diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c
index 1ead1290eb3f..69c219742083 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@ static int gpio_regmap_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 	return gpio_regmap_set_direction(chip, offset, true);
 }
 
-void gpio_regmap_set_drvdata(struct gpio_regmap *gpio, void *data)
-{
-	gpio->driver_data = data;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_regmap_set_drvdata);
-
 void *gpio_regmap_get_drvdata(struct gpio_regmap *gpio)
 {
 	return gpio->driver_data;
@@ -226,6 +220,7 @@ struct gpio_regmap *gpio_regmap_register(const struct gpio_regmap_config *config
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	gpio->parent = config->parent;
+	gpio->driver_data = config->drvdata;
 	gpio->regmap = config->regmap;
 	gpio->ngpio_per_reg = config->ngpio_per_reg;
 	gpio->reg_stride = config->reg_stride;
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h b/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h
index 334dd928042b..a9f7b7faf57b 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ struct regmap;
  *			offset to a register/bitmask pair. If not
  *			given the default gpio_regmap_simple_xlate()
  *			is used.
+ * @drvdata:		(Optional) Pointer to driver specific data which is
+ *			not used by gpio-remap but is provided "as is" to the
+ *			driver callback(s).
  *
  * The ->reg_mask_xlate translates a given base address and GPIO offset to
  * register and mask pair. The base address is one of the given register
@@ -78,13 +81,14 @@ struct gpio_regmap_config {
 	int (*reg_mask_xlate)(struct gpio_regmap *gpio, unsigned int base,
 			      unsigned int offset, unsigned int *reg,
 			      unsigned int *mask);
+
+	void *drvdata;
 };
 
 struct gpio_regmap *gpio_regmap_register(const struct gpio_regmap_config *config);
 void gpio_regmap_unregister(struct gpio_regmap *gpio);
 struct gpio_regmap *devm_gpio_regmap_register(struct device *dev,
 					      const struct gpio_regmap_config *config);
-void gpio_regmap_set_drvdata(struct gpio_regmap *gpio, void *data);
 void *gpio_regmap_get_drvdata(struct gpio_regmap *gpio);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_GPIO_REGMAP_H */