diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 06dce16e22bb..70f0dedca59f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1675,7 +1675,8 @@ static void gpiochip_set_cascaded_irqchip(struct gpio_chip *gpiochip,
 		irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(parent_irq, parent_handler,
 						 gpiochip);
 
-		gpiochip->irq.parents = &parent_irq;
+		gpiochip->irq.parent_irq = parent_irq;
+		gpiochip->irq.parents = &gpiochip->irq.parent_irq;
 		gpiochip->irq.num_parents = 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index 5382b5183b7e..82a953ec5ef0 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ struct gpio_irq_chip {
 	 */
 	unsigned int num_parents;
 
+	/**
+	 * @parent_irq:
+	 *
+	 * For use by gpiochip_set_cascaded_irqchip()
+	 */
+	unsigned int parent_irq;
+
 	/**
 	 * @parents:
 	 *