--- a/arch/mips/defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/defconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
+CONFIG_GENERIC_GPIO=n
 CONFIG_SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER=y
 # CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ is not set
 CONFIG_ARC=y
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -704,6 +704,10 @@
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config GENERIC_GPIO
+	bool
+	default n
+
 config SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
 	bool
 	default y
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-mips/gpio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_MIPS_GPIO_H
+#define _ASM_MIPS_GPIO_H
+
+#include <gpio.h>
+
+#endif /* _ASM_MIPS_GPIO_H */