diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst
index ce91518bf9f48ded..191fa867826a45c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst
@@ -113,13 +113,15 @@ files that desire to do so need to include the following header::
 GPIOs are mapped by the means of tables of lookups, containing instances of the
 gpiod_lookup structure. Two macros are defined to help declaring such mappings::
 
-	GPIO_LOOKUP(chip_label, chip_hwnum, con_id, flags)
-	GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(chip_label, chip_hwnum, con_id, idx, flags)
+	GPIO_LOOKUP(key, chip_hwnum, con_id, flags)
+	GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(key, chip_hwnum, con_id, idx, flags)
 
 where
 
-  - chip_label is the label of the gpiod_chip instance providing the GPIO
-  - chip_hwnum is the hardware number of the GPIO within the chip
+  - key is either the label of the gpiod_chip instance providing the GPIO, or
+    the GPIO line name
+  - chip_hwnum is the hardware number of the GPIO within the chip, or U16_MAX
+    to indicate that key is a GPIO line name
   - con_id is the name of the GPIO function from the device point of view. It
 	can be NULL, in which case it will match any function.
   - idx is the index of the GPIO within the function.
@@ -135,7 +137,10 @@ where
 
 In the future, these flags might be extended to support more properties.
 
-Note that GPIO_LOOKUP() is just a shortcut to GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX() where idx = 0.
+Note that:
+  1. GPIO line names are not guaranteed to be globally unique, so the first
+     match found will be used.
+  2. GPIO_LOOKUP() is just a shortcut to GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX() where idx = 0.
 
 A lookup table can then be defined as follows, with an empty entry defining its
 end. The 'dev_id' field of the table is the identifier of the device that will
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 98822412f565073a..2e4aacbad8fe586b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -4645,7 +4645,7 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpiod_find(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
 	if (!table)
 		return desc;
 
-	for (p = &table->table[0]; p->chip_label; p++) {
+	for (p = &table->table[0]; p->key; p++) {
 		struct gpio_chip *gc;
 
 		/* idx must always match exactly */
@@ -4656,18 +4656,30 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpiod_find(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
 		if (p->con_id && (!con_id || strcmp(p->con_id, con_id)))
 			continue;
 
-		gc = find_chip_by_name(p->chip_label);
+		if (p->chip_hwnum == U16_MAX) {
+			desc = gpio_name_to_desc(p->key);
+			if (desc) {
+				*flags = p->flags;
+				return desc;
+			}
+
+			dev_warn(dev, "cannot find GPIO line %s, deferring\n",
+				 p->key);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+		}
+
+		gc = find_chip_by_name(p->key);
 
 		if (!gc) {
 			/*
 			 * As the lookup table indicates a chip with
-			 * p->chip_label should exist, assume it may
+			 * p->key should exist, assume it may
 			 * still appear later and let the interested
 			 * consumer be probed again or let the Deferred
 			 * Probe infrastructure handle the error.
 			 */
 			dev_warn(dev, "cannot find GPIO chip %s, deferring\n",
-				 p->chip_label);
+				 p->key);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
 		}
 
@@ -4698,7 +4710,7 @@ static int platform_gpio_count(struct device *dev, const char *con_id)
 	if (!table)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	for (p = &table->table[0]; p->chip_label; p++) {
+	for (p = &table->table[0]; p->key; p++) {
 		if ((con_id && p->con_id && !strcmp(con_id, p->con_id)) ||
 		    (!con_id && !p->con_id))
 			count++;
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/machine.h b/include/linux/gpio/machine.h
index 1ebe5be05d5f81fa..781a053abbb99a1d 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/machine.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/machine.h
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ enum gpio_lookup_flags {
 
 /**
  * struct gpiod_lookup - lookup table
- * @chip_label: name of the chip the GPIO belongs to
- * @chip_hwnum: hardware number (i.e. relative to the chip) of the GPIO
+ * @key: either the name of the chip the GPIO belongs to, or the GPIO line name
+ *       Note that GPIO line names are not guaranteed to be globally unique,
+ *       so this will use the first match found!
+ * @chip_hwnum: hardware number (i.e. relative to the chip) of the GPIO, or
+ *              U16_MAX to indicate that @key is a GPIO line name
  * @con_id: name of the GPIO from the device's point of view
  * @idx: index of the GPIO in case several GPIOs share the same name
  * @flags: bitmask of gpio_lookup_flags GPIO_* values
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ enum gpio_lookup_flags {
  * functions using platform data.
  */
 struct gpiod_lookup {
-	const char *chip_label;
+	const char *key;
 	u16 chip_hwnum;
 	const char *con_id;
 	unsigned int idx;
@@ -63,17 +66,17 @@ struct gpiod_hog {
 /*
  * Simple definition of a single GPIO under a con_id
  */
-#define GPIO_LOOKUP(_chip_label, _chip_hwnum, _con_id, _flags) \
-	GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(_chip_label, _chip_hwnum, _con_id, 0, _flags)
+#define GPIO_LOOKUP(_key, _chip_hwnum, _con_id, _flags) \
+	GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(_key, _chip_hwnum, _con_id, 0, _flags)
 
 /*
  * Use this macro if you need to have several GPIOs under the same con_id.
  * Each GPIO needs to use a different index and can be accessed using
  * gpiod_get_index()
  */
-#define GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(_chip_label, _chip_hwnum, _con_id, _idx, _flags)  \
+#define GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(_key, _chip_hwnum, _con_id, _idx, _flags)         \
 {                                                                         \
-	.chip_label = _chip_label,                                        \
+	.key = _key,                                                      \
 	.chip_hwnum = _chip_hwnum,                                        \
 	.con_id = _con_id,                                                \
 	.idx = _idx,                                                      \
