diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c b/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c
index 69df6fecb84759bb5f5eb72840a41c2087127f30..c67b55e224e0b10fc3eea740ba95968bb639de98 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c
@@ -108,16 +108,22 @@ enum pn544_state {
 
 #define PN544_NFC_WI_MGMT_GATE			0xA1
 
-static u8 pn544_custom_gates[] = {
-	PN544_SYS_MGMT_GATE,
-	PN544_SWP_MGMT_GATE,
-	PN544_POLLING_LOOP_MGMT_GATE,
-	PN544_NFC_WI_MGMT_GATE,
-	PN544_RF_READER_F_GATE,
-	PN544_RF_READER_JEWEL_GATE,
-	PN544_RF_READER_ISO15693_GATE,
-	PN544_RF_READER_NFCIP1_INITIATOR_GATE,
-	PN544_RF_READER_NFCIP1_TARGET_GATE
+static struct nfc_hci_gate pn544_gates[] = {
+	{NFC_HCI_ADMIN_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{NFC_HCI_LOOPBACK_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{NFC_HCI_ID_MGMT_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{NFC_HCI_LINK_MGMT_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{NFC_HCI_RF_READER_B_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{NFC_HCI_RF_READER_A_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_SYS_MGMT_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_SWP_MGMT_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_POLLING_LOOP_MGMT_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_NFC_WI_MGMT_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_RF_READER_F_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_RF_READER_JEWEL_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_RF_READER_ISO15693_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_RF_READER_NFCIP1_INITIATOR_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE},
+	{PN544_RF_READER_NFCIP1_TARGET_GATE, NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE}
 };
 
 /* Largest headroom needed for outgoing custom commands */
@@ -849,10 +855,9 @@ static int __devinit pn544_hci_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		goto err_rti;
 	}
 
-	init_data.gate_count = ARRAY_SIZE(pn544_custom_gates);
+	init_data.gate_count = ARRAY_SIZE(pn544_gates);
 
-	memcpy(init_data.gates, pn544_custom_gates,
-	       ARRAY_SIZE(pn544_custom_gates));
+	memcpy(init_data.gates, pn544_gates, sizeof(pn544_gates));
 
 	/*
 	 * TODO: Session id must include the driver name + some bus addr
diff --git a/include/net/nfc/hci.h b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
index d25dd9b998773d7157b8619c28e29e7c7e54856c..f5169b04f0829aa10a438fcfb33e336b4cc26f33 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/hci.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
@@ -44,10 +44,20 @@ struct nfc_hci_ops {
 			      struct nfc_target *target);
 };
 
-#define NFC_HCI_MAX_CUSTOM_GATES	15
+/* Pipes */
+#define NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE	0x80
+#define NFC_HCI_LINK_MGMT_PIPE	0x00
+#define NFC_HCI_ADMIN_PIPE	0x01
+
+struct nfc_hci_gate {
+	u8 gate;
+	u8 pipe;
+};
+
+#define NFC_HCI_MAX_CUSTOM_GATES	50
 struct nfc_hci_init_data {
 	u8 gate_count;
-	u8 gates[NFC_HCI_MAX_CUSTOM_GATES];
+	struct nfc_hci_gate gates[NFC_HCI_MAX_CUSTOM_GATES];
 	char session_id[9];
 };
 
@@ -182,7 +192,8 @@ void nfc_hci_event_received(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 pipe, u8 event,
 void nfc_hci_recv_frame(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /* connecting to gates and sending hci instructions */
-int nfc_hci_connect_gate(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 dest_host, u8 dest_gate);
+int nfc_hci_connect_gate(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 dest_host, u8 dest_gate,
+			 u8 pipe);
 int nfc_hci_disconnect_gate(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate);
 int nfc_hci_disconnect_all_gates(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev);
 int nfc_hci_get_param(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate, u8 idx,
diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/command.c b/net/nfc/hci/command.c
index 12cd6f3f77ec8e088de0b268952ae4ee505a1cbc..46362ef979db1ca88b4ad69d4b6adb7bd440f844 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/command.c
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/command.c
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ int nfc_hci_disconnect_all_gates(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nfc_hci_disconnect_all_gates);
 
-int nfc_hci_connect_gate(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 dest_host, u8 dest_gate)
+int nfc_hci_connect_gate(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 dest_host, u8 dest_gate,
+			 u8 pipe)
 {
-	u8 pipe = NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE;
 	bool pipe_created = false;
 	int r;
 
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ int nfc_hci_connect_gate(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 dest_host, u8 dest_gate)
 	if (hdev->gate2pipe[dest_gate] != NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE)
 		return -EADDRINUSE;
 
+	if (pipe != NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE)
+		goto pipe_is_open;
+
 	switch (dest_gate) {
 	case NFC_HCI_LINK_MGMT_GATE:
 		pipe = NFC_HCI_LINK_MGMT_PIPE;
@@ -335,6 +338,7 @@ int nfc_hci_connect_gate(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 dest_host, u8 dest_gate)
 		return r;
 	}
 
+pipe_is_open:
 	hdev->gate2pipe[dest_gate] = pipe;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/core.c b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
index e6b2df3981b62fd5e88d4e9637c8669bcb153cb4..4ccc518f56ebf8f69b9ac718ada0dd7c16347dc3 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
@@ -315,15 +315,15 @@ static void nfc_hci_cmd_timeout(unsigned long data)
 }
 
 static int hci_dev_connect_gates(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate_count,
-				 u8 gates[])
+				 struct nfc_hci_gate *gates)
 {
 	int r;
-	u8 *p = gates;
 	while (gate_count--) {
-		r = nfc_hci_connect_gate(hdev, NFC_HCI_HOST_CONTROLLER_ID, *p);
+		r = nfc_hci_connect_gate(hdev, NFC_HCI_HOST_CONTROLLER_ID,
+					 gates->gate, gates->pipe);
 		if (r < 0)
 			return r;
-		p++;
+		gates++;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -333,14 +333,13 @@ static int hci_dev_session_init(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	int r;
-	u8 hci_gates[] = {	/* NFC_HCI_ADMIN_GATE MUST be first */
-		NFC_HCI_ADMIN_GATE, NFC_HCI_LOOPBACK_GATE,
-		NFC_HCI_ID_MGMT_GATE, NFC_HCI_LINK_MGMT_GATE,
-		NFC_HCI_RF_READER_B_GATE, NFC_HCI_RF_READER_A_GATE
-	};
+
+	if (hdev->init_data.gates[0].gate != NFC_HCI_ADMIN_GATE)
+		return -EPROTO;
 
 	r = nfc_hci_connect_gate(hdev, NFC_HCI_HOST_CONTROLLER_ID,
-				 NFC_HCI_ADMIN_GATE);
+				 hdev->init_data.gates[0].gate,
+				 hdev->init_data.gates[0].pipe);
 	if (r < 0)
 		goto exit;
 
@@ -368,10 +367,6 @@ static int hci_dev_session_init(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev)
 	if (r < 0)
 		goto exit;
 
-	r = hci_dev_connect_gates(hdev, sizeof(hci_gates), hci_gates);
-	if (r < 0)
-		goto disconnect_all;
-
 	r = hci_dev_connect_gates(hdev, hdev->init_data.gate_count,
 				  hdev->init_data.gates);
 	if (r < 0)
diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/hci.h b/net/nfc/hci/hci.h
index d3cde075ba608208b85c3c1bd6878e2057933c20..fa9a21e922396bd396dc11a3b9dd916282b39ef9 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/hci.h
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/hci.h
@@ -132,9 +132,4 @@ void nfc_hci_hcp_message_rx(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 pipe, u8 type,
 #define NFC_HCI_ANY_E_REG_ACCESS_DENIED		0x0a
 #define NFC_HCI_ANY_E_PIPE_ACCESS_DENIED	0x0b
 
-/* Pipes */
-#define NFC_HCI_INVALID_PIPE	0x80
-#define NFC_HCI_LINK_MGMT_PIPE	0x00
-#define NFC_HCI_ADMIN_PIPE	0x01
-
 #endif /* __LOCAL_HCI_H */