diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-syscon.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-syscon.c
index 2512acd99027..8b0a69c5ba88 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-syscon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-syscon.c
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ static int syscon_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	} else {
 		priv->syscon =
 			syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(np, "gpio,syscon-dev");
+		if (IS_ERR(priv->syscon) && np->parent)
+			priv->syscon = syscon_node_to_regmap(np->parent);
 		if (IS_ERR(priv->syscon))
 			return PTR_ERR(priv->syscon);