diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
index 1d07e3e..2c564d1 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int led_pwm_add(struct device *dev, struct led_pwm_priv *priv,
 	if (led_data->can_sleep)
 		INIT_WORK(&led_data->work, led_pwm_work);
 
-	led_data->period = pwm_get_period(led_data->pwm);
+	led_data->period = pwm_get_default_period(led_data->pwm);
 	if (!led_data->period && (led->pwm_period_ns > 0))
 		led_data->period = led->pwm_period_ns;
 
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c
index f7c11d2..7ffad2b 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ of_pwm_xlate_with_flags(struct pwm_chip *pc, const struct of_phandle_args *args)
 	if (IS_ERR(pwm))
 		return pwm;
 
-	pwm_set_period(pwm, args->args[1]);
+	pwm_set_default_period(pwm, args->args[1]);
 
 	if (args->args[2] & PWM_POLARITY_INVERTED)
-		pwm_set_polarity(pwm, PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED);
+		pwm_set_default_polarity(pwm, PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED);
 	else
-		pwm_set_polarity(pwm, PWM_POLARITY_NORMAL);
+		pwm_set_default_polarity(pwm, PWM_POLARITY_NORMAL);
 
 	return pwm;
 }
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ of_pwm_simple_xlate(struct pwm_chip *pc, const struct of_phandle_args *args)
 	if (IS_ERR(pwm))
 		return pwm;
 
-	pwm_set_period(pwm, args->args[1]);
+	pwm_set_default_period(pwm, args->args[1]);
 
 	return pwm;
 }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ int pwmchip_add_with_polarity(struct pwm_chip *chip,
 		pwm->chip = chip;
 		pwm->pwm = chip->base + i;
 		pwm->hwpwm = i;
-		pwm->polarity = polarity;
+		pwm_set_default_polarity(pwm, polarity);
 
 		radix_tree_insert(&pwm_tree, pwm->pwm, pwm);
 	}
@@ -704,8 +704,8 @@ struct pwm_device *pwm_get(struct device *dev, const char *con_id)
 	if (IS_ERR(pwm))
 		goto out;
 
-	pwm_set_period(pwm, chosen->period);
-	pwm_set_polarity(pwm, chosen->polarity);
+	pwm_set_default_period(pwm, chosen->period);
+	pwm_set_default_polarity(pwm, chosen->polarity);
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&pwm_lookup_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-pxa.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-pxa.c
index cb2f702..65b80aa 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-pxa.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pxa_pwm_of_xlate(struct pwm_chip *pc, const struct of_phandle_args *args)
 	if (IS_ERR(pwm))
 		return pwm;
 
-	pwm_set_period(pwm, args->args[0]);
+	pwm_set_default_period(pwm, args->args[0]);
 
 	return pwm;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
index cd9dde5..a364fb7 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ static int sun4i_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	val = sun4i_pwm_readl(pwm, PWM_CTRL_REG);
 	for (i = 0; i < pwm->chip.npwm; i++)
 		if (!(val & BIT_CH(PWM_ACT_STATE, i)))
-			pwm->chip.pwms[i].polarity = PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED;
+			pwm_set_default_polarity(&pwm->chip.pwms[i],
+						 PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(pwm->clk);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c
index ffa9612..12b4d9d 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/pwm-regulator.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int pwm_regulator_set_voltage_sel(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 	int dutycycle;
 	int ret;
 
-	pwm_reg_period = pwm_get_period(drvdata->pwm);
+	pwm_reg_period = pwm_get_default_period(drvdata->pwm);
 
 	dutycycle = (pwm_reg_period *
 		    drvdata->duty_cycle_table[selector].dutycycle) / 100;
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
index 35fe482..449ebc3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int lm3630a_intr_config(struct lm3630a_chip *pchip)
 
 static void lm3630a_pwm_ctrl(struct lm3630a_chip *pchip, int br, int br_max)
 {
-	unsigned int period = pwm_get_period(pchip->pwmd);
+	unsigned int period = pwm_get_default_period(pchip->pwmd);
 	unsigned int duty = br * period / br_max;
 
 	pwm_config(pchip->pwmd, duty, period);
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static int lm3630a_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 			return PTR_ERR(pchip->pwmd);
 		}
 	}
-	pchip->pwmd->period = pdata->pwm_period;
+	pwm_set_default_period(pchip->pwmd, pdata->pwm_period);
 
 	/* interrupt enable  : irq 0 is not allowed */
 	pchip->irq = client->irq;
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
index eff379b..ae498c1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int pwm_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * set the period from platform data if it has not already been set
 	 * via the PWM lookup table.
 	 */
-	pb->period = pwm_get_period(pb->pwm);
+	pb->period = pwm_get_default_period(pb->pwm);
 	if (!pb->period && (data->pwm_period_ns > 0)) {
 		pb->period = data->pwm_period_ns;
 		pwm_set_period(pb->pwm, data->pwm_period_ns);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
index 3e153c0..6949626 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int ssd1307fb_init(struct ssd1307fb_par *par)
 			return PTR_ERR(par->pwm);
 		}
 
-		par->pwm_period = pwm_get_period(par->pwm);
+		par->pwm_period = pwm_get_default_period(par->pwm);
 		/* Enable the PWM */
 		pwm_config(par->pwm, par->pwm_period / 2, par->pwm_period);
 		pwm_enable(par->pwm);
diff --git a/include/linux/pwm.h b/include/linux/pwm.h
index 6f286df..ba4b7ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/pwm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pwm.h
@@ -103,11 +103,22 @@ static inline void pwm_set_period(struct pwm_device *pwm, unsigned int period)
 		pwm->period = period;
 }
 
+static inline void pwm_set_default_period(struct pwm_device *pwm,
+					  unsigned int period)
+{
+	pwm_set_period(pwm, period);
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int pwm_get_period(const struct pwm_device *pwm)
 {
 	return pwm ? pwm->period : 0;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int pwm_get_default_period(const struct pwm_device *pwm)
+{
+	return pwm_get_period(pwm);
+}
+
 static inline void pwm_set_duty_cycle(struct pwm_device *pwm, unsigned int duty)
 {
 	if (pwm)
@@ -124,6 +135,12 @@ static inline unsigned int pwm_get_duty_cycle(const struct pwm_device *pwm)
  */
 int pwm_set_polarity(struct pwm_device *pwm, enum pwm_polarity polarity);
 
+static inline void pwm_set_default_polarity(struct pwm_device *pwm,
+					    enum pwm_polarity polarity)
+{
+	pwm_set_polarity(pwm, polarity);
+}
+
 static inline enum pwm_polarity pwm_get_polarity(const struct pwm_device *pwm)
 {
 	return pwm ? pwm->polarity : PWM_POLARITY_NORMAL;
