diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
index 1745ce5..333297c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/acpi_gpio.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -33,14 +33,15 @@ static int acpi_gpiochip_find(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data)
 }
 
 /**
- * acpi_get_gpio() - Translate ACPI GPIO pin to GPIO number usable with GPIO API
+ * acpi_get_gpiod() - Translate ACPI GPIO pin to GPIO descriptor usable with GPIO API
  * @path:	ACPI GPIO controller full path name, (e.g. "\\_SB.GPO1")
  * @pin:	ACPI GPIO pin number (0-based, controller-relative)
  *
- * Returns GPIO number to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or errno error value
+ * Returns GPIO descriptor to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or ERR_PTR
+ * error value
  */
 
-int acpi_get_gpio(char *path, int pin)
+struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod(char *path, int pin)
 {
 	struct gpio_chip *chip;
 	acpi_handle handle;
@@ -48,18 +49,15 @@ int acpi_get_gpio(char *path, int pin)
 
 	status = acpi_get_handle(NULL, path, &handle);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	chip = gpiochip_find(handle, acpi_gpiochip_find);
 	if (!chip)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
-	if (!gpio_is_valid(chip->base + pin))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	return chip->base + pin;
+	return gpio_to_desc(chip->base + pin);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_get_gpio);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_get_gpiod);
 
 static irqreturn_t acpi_gpio_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
 {
@@ -235,7 +233,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_gpiochip_free_interrupts);
 struct acpi_gpio_lookup {
 	struct acpi_gpio_info info;
 	int index;
-	int gpio;
+	struct gpio_desc *desc;
 	int n;
 };
 
@@ -246,11 +244,11 @@ static int acpi_find_gpio(struct acpi_resource *ares, void *data)
 	if (ares->type != ACPI_RESOURCE_TYPE_GPIO)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (lookup->n++ == lookup->index && lookup->gpio < 0) {
+	if (lookup->n++ == lookup->index && !lookup->desc) {
 		const struct acpi_resource_gpio *agpio = &ares->data.gpio;
 
-		lookup->gpio = acpi_get_gpio(agpio->resource_source.string_ptr,
-					     agpio->pin_table[0]);
+		lookup->desc = acpi_get_gpiod(agpio->resource_source.string_ptr,
+					      agpio->pin_table[0]);
 		lookup->info.gpioint =
 			agpio->connection_type == ACPI_RESOURCE_GPIO_TYPE_INT;
 	}
@@ -259,24 +257,24 @@ static int acpi_find_gpio(struct acpi_resource *ares, void *data)
 }
 
 /**
- * acpi_get_gpio_by_index() - get a GPIO number from device resources
+ * acpi_get_gpiod_by_index() - get a GPIO descriptor from device resources
  * @dev: pointer to a device to get GPIO from
  * @index: index of GpioIo/GpioInt resource (starting from %0)
  * @info: info pointer to fill in (optional)
  *
  * Function goes through ACPI resources for @dev and based on @index looks
- * up a GpioIo/GpioInt resource, translates it to the Linux GPIO number,
+ * up a GpioIo/GpioInt resource, translates it to the Linux GPIO descriptor,
  * and returns it. @index matches GpioIo/GpioInt resources only so if there
  * are total %3 GPIO resources, the index goes from %0 to %2.
  *
- * If the GPIO cannot be translated or there is an error, negative errno is
+ * If the GPIO cannot be translated or there is an error an ERR_PTR is
  * returned.
  *
  * Note: if the GPIO resource has multiple entries in the pin list, this
  * function only returns the first.
  */
-int acpi_get_gpio_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
-			   struct acpi_gpio_info *info)
+struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
+					  struct acpi_gpio_info *info)
 {
 	struct acpi_gpio_lookup lookup;
 	struct list_head resource_list;
@@ -285,27 +283,26 @@ int acpi_get_gpio_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!dev)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	handle = ACPI_HANDLE(dev);
 	if (!handle || acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &adev))
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	memset(&lookup, 0, sizeof(lookup));
 	lookup.index = index;
-	lookup.gpio = -ENODEV;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resource_list);
 	ret = acpi_dev_get_resources(adev, &resource_list, acpi_find_gpio,
 				     &lookup);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);
 
-	if (lookup.gpio >= 0 && info)
+	if (lookup.desc && info)
 		*info = lookup.info;
 
-	return lookup.gpio;
+	return lookup.desc ? lookup.desc : ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_get_gpio_by_index);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_get_gpiod_by_index);
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi_gpio.h b/include/linux/acpi_gpio.h
index 4c120a1..bbfa83a 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi_gpio.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi_gpio.h
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 #define _LINUX_ACPI_GPIO_H_
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 
 /**
  * struct acpi_gpio_info - ACPI GPIO specific information
@@ -15,23 +17,24 @@ struct acpi_gpio_info {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GPIO_ACPI
 
-int acpi_get_gpio(char *path, int pin);
-int acpi_get_gpio_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
-			   struct acpi_gpio_info *info);
+struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod(char *path, int pin);
+struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
+					  struct acpi_gpio_info *info);
 void acpi_gpiochip_request_interrupts(struct gpio_chip *chip);
 void acpi_gpiochip_free_interrupts(struct gpio_chip *chip);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_GPIO_ACPI */
 
-static inline int acpi_get_gpio(char *path, int pin)
+static inline struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod(char *path, int pin)
 {
-	return -ENODEV;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 }
 
-static inline int acpi_get_gpio_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
-					 struct acpi_gpio_info *info)
+static inline struct gpio_desc *
+acpi_get_gpiod_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
+			struct acpi_gpio_info *info)
 {
-	return -ENODEV;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 }
 
 static inline void acpi_gpiochip_request_interrupts(struct gpio_chip *chip) { }
@@ -39,4 +42,23 @@ static inline void acpi_gpiochip_free_interrupts(struct gpio_chip *chip) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_GPIO_ACPI */
 
+static inline int acpi_get_gpio(char *path, int pin)
+{
+	struct gpio_desc *desc = acpi_get_gpiod(path, pin);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(desc))
+		return PTR_ERR(desc);
+	return desc_to_gpio(desc);
+}
+
+static inline int acpi_get_gpio_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
+					 struct acpi_gpio_info *info)
+{
+	struct gpio_desc *desc = acpi_get_gpiod_by_index(dev, index, info);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(desc))
+		return PTR_ERR(desc);
+	return desc_to_gpio(desc);
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_ACPI_GPIO_H_ */
