diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 1cd8fc903387..2a568e384fd8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ config MIPS_ALCHEMY
 	select CSRC_R4K
 	select IRQ_MIPS_CPU
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT		# Au1000,1500,1100 aren't, rest is
+	select GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB_LEGACY
 	select MIPS_FIXUP_BIGPHYS_ADDR if PCI
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
@@ -307,6 +309,7 @@ config BCM47XX
 	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	select USE_GENERIC_EARLY_PRINTK_8250
 	select GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB_LEGACY
 	select LEDS_GPIO_REGISTER
 	select BCM47XX_NVRAM
 	select BCM47XX_SPROM
@@ -330,6 +333,7 @@ config BCM63XX
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_BMIPS4380
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB_LEGACY
 	select MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_4
 	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	help
@@ -999,6 +1003,7 @@ config MIKROTIK_RB532
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select BOOT_RAW
 	select GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB_LEGACY
 	select MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_4
 	help
 	  Support the Mikrotik(tm) RouterBoard 532 series,
diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/Kconfig b/arch/mips/alchemy/Kconfig
index 6ca81e1bd35c..cf5ad52c0a0f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config MIPS_MTX1
 
 config MIPS_DB1XXX
 	bool "Alchemy DB1XXX / PB1XXX boards"
-	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_PCI
 	select HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
diff --git a/arch/mips/txx9/Kconfig b/arch/mips/txx9/Kconfig
index 7335efa4d528..92b759a434c0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/txx9/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/txx9/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ config SOC_TX4927
 	select IRQ_TXX9
 	select PCI_TX4927
 	select GPIO_TXX9
+	select GPIOLIB_LEGACY
 
 config SOC_TX4938
 	bool