diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-evm.c
index 62e7bc3018f0..60aec5437276 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-evm.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/mtd/rawnand.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/machine.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/videodev2.h>
 #include <media/i2c/tvp514x.h>
@@ -108,11 +109,20 @@ static struct platform_device davinci_nand_device = {
 	},
 };
 
+static struct gpiod_lookup_table i2c_recovery_gpiod_table = {
+	.dev_id = "i2c_davinci",
+	.table = {
+		GPIO_LOOKUP("davinci_gpio.0", 15, "sda",
+			    GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN),
+		GPIO_LOOKUP("davinci_gpio.0", 14, "scl",
+			    GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN),
+	},
+};
+
 static struct davinci_i2c_platform_data i2c_pdata = {
 	.bus_freq	= 400	/* kHz */,
 	.bus_delay	= 0	/* usec */,
-	.sda_pin        = 15,
-	.scl_pin        = 14,
+	.gpio_recovery	= true,
 };
 
 static int dm355evm_mmc_gpios = -EINVAL;
@@ -141,6 +151,7 @@ static struct i2c_board_info dm355evm_i2c_info[] = {
 
 static void __init evm_init_i2c(void)
 {
+	gpiod_add_lookup_table(&i2c_recovery_gpiod_table);
 	davinci_init_i2c(&i2c_pdata);
 
 	gpio_request(5, "dm355evm_msp");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
index b07c9b18d427..2efc6dbc5ac0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/machine.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/pcf857x.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/at24.h>
@@ -595,18 +596,28 @@ static struct i2c_board_info __initdata i2c_info[] =  {
 	},
 };
 
+static struct gpiod_lookup_table i2c_recovery_gpiod_table = {
+	.dev_id = "i2c_davinci",
+	.table = {
+		GPIO_LOOKUP("davinci_gpio.0", 44, "sda",
+			    GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN),
+		GPIO_LOOKUP("davinci_gpio.0", 43, "scl",
+			    GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN),
+	},
+};
+
 /* The msp430 uses a slow bitbanged I2C implementation (ergo 20 KHz),
  * which requires 100 usec of idle bus after i2c writes sent to it.
  */
 static struct davinci_i2c_platform_data i2c_pdata = {
 	.bus_freq	= 20 /* kHz */,
 	.bus_delay	= 100 /* usec */,
-	.sda_pin        = 44,
-	.scl_pin        = 43,
+	.gpio_recovery	= true,
 };
 
 static void __init evm_init_i2c(void)
 {
+	gpiod_add_lookup_table(&i2c_recovery_gpiod_table);
 	davinci_init_i2c(&i2c_pdata);
 	i2c_add_driver(&dm6446evm_msp_driver);
 	i2c_register_board_info(1, i2c_info, ARRAY_SIZE(i2c_info));
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
index 2ead9b9eebb7..5fae5daba946 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
@@ -868,10 +868,8 @@ static int davinci_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (dev->pdata->has_pfunc)
 		adap->bus_recovery_info = &davinci_i2c_scl_recovery_info;
-	else if (dev->pdata->scl_pin) {
+	else if (dev->pdata->gpio_recovery) {
 		adap->bus_recovery_info = &davinci_i2c_gpio_recovery_info;
-		adap->bus_recovery_info->scl_gpio = dev->pdata->scl_pin;
-		adap->bus_recovery_info->sda_gpio = dev->pdata->sda_pin;
 	}
 
 	adap->nr = pdev->id;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index f96830ffd9f1..f2e47ba2922f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/of_dma.h>
-#include <linux/of_gpio.h>
 #include <linux/pinctrl/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/i2c-imx.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -1006,15 +1005,8 @@ static int i2c_imx_init_recovery_info(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
 			PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT);
 	i2c_imx->pinctrl_pins_gpio = pinctrl_lookup_state(i2c_imx->pinctrl,
 			"gpio");
-	rinfo->sda_gpio = of_get_named_gpio(pdev->dev.of_node, "sda-gpios", 0);
-	rinfo->scl_gpio = of_get_named_gpio(pdev->dev.of_node, "scl-gpios", 0);
-
-	if (rinfo->sda_gpio == -EPROBE_DEFER ||
-	    rinfo->scl_gpio == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
-	} else if (!gpio_is_valid(rinfo->sda_gpio) ||
-		   !gpio_is_valid(rinfo->scl_gpio) ||
-		   IS_ERR(i2c_imx->pinctrl_pins_default) ||
+
+	if (IS_ERR(i2c_imx->pinctrl_pins_default) ||
 		   IS_ERR(i2c_imx->pinctrl_pins_gpio)) {
 		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "recovery information incomplete\n");
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 706164b4c5be..004bb83d6705 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/i2c-smbus.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
@@ -134,42 +134,45 @@ static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 /* i2c bus recovery routines */
 static int get_scl_gpio_value(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 {
-	return gpio_get_value(adap->bus_recovery_info->scl_gpio);
+	return gpiod_get_value(adap->bus_recovery_info->scl_gpio);
 }
 
 static void set_scl_gpio_value(struct i2c_adapter *adap, int val)
 {
-	gpio_set_value(adap->bus_recovery_info->scl_gpio, val);
+	gpiod_set_value(adap->bus_recovery_info->scl_gpio, val);
 }
 
 static int get_sda_gpio_value(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 {
-	return gpio_get_value(adap->bus_recovery_info->sda_gpio);
+	return gpiod_get_value(adap->bus_recovery_info->sda_gpio);
 }
 
 static int i2c_get_gpios_for_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 {
 	struct i2c_bus_recovery_info *bri = adap->bus_recovery_info;
 	struct device *dev = &adap->dev;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
-	ret = gpio_request_one(bri->scl_gpio, GPIOF_OPEN_DRAIN |
-			GPIOF_OUT_INIT_HIGH, "i2c-scl");
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_warn(dev, "Can't get SCL gpio: %d\n", bri->scl_gpio);
-		return ret;
+	bri->scl_gpio = gpiod_get(dev, "scl", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH_OPEN_DRAIN);
+	if (IS_ERR(bri->scl_gpio)) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "Can't get SCL gpio\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(bri->scl_gpio);
 	}
 
-	if (bri->get_sda) {
-		if (gpio_request_one(bri->sda_gpio, GPIOF_IN, "i2c-sda")) {
-			/* work without SDA polling */
-			dev_warn(dev, "Can't get SDA gpio: %d. Not using SDA polling\n",
-					bri->sda_gpio);
-			bri->get_sda = NULL;
+	bri->sda_gpio = gpiod_get(dev, "sda", GPIOD_IN);
+	if (IS_ERR(bri->sda_gpio)) {
+		/* Work without SDA polling */
+		bri->get_sda = NULL;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(bri->sda_gpio);
+		if (ret != -ENOENT) {
+			dev_warn(dev,
+				 "Can't get SDA gpio. Not using SDA polling\n");
 		}
+	} else {
+		bri->get_sda = get_sda_gpio_value;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void i2c_put_gpios_for_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
@@ -177,9 +180,9 @@ static void i2c_put_gpios_for_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 	struct i2c_bus_recovery_info *bri = adap->bus_recovery_info;
 
 	if (bri->get_sda)
-		gpio_free(bri->sda_gpio);
+		gpiod_put(bri->sda_gpio);
 
-	gpio_free(bri->scl_gpio);
+	gpiod_put(bri->scl_gpio);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -279,16 +282,6 @@ static void i2c_init_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 	/* Generic GPIO recovery */
 	if (bri->recover_bus == i2c_generic_gpio_recovery) {
-		if (!gpio_is_valid(bri->scl_gpio)) {
-			err_str = "invalid SCL gpio";
-			goto err;
-		}
-
-		if (gpio_is_valid(bri->sda_gpio))
-			bri->get_sda = get_sda_gpio_value;
-		else
-			bri->get_sda = NULL;
-
 		bri->get_scl = get_scl_gpio_value;
 		bri->set_scl = set_scl_gpio_value;
 	} else if (bri->recover_bus == i2c_generic_scl_recovery) {
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 0f774406fad0..e1549be3aa42 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/irqdomain.h>		/* for Host Notify IRQ */
 #include <linux/of.h>		/* for struct device_node */
 #include <linux/swab.h>		/* for swab16 */
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/i2c.h>
 
 extern struct bus_type i2c_bus_type;
@@ -497,8 +498,8 @@ struct i2c_timings {
  *	configure padmux here for SDA/SCL line or something else they want.
  * @unprepare_recovery: This will be called after completing recovery. Platform
  *	may configure padmux here for SDA/SCL line or something else they want.
- * @scl_gpio: gpio number of the SCL line. Only required for GPIO recovery.
- * @sda_gpio: gpio number of the SDA line. Only required for GPIO recovery.
+ * @scl_gpio: gpio descriptor for the SCL line. Optional for GPIO recovery.
+ * @sda_gpio: gpio descriptor for the SDA line. Optional for GPIO recovery.
  */
 struct i2c_bus_recovery_info {
 	int (*recover_bus)(struct i2c_adapter *);
@@ -511,8 +512,8 @@ struct i2c_bus_recovery_info {
 	void (*unprepare_recovery)(struct i2c_adapter *);
 
 	/* gpio recovery */
-	int scl_gpio;
-	int sda_gpio;
+	struct gpio_desc *scl_gpio;
+	struct gpio_desc *sda_gpio;
 };
 
 int i2c_recover_bus(struct i2c_adapter *adap);
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/i2c-davinci.h b/include/linux/platform_data/i2c-davinci.h
index 89fd34727a24..98967df07468 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/i2c-davinci.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/i2c-davinci.h
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 struct davinci_i2c_platform_data {
 	unsigned int	bus_freq;	/* standard bus frequency (kHz) */
 	unsigned int	bus_delay;	/* post-transaction delay (usec) */
-	unsigned int    sda_pin;        /* GPIO pin ID to use for SDA */
-	unsigned int    scl_pin;        /* GPIO pin ID to use for SCL */
-	bool		has_pfunc;	/*chip has a ICPFUNC register */
+	bool		gpio_recovery;	/* Use GPIO recovery method */
+	bool		has_pfunc;	/* Chip has a ICPFUNC register */
 };
 
 /* for board setup code */
