diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-samsung.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-samsung.c
index b6be77a..c87b65a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-samsung.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-samsung.c
@@ -914,6 +914,10 @@
 	struct gpio_chip *gc = &chip->chip;
 
 	for (i = 0 ; i < nr_chips; i++, chip++) {
+		/* skip banks not present on SoC */
+		if (chip->chip.base >= S3C_GPIO_END)
+			continue;
+
 		if (!chip->config)
 			chip->config = &s3c24xx_gpiocfg_default;
 		if (!chip->pm)