diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 1a8c18cbf201a0053b3163872a26ac77b489be85..8a29404985f17fda266c03c42c02671c496f3d3f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ struct gpio_desc {
 #define FLAG_TRIG_RISE	6	/* trigger on rising edge */
 #define FLAG_ACTIVE_LOW	7	/* sysfs value has active low */
 
-#define PDESC_ID_SHIFT	16	/* add new flags before this one */
+#define ID_SHIFT	16	/* add new flags before this one */
 
-#define GPIO_FLAGS_MASK		((1 << PDESC_ID_SHIFT) - 1)
+#define GPIO_FLAGS_MASK		((1 << ID_SHIFT) - 1)
 #define GPIO_TRIGGER_MASK	(BIT(FLAG_TRIG_FALL) | BIT(FLAG_TRIG_RISE))
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
@@ -69,12 +69,7 @@ struct gpio_desc {
 static struct gpio_desc gpio_desc[ARCH_NR_GPIOS];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS
-struct poll_desc {
-	struct work_struct	work;
-	struct sysfs_dirent	*value_sd;
-};
-
-static struct idr pdesc_idr;
+static DEFINE_IDR(dirent_idr);
 #endif
 
 static inline void desc_set_label(struct gpio_desc *d, const char *label)
@@ -325,24 +320,16 @@ static const DEVICE_ATTR(value, 0644,
 
 static irqreturn_t gpio_sysfs_irq(int irq, void *priv)
 {
-	struct work_struct	*work = priv;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	*value_sd = priv;
 
-	schedule_work(work);
+	sysfs_notify_dirent(value_sd);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static void gpio_notify_sysfs(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct poll_desc	*pdesc;
-
-	pdesc = container_of(work, struct poll_desc, work);
-	sysfs_notify_dirent(pdesc->value_sd);
-}
-
 static int gpio_setup_irq(struct gpio_desc *desc, struct device *dev,
 		unsigned long gpio_flags)
 {
-	struct poll_desc	*pdesc;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	*value_sd;
 	unsigned long		irq_flags;
 	int			ret, irq, id;
 
@@ -353,18 +340,16 @@ static int gpio_setup_irq(struct gpio_desc *desc, struct device *dev,
 	if (irq < 0)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	id = desc->flags >> PDESC_ID_SHIFT;
-	pdesc = idr_find(&pdesc_idr, id);
-	if (pdesc) {
-		free_irq(irq, &pdesc->work);
-		cancel_work_sync(&pdesc->work);
-	}
+	id = desc->flags >> ID_SHIFT;
+	value_sd = idr_find(&dirent_idr, id);
+	if (value_sd)
+		free_irq(irq, value_sd);
 
 	desc->flags &= ~GPIO_TRIGGER_MASK;
 
 	if (!gpio_flags) {
 		ret = 0;
-		goto free_sd;
+		goto free_id;
 	}
 
 	irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
@@ -375,55 +360,46 @@ static int gpio_setup_irq(struct gpio_desc *desc, struct device *dev,
 		irq_flags |= test_bit(FLAG_ACTIVE_LOW, &desc->flags) ?
 			IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING : IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING;
 
-	if (!pdesc) {
-		pdesc = kmalloc(sizeof(*pdesc), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pdesc) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!value_sd) {
+		value_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dev->kobj.sd, NULL, "value");
+		if (!value_sd) {
+			ret = -ENODEV;
 			goto err_out;
 		}
 
 		do {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			if (idr_pre_get(&pdesc_idr, GFP_KERNEL))
-				ret = idr_get_new_above(&pdesc_idr,
-						pdesc, 1, &id);
+			if (idr_pre_get(&dirent_idr, GFP_KERNEL))
+				ret = idr_get_new_above(&dirent_idr, value_sd,
+							1, &id);
 		} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
 
 		if (ret)
-			goto free_mem;
+			goto free_sd;
 
 		desc->flags &= GPIO_FLAGS_MASK;
-		desc->flags |= (unsigned long)id << PDESC_ID_SHIFT;
+		desc->flags |= (unsigned long)id << ID_SHIFT;
 
-		if (desc->flags >> PDESC_ID_SHIFT != id) {
+		if (desc->flags >> ID_SHIFT != id) {
 			ret = -ERANGE;
 			goto free_id;
 		}
-
-		pdesc->value_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dev->kobj.sd, NULL, "value");
-		if (!pdesc->value_sd) {
-			ret = -ENODEV;
-			goto free_id;
-		}
-		INIT_WORK(&pdesc->work, gpio_notify_sysfs);
 	}
 
 	ret = request_irq(irq, gpio_sysfs_irq, irq_flags,
-			"gpiolib", &pdesc->work);
+				"gpiolib", value_sd);
 	if (ret)
-		goto free_sd;
+		goto free_id;
 
 	desc->flags |= gpio_flags;
 	return 0;
 
-free_sd:
-	if (pdesc)
-		sysfs_put(pdesc->value_sd);
 free_id:
-	idr_remove(&pdesc_idr, id);
+	idr_remove(&dirent_idr, id);
 	desc->flags &= GPIO_FLAGS_MASK;
-free_mem:
-	kfree(pdesc);
+free_sd:
+	if (value_sd)
+		sysfs_put(value_sd);
 err_out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -994,8 +970,6 @@ static int __init gpiolib_sysfs_init(void)
 	unsigned long	flags;
 	unsigned	gpio;
 
-	idr_init(&pdesc_idr);
-
 	status = class_register(&gpio_class);
 	if (status < 0)
 		return status;