diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e063d34..003b7d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1565,6 +1565,15 @@
 	  accounting to be spread across the timer interval, preventing a
 	  "thundering herd" at every timer tick.
 
+config ARCH_NR_GPIO
+	int
+	default 1024 if ARCH_TEGRA
+	default 0
+	help
+	  Maximum number of GPIOs in the system.
+
+	  If unsure, leave the default value.
+
 source kernel/Kconfig.preempt
 
 config HZ
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h
index 11ad0bf..7151753 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _ARCH_ARM_GPIO_H
 #define _ARCH_ARM_GPIO_H
 
+#if CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO > 0
+#define ARCH_NR_GPIO CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO
+#endif
+
 /* not all ARM platforms necessarily support this API ... */
 #include <mach/gpio.h>