diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
index 8ff225bb1e46..e07ab233e783 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,14 @@ static void gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, int value)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bank->lock, flags);
 }
 
+static int gpio_2irq(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
+{
+	struct gpio_bank *bank;
+
+	bank = container_of(chip, struct gpio_bank, chip);
+	return bank->virtual_irq_start + offset;
+}
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 static int initialized;
@@ -1480,6 +1488,7 @@ static int __init _omap_gpio_init(void)
 		bank->chip.get = gpio_get;
 		bank->chip.direction_output = gpio_output;
 		bank->chip.set = gpio_set;
+		bank->chip.to_irq = gpio_2irq;
 		if (bank_is_mpuio(bank)) {
 			bank->chip.label = "mpuio";
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP16XX
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/gpio.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/gpio.h
index 98e9008b7e9d..5f996f350c84 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/gpio.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/gpio.h
@@ -109,16 +109,24 @@ static inline int gpio_cansleep(unsigned gpio)
 
 static inline int gpio_to_irq(unsigned gpio)
 {
-	if (gpio < (OMAP_MAX_GPIO_LINES + 16))
-		return OMAP_GPIO_IRQ(gpio);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return __gpio_to_irq(gpio);
 }
 
 static inline int irq_to_gpio(unsigned irq)
 {
+	int tmp;
+
+	/* omap1 SOC mpuio */
 	if (cpu_class_is_omap1() && (irq < (IH_MPUIO_BASE + 16)))
 		return (irq - IH_MPUIO_BASE) + OMAP_MAX_GPIO_LINES;
-	return irq - IH_GPIO_BASE;
+
+	/* SOC gpio */
+	tmp = irq - IH_GPIO_BASE;
+	if (tmp < OMAP_MAX_GPIO_LINES)
+		return tmp;
+
+	/* we don't supply reverse mappings for non-SOC gpios */
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 #endif