diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
index 89675f862308..f319c9ffd4a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
@@ -514,6 +514,14 @@ static int gpio_irq_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned type)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	retval = gpio_lock_as_irq(&bank->chip, offset);
+	if (retval) {
+		dev_err(bank->dev, "unable to lock offset %d for IRQ\n",
+			offset);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bank->lock, flags);
+		return retval;
+	}
+
 	bank->irq_usage |= 1 << GPIO_INDEX(bank, gpio);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bank->lock, flags);
 
@@ -797,6 +805,7 @@ static void gpio_irq_shutdown(struct irq_data *d)
 	unsigned offset = GPIO_INDEX(bank, gpio);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&bank->lock, flags);
+	gpio_unlock_as_irq(&bank->chip, offset);
 	bank->irq_usage &= ~(1 << offset);
 	_disable_gpio_module(bank, offset);
 	_reset_gpio(bank, gpio);
@@ -957,22 +966,13 @@ static int gpio_output(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, int value)
 {
 	struct gpio_bank *bank;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int retval = 0;
 
 	bank = container_of(chip, struct gpio_bank, chip);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&bank->lock, flags);
-
-	if (LINE_USED(bank->irq_usage, offset)) {
-			retval = -EINVAL;
-			goto exit;
-	}
-
 	bank->set_dataout(bank, offset, value);
 	_set_gpio_direction(bank, offset, 0);
-
-exit:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bank->lock, flags);
-	return retval;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int gpio_debounce(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,