diff --git a/include/linux/of_gpio.h b/include/linux/of_gpio.h
index 87d6d1632dd4..bb85a8eeba6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_gpio.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_gpio.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ extern int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 static inline int of_get_named_gpio_flags(struct device_node *np,
 		const char *list_name, int index, enum of_gpio_flags *flags)
 {
+	if (flags)
+		*flags = 0;
+
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }