irq_domain = irq_domain;
+		chips[bank].irq_domain = irq_domain;
 	}
 
 	/*