diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
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+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
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+/*
+ * ACPI helpers for GPIO API
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012, Intel Corporation
+ * Authors: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
+ *          Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/acpi_gpio.h>
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
+
+static int acpi_gpiochip_find(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data)
+{
+	if (!gc->dev)
+		return false;
+
+	return ACPI_HANDLE(gc->dev) == data;
+}
+
+/**
+ * acpi_get_gpio() - Translate ACPI GPIO pin to GPIO number 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
+ */
+
+int acpi_get_gpio(char *path, int pin)
+{
+	struct gpio_chip *chip;
+	acpi_handle handle;
+	acpi_status status;
+
+	status = acpi_get_handle(NULL, path, &handle);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	chip = gpiochip_find(handle, acpi_gpiochip_find);
+	if (!chip)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (!gpio_is_valid(chip->base + pin))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return chip->base + pin;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_get_gpio);