diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa27x.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa27x.c
index ff6361979038..49c677f2dac1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa27x.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa27x.c
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ static int __init pxa27x_init(void)
 
 		if (!of_have_populated_dt()) {
 			software_node_register(&pxa2xx_gpiochip_node);
+			pxa27x_device_gpio.dev.fwnode = software_node_fwnode(
+								&pxa2xx_gpiochip_node);
+
 			pxa2xx_set_dmac_info(&pxa27x_dma_pdata);
 			ret = platform_add_devices(devices,
 						   ARRAY_SIZE(devices));