diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar7/gpio.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar7/gpio.h
index 73f9b162c9700b5a0fa4f5bfdce4fc712e06441f..abc317c0372eb183b4e2782705a4ea4eba11a6b2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar7/gpio.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar7/gpio.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #define AR7_GPIO_MAX 32
 #define NR_BUILTIN_GPIO AR7_GPIO_MAX
 
-#define gpio_to_irq(gpio)	NULL
+#define gpio_to_irq(gpio)	-1
 
 #define gpio_get_value __gpio_get_value
 #define gpio_set_value __gpio_set_value
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/gpio.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/gpio.h
index 7cda8c0a39794a05f400093daaf17b18571b2fef..1eb534de8e3b1e6039ca5899c3e4d2ce4642e9f5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/gpio.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/gpio.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <bcm63xx_gpio.h>
 
-#define gpio_to_irq(gpio)	NULL
+#define gpio_to_irq(gpio)	-1
 
 #define gpio_get_value __gpio_get_value
 #define gpio_set_value __gpio_set_value