diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index cec6072cd7c1247436064c764a343d2948be06a0..b1086dcde15dd6d49b9d5cc3153e096164bcffbd 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -345,6 +345,20 @@ void pinctrl_add_gpio_ranges(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_add_gpio_ranges);
 
+/**
+ * pinctrl_remove_gpio_range() - remove a range of GPIOs fro a pin controller
+ * @pctldev: pin controller device to remove the range from
+ * @range: the GPIO range to remove
+ */
+void pinctrl_remove_gpio_range(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+			       struct pinctrl_gpio_range *range)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&pinctrl_mutex);
+	list_del(&range->node);
+	mutex_unlock(&pinctrl_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_remove_gpio_range);
+
 /**
  * pinctrl_get_group_selector() - returns the group selector for a group
  * @pctldev: the pin controller handling the group
diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
index 7d087f03e91ec3c57e92d843f575d7df66fb9544..eda04674633dd9ded2dd7cdcca293e3a8a87234a 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ extern void pinctrl_add_gpio_range(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 extern void pinctrl_add_gpio_ranges(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 				struct pinctrl_gpio_range *ranges,
 				unsigned nranges);
+extern void pinctrl_remove_gpio_range(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				struct pinctrl_gpio_range *range);
 extern const char *pinctrl_dev_get_name(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev);
 extern void *pinctrl_dev_get_drvdata(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev);
 #else