diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
index 5c1564fcc24e..bdb29e51b417 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	chips->chip.set = davinci_gpio_set;
 
 	chips->chip.ngpio = ngpio;
-	chips->chip.base = -1;
+	chips->chip.base = pdata->no_auto_base ? pdata->base : -1;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_GPIO
 	chips->chip.of_gpio_n_cells = 2;
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/gpio-davinci.h b/include/linux/platform_data/gpio-davinci.h
index f92a47e18034..a93841bfb9f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/gpio-davinci.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/gpio-davinci.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #define __DAVINCI_GPIO_PLATFORM_H
 
 struct davinci_gpio_platform_data {
+	bool	no_auto_base;
+	u32	base;
 	u32	ngpio;
 	u32	gpio_unbanked;
 };