diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa25x.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa25x.c
index 70509a599814..a4e878be004a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa25x.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa25x.c
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ static int __init pxa25x_init(void)
 
 		if (!of_have_populated_dt()) {
 			software_node_register(&pxa2xx_gpiochip_node);
+			pxa25x_device_gpio.dev.fwnode = software_node_fwnode(
+								&pxa2xx_gpiochip_node);
+
 			pxa2xx_set_dmac_info(&pxa25x_dma_pdata);
 			ret = platform_add_devices(pxa25x_devices,
 						   ARRAY_SIZE(pxa25x_devices));