diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/gpio.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/gpio.c
index 8e210f8a3b6c..1b5a1b134596 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/gpio.c
@@ -201,18 +201,17 @@ struct qe_pin {
 /**
  * qe_pin_request - Request a QE pin
  * @dev:	device to get the pin from
- * @index:	index of the pin in the device tree
+ * @gpiod:	GPIO descriptor associated with this pin
  * Context:	non-atomic
  *
  * This function return qe_pin so that you could use it with the rest of
  * the QE Pin Multiplexing API.
  */
-struct qe_pin *qe_pin_request(struct device *dev, int index)
+struct qe_pin *qe_pin_request(struct device *dev, struct gpio_desc *gpiod)
 {
+	struct gpio_device *gdev;
 	struct qe_pin *qe_pin;
 	struct gpio_chip *gc;
-	struct gpio_desc *gpiod;
-	int gpio_num;
 	int err;
 
 	qe_pin = kzalloc_obj(*qe_pin);
@@ -221,34 +220,20 @@ struct qe_pin *qe_pin_request(struct device *dev, int index)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Request gpio as nonexclusive as it was likely reserved by the
-	 * caller, and we are not planning on controlling it, we only need
-	 * the descriptor to the to the gpio chip structure.
-	 */
-	gpiod = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, index,
-			        GPIOD_ASIS | GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_NONEXCLUSIVE);
-	err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(gpiod);
-	if (err)
-		goto err0;
-
-	gc = gpiod_to_chip(gpiod);
-	gpio_num = desc_to_gpio(gpiod);
-	/* We no longer need this descriptor */
-	gpiod_put(gpiod);
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!gc)) {
+	gdev = gpiod_to_gpio_device(gpiod);
+	if (WARN_ON(!gdev)) {
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto err0;
 	}
 
+	gc = gpio_device_get_chip(gdev);
 	qe_pin->controller = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: this gets the local offset on the gpio_chip so that the driver
 	 * can manipulate pin control settings through its custom API. The real
 	 * solution is to create a real pin control driver for this.
 	 */
-	qe_pin->num = gpio_num - gc->base;
+	qe_pin->num = desc_to_gpio(gpiod) - gc->base;
 
 	if (!fwnode_device_is_compatible(gc->fwnode, "fsl,mpc8323-qe-pario-bank")) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: tried to get a non-qe pin\n", __func__);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c
index 71e785f445a3..d572f0c1dffa 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static int of_fhci_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	}
 
 	for (j = 0; j < NUM_PINS; j++) {
-		fhci->pins[j] = qe_pin_request(dev, j);
+		fhci->pins[j] = qe_pin_request(dev, fhci->gpiods[j]);
 		if (IS_ERR(fhci->pins[j])) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(fhci->pins[j]);
 			dev_err(dev, "can't get pin %d: %d\n", j, ret);
diff --git a/include/soc/fsl/qe/qe.h b/include/soc/fsl/qe/qe.h
index 8f967d15e479..7f0e4165c3b0 100644
--- a/include/soc/fsl/qe/qe.h
+++ b/include/soc/fsl/qe/qe.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 struct device;
+struct gpio_desc;
 
 #define QE_NUM_OF_SNUM	256	/* There are 256 serial number in QE */
 #define QE_NUM_OF_BRGS	16
@@ -193,12 +194,13 @@ static inline int par_io_data_set(u8 port, u8 pin, u8 val) { return -ENOSYS; }
  */
 struct qe_pin;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QE_GPIO
-extern struct qe_pin *qe_pin_request(struct device *dev, int index);
+extern struct qe_pin *qe_pin_request(struct device *dev, struct gpio_desc *gpiod);
 extern void qe_pin_free(struct qe_pin *qe_pin);
 extern void qe_pin_set_gpio(struct qe_pin *qe_pin);
 extern void qe_pin_set_dedicated(struct qe_pin *pin);
 #else
-static inline struct qe_pin *qe_pin_request(struct device *dev, int index)
+static inline struct qe_pin *
+qe_pin_request(struct device *dev, struct gpio_desc *gpiod)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 }