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diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
index e443c1023a37..b3c2db6eba80 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#define GPIOCHIP_NAME "gpiochip"
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@
* @list: links gpio_device:s together for traversal
* @notifier: used to notify subscribers about lines being requested, released
* or reconfigured
+ * @sem: protects the structure from a NULL-pointer dereference of @chip by
+ * user-space operations when the device gets unregistered during
+ * a hot-unplug event
* @pin_ranges: range of pins served by the GPIO driver
*
* This state container holds most of the runtime variable data
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ struct gpio_device {
void *data;
struct list_head list;
struct blocking_notifier_head notifier;
+ struct rw_semaphore sem;
#ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL
/*