diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 79c56d90fcc59968c92280313fc1309805f370d8..569bdb3ef1046155b021648390087a9010591d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ static int pinctrl_pins_show(struct seq_file *s, void *what)
 	unsigned i, pin;
 
 	seq_printf(s, "registered pins: %d\n", pctldev->desc->npins);
-	seq_printf(s, "max pin number: %d\n", pctldev->desc->maxpin);
 
 	/* The pin number can be retrived from the pin controller descriptor */
 	for (i = 0; i < pctldev->desc->npins; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sirf.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sirf.c
index 99e688e07ea0b1dbbac828948c9aab1aa86ca6f4..6b3534cc051aa3618a5f4a9a1bab8f7787815ac0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sirf.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sirf.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,6 @@ static struct pinctrl_desc sirfsoc_pinmux_desc = {
 	.name = DRIVER_NAME,
 	.pins = sirfsoc_pads,
 	.npins = ARRAY_SIZE(sirfsoc_pads),
-	.maxpin = SIRFSOC_NUM_PADS - 1,
 	.pctlops = &sirfsoc_pctrl_ops,
 	.pmxops = &sirfsoc_pinmux_ops,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-u300.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-u300.c
index 7e89b367a7e59a4dd752e9c0f22ff65c39830e7a..c8d02f1c2b5e82e7efc6af5dbd01517c49d0510a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-u300.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-u300.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,6 @@ static struct pinctrl_desc u300_pmx_desc = {
 	.name = DRIVER_NAME,
 	.pins = u300_pads,
 	.npins = ARRAY_SIZE(u300_pads),
-	.maxpin = U300_NUM_PADS-1,
 	.pctlops = &u300_pctrl_ops,
 	.pmxops = &u300_pmx_ops,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
index 9809a94f151b994d4afcb1ab5e104f0488e19c31..8bd22ee7aa098c6f4cda77276baaf47e89c8823e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ struct pinctrl_ops {
  *	this pin controller
  * @npins: number of descriptors in the array, usually just ARRAY_SIZE()
  *	of the pins field above
- * @maxpin: since pin spaces may be sparse, there can he "holes" in the
- *	pin range, this attribute gives the maximum pin number in the
- *	total range. This should not be lower than npins for example,
- *	but may be equal to npins if you have no holes in the pin range.
  * @pctlops: pin control operation vtable, to support global concepts like
  *	grouping of pins, this is optional.
  * @pmxops: pinmux operations vtable, if you support pinmuxing in your driver
@@ -107,7 +103,6 @@ struct pinctrl_desc {
 	const char *name;
 	struct pinctrl_pin_desc const *pins;
 	unsigned int npins;
-	unsigned int maxpin;
 	struct pinctrl_ops *pctlops;
 	struct pinmux_ops *pmxops;
 	struct pinconf_ops *confops;