diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 58196be52b1ef..5acff8db51361 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -457,6 +457,12 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
 	if (lflags & ~GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_VALID_FLAGS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* OPEN_DRAIN and OPEN_SOURCE flags only make sense for output mode. */
+	if (!(lflags & GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_OUTPUT) &&
+	    ((lflags & GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_OPEN_DRAIN) ||
+	     (lflags & GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_OPEN_SOURCE)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	lh = kzalloc(sizeof(*lh), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lh)
 		return -ENOMEM;