diff --git a/drivers/of/gpio.c b/drivers/of/gpio.c
index 3007662..ef0105f 100644
--- a/drivers/of/gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/of/gpio.c
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
  * gpio chips. This function performs only one sanity check: whether gpio
  * is less than ngpios (that is specified in the gpio_chip).
  */
-static int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct device_node *np,
-				const void *gpio_spec, u32 *flags)
+int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct device_node *np,
+			 const void *gpio_spec, u32 *flags)
 {
 	const __be32 *gpio = gpio_spec;
 	const u32 n = be32_to_cpup(gpio);
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 
 	return n;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_gpio_simple_xlate);
 
 /**
  * of_mm_gpiochip_add - Add memory mapped GPIO chip (bank)
diff --git a/include/linux/of_gpio.h b/include/linux/of_gpio.h
index aec8025..52280a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_gpio.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_gpio.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 extern void of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc);
 extern void of_gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc);
 extern struct gpio_chip *of_node_to_gpiochip(struct device_node *np);
+extern int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct device_node *np,
+				const void *gpio_spec, u32 *flags);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_OF_GPIO */
 
@@ -72,6 +74,13 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc,
+				       struct device_node *np,
+				       const void *gpio_spec, u32 *flags)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 static inline void of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc) { }
 static inline void of_gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc) { }