diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mmio.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mmio.c
index d9dff3dc92ae..74fdf0d87b2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mmio.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ o        `                     ~~~~\___/~~~~    ` controller in FPGA is ,.`
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 
+#include "gpiolib.h"
+
 static void bgpio_write8(void __iomem *reg, unsigned long data)
 {
 	writeb(data, reg);
@@ -614,10 +616,15 @@ int bgpio_init(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct device *dev,
 	gc->parent = dev;
 	gc->label = dev_name(dev);
 	gc->base = -1;
-	gc->ngpio = gc->bgpio_bits;
 	gc->request = bgpio_request;
 	gc->be_bits = !!(flags & BGPIOF_BIG_ENDIAN);
 
+	ret = gpiochip_get_ngpios(gc, dev);
+	if (ret)
+		gc->ngpio = gc->bgpio_bits;
+	else
+		gc->bgpio_bits = roundup_pow_of_two(round_up(gc->ngpio, 8));
+
 	ret = bgpio_setup_io(gc, dat, set, clr, flags);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 62199ec96db2..edab00c9cb3c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -700,6 +700,40 @@ void *gpiochip_get_data(struct gpio_chip *gc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_get_data);
 
+int gpiochip_get_ngpios(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct device *dev)
+{
+	u32 ngpios = gc->ngpio;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (ngpios == 0) {
+		ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "ngpios", &ngpios);
+		if (ret == -ENODATA)
+			/*
+			 * -ENODATA means that there is no property found and
+			 * we want to issue the error message to the user.
+			 * Besides that, we want to return different error code
+			 * to state that supplied value is not valid.
+			 */
+			ngpios = 0;
+		else if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		gc->ngpio = ngpios;
+	}
+
+	if (gc->ngpio == 0) {
+		chip_err(gc, "tried to insert a GPIO chip with zero lines\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (gc->ngpio > FASTPATH_NGPIO)
+		chip_warn(gc, "line cnt %u is greater than fast path cnt %u\n",
+			gc->ngpio, FASTPATH_NGPIO);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_get_ngpios);
+
 int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
 			       struct lock_class_key *lock_key,
 			       struct lock_class_key *request_key)
@@ -707,7 +741,6 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
 	struct gpio_device *gdev;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int i;
-	u32 ngpios = 0;
 	int base = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -753,36 +786,9 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
 	else
 		gdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
-	/*
-	 * Try the device properties if the driver didn't supply the number
-	 * of GPIO lines.
-	 */
-	ngpios = gc->ngpio;
-	if (ngpios == 0) {
-		ret = device_property_read_u32(&gdev->dev, "ngpios", &ngpios);
-		if (ret == -ENODATA)
-			/*
-			 * -ENODATA means that there is no property found and
-			 * we want to issue the error message to the user.
-			 * Besides that, we want to return different error code
-			 * to state that supplied value is not valid.
-			 */
-			ngpios = 0;
-		else if (ret)
-			goto err_free_dev_name;
-
-		gc->ngpio = ngpios;
-	}
-
-	if (gc->ngpio == 0) {
-		chip_err(gc, "tried to insert a GPIO chip with zero lines\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	ret = gpiochip_get_ngpios(gc, &gdev->dev);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err_free_dev_name;
-	}
-
-	if (gc->ngpio > FASTPATH_NGPIO)
-		chip_warn(gc, "line cnt %u is greater than fast path cnt %u\n",
-			  gc->ngpio, FASTPATH_NGPIO);
 
 	gdev->descs = kcalloc(gc->ngpio, sizeof(*gdev->descs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!gdev->descs) {
@@ -947,7 +953,7 @@ err_print_message:
 	/* failures here can mean systems won't boot... */
 	if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
 		pr_err("%s: GPIOs %d..%d (%s) failed to register, %d\n", __func__,
-		       base, base + (int)ngpios - 1,
+		       base, base + (int)gc->ngpio - 1,
 		       gc->label ? : "generic", ret);
 	}
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
index 7c562fbb9fb0..08e8e8274883 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ int gpiod_configure_flags(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *con_id,
 int gpio_set_debounce_timeout(struct gpio_desc *desc, unsigned int debounce);
 int gpiod_hog(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *name,
 		unsigned long lflags, enum gpiod_flags dflags);
+int gpiochip_get_ngpios(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct device *dev);
 
 /*
  * Return the GPIO number of the passed descriptor relative to its chip