diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
index 80ad35e..3c3321f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
@@ -566,12 +566,6 @@
 	else
 		soc_variant = MVEBU_GPIO_SOC_VARIANT_ORION;
 
-	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get memory resource\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	mvchip = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct mvebu_gpio_chip), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mvchip) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot allocate memory\n");
@@ -611,6 +605,7 @@
 	mvchip->chip.dbg_show = mvebu_gpio_dbg_show;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&mvchip->lock);
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	mvchip->membase = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(mvchip->membase))
 		return PTR_ERR(mvchip->membase);
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c
index 7a4bf7c..e9a0415 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c
@@ -128,18 +128,13 @@
 	struct resource *res;
 	int ret;
 
-	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid IORESOURCE_MEM\n");
-		return -EBUSY;
-	}
-
 	spics = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spics), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!spics) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "memory allocation fail\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	spics->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(spics->base))
 		return PTR_ERR(spics->base);