diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 897d20996a8c..944aa0c1cd5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/hte.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/irqreturn.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kfifo.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/timekeeping.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ static int gpio_v2_line_config_validate(struct gpio_v2_line_config *lc,
 	if (lc->num_attrs > GPIO_V2_LINE_NUM_ATTRS_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (memchr_inv(lc->padding, 0, sizeof(lc->padding)))
+	if (!mem_is_zero(lc->padding, sizeof(lc->padding)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ static int linereq_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
 	if ((ulr.num_lines == 0) || (ulr.num_lines > GPIO_V2_LINES_MAX))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (memchr_inv(ulr.padding, 0, sizeof(ulr.padding)))
+	if (!mem_is_zero(ulr.padding, sizeof(ulr.padding)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	lc = &ulr.config;
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ static int lineinfo_get(struct gpio_chardev_data *cdev, void __user *ip,
 	if (copy_from_user(&lineinfo, ip, sizeof(lineinfo)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (memchr_inv(lineinfo.padding, 0, sizeof(lineinfo.padding)))
+	if (!mem_is_zero(lineinfo.padding, sizeof(lineinfo.padding)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	desc = gpiochip_get_desc(cdev->gdev->chip, lineinfo.offset);