diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
index 0bd472ffb0720df058bec4ac9ee243e7658aa998..3b2465bbd5e706d921112d0fb24db48217cf7c90 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static ssize_t value_store(struct device *dev,
 
 	return status;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(value);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_PREALLOC(value, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, value_show, value_store);
 
 static irqreturn_t gpio_sysfs_irq(int irq, void *priv)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 9d32000725da8452fdac148700c16315715bec07..46ac622e5c6ffa7c41eb08e0a8b26786cdb2c443 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@ ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 #define DEVICE_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 	struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
+#define DEVICE_ATTR_PREALLOC(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
+	struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = \
+		__ATTR_PREALLOC(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
 #define DEVICE_ATTR_RW(_name) \
 	struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = __ATTR_RW(_name)
 #define DEVICE_ATTR_RO(_name) \