diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 333310034d08..265829c1f1ab 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 03b562d7859c6d7c640f071b422d521146471d6d
+refs/heads/master: e68273baf30390e9c907831b47384085c7f664d5
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c b/trunk/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c
index e94903b2c65b..94ccf464677b 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ void __init omap_ads7846_init(int bus_num, int gpio_pendown, int gpio_debounce,
 	struct spi_board_info *spi_bi = &ads7846_spi_board_info;
 	int err;
 
-	err = gpio_request(gpio_pendown, "TS PenDown");
-	if (err) {
-		pr_err("Could not obtain gpio for TS PenDown: %d\n", err);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	gpio_direction_input(gpio_pendown);
-	gpio_export(gpio_pendown, 0);
+	if (board_pdata && board_pdata->get_pendown_state) {
+		err = gpio_request_one(gpio_pendown, GPIOF_IN, "TSPenDown");
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("Couldn't obtain gpio for TSPenDown: %d\n", err);
+			return;
+		}
+		gpio_export(gpio_pendown, 0);
 
-	if (gpio_debounce)
-		gpio_set_debounce(gpio_pendown, gpio_debounce);
+		if (gpio_debounce)
+			gpio_set_debounce(gpio_pendown, gpio_debounce);
+	}
 
 	ads7846_config.gpio_pendown = gpio_pendown;