diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
index c889f3166205b..cd007a67b3021 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static int davinci_gpio_of_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int i, base;
-	unsigned ngpio;
+	unsigned ngpio, nbank;
 	struct davinci_gpio_controller *chips;
 	struct davinci_gpio_platform_data *pdata;
 	struct davinci_gpio_regs __iomem *regs;
@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (WARN_ON(ARCH_NR_GPIOS < ngpio))
 		ngpio = ARCH_NR_GPIOS;
 
+	nbank = DIV_ROUND_UP(ngpio, 32);
 	chips = devm_kzalloc(dev,
-			     ngpio * sizeof(struct davinci_gpio_controller),
+			     nbank * sizeof(struct davinci_gpio_controller),
 			     GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!chips)
 		return -ENOMEM;