diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt
index cf1333d1dd52974e4e960a7c97418f86864e56f1..21641236c095dfc257b0d5375ef0e8710129e690 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Required properties:
 Optional properties:
 	- autorepeat: Boolean, Enable auto repeat feature of Linux input
 	  subsystem.
+	- label: String, name of the input device.
 
 Each button (key) is represented as a sub-node of "gpio-keys":
 Subnode properties:
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
index b9f01bd1b7ef1b76a7b4c0d46f71fc3e4ace1818..671cdc9a6aea0e315a071b833d64875db6b0dd29 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ gpio_keys_get_devtree_pdata(struct device *dev)
 
 	pdata->rep = !!of_get_property(node, "autorepeat", NULL);
 
+	of_property_read_string(node, "label", &pdata->name);
+
 	i = 0;
 	for_each_child_of_node(node, pp) {
 		enum of_gpio_flags flags;