diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c
index a501a473ffd6..eb7652670447 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c
@@ -118,7 +118,16 @@ static struct ads7846_platform_data nokia770_ads7846_platform_data __initdata =
 	.debounce_max	= 10,
 	.debounce_tol	= 3,
 	.debounce_rep	= 1,
-	.gpio_pendown	= ADS7846_PENDOWN_GPIO,
+};
+
+static struct gpiod_lookup_table nokia770_ads7846_gpio_table = {
+	/* SPI bus 2, device with chip select 0 */
+	.dev_id = "spi2.0",
+	.table = {
+		GPIO_LOOKUP("gpio-0-15", ADS7846_PENDOWN_GPIO,
+			    "pendown", GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH),
+		{ }
+	},
 };
 
 static struct spi_board_info nokia770_spi_board_info[] __initdata = {
@@ -274,6 +283,7 @@ static void __init omap_nokia770_init(void)
 	omap_writew((omap_readw(0xfffb5004) & ~2), 0xfffb5004);
 
 	platform_add_devices(nokia770_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(nokia770_devices));
+	gpiod_add_lookup_table(&nokia770_ads7846_gpio_table);
 	nokia770_spi_board_info[1].irq = gpio_to_irq(15);
 	spi_register_board_info(nokia770_spi_board_info,
 				ARRAY_SIZE(nokia770_spi_board_info));
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
index 26f0ebc4d136..4d2a72804495 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
@@ -505,10 +505,18 @@ static struct ads7846_platform_data spitz_ads7846_info = {
 	.x_plate_ohms		= 419,
 	.y_plate_ohms		= 486,
 	.pressure_max		= 1024,
-	.gpio_pendown		= SPITZ_GPIO_TP_INT,
 	.wait_for_sync		= spitz_ads7846_wait_for_hsync,
 };
 
+static struct gpiod_lookup_table spitz_ads7846_gpio_table = {
+	.dev_id = "spi2.0",
+	.table = {
+		GPIO_LOOKUP("gpio-pxa", SPITZ_GPIO_TP_INT,
+			    "pendown", GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH),
+		{ },
+	},
+};
+
 static void spitz_bl_kick_battery(void)
 {
 	void (*kick_batt)(void);
@@ -593,6 +601,7 @@ static void __init spitz_spi_init(void)
 	else
 		gpiod_add_lookup_table(&spitz_lcdcon_gpio_table);
 
+	gpiod_add_lookup_table(&spitz_ads7846_gpio_table);
 	gpiod_add_lookup_table(&spitz_spi_gpio_table);
 	pxa2xx_set_spi_info(2, &spitz_spi_info);
 	spi_register_board_info(ARRAY_AND_SIZE(spitz_spi_devices));
diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1000.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1000.c
index 2c52ee27b4f2..f37644859f89 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1000.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1000.c
@@ -381,13 +381,21 @@ static struct platform_device db1100_mmc1_dev = {
 static struct ads7846_platform_data db1100_touch_pd = {
 	.model		= 7846,
 	.vref_mv	= 3300,
-	.gpio_pendown	= 21,
 };
 
 static struct spi_gpio_platform_data db1100_spictl_pd = {
 	.num_chipselect = 1,
 };
 
+static struct gpiod_lookup_table db1100_touch_gpio_table = {
+	.dev_id = "spi0.0",
+	.table = {
+		GPIO_LOOKUP("alchemy-gpio2", 21,
+			    "pendown", GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH),
+		{ },
+	},
+};
+
 static struct spi_board_info db1100_spi_info[] __initdata = {
 	[0] = {
 		.modalias	 = "ads7846",
@@ -474,6 +482,7 @@ int __init db1000_dev_setup(void)
 		pfc |= (1 << 0);	/* SSI0 pins as GPIOs */
 		alchemy_wrsys(pfc, AU1000_SYS_PINFUNC);
 
+		gpiod_add_lookup_table(&db1100_touch_gpio_table);
 		spi_register_board_info(db1100_spi_info,
 					ARRAY_SIZE(db1100_spi_info));
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
index bb1058b1e7fd..a3c623009247 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
-#include <linux/of_gpio.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
-#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/spi/ads7846.h>
 #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ struct ads7846 {
 	int			(*filter)(void *data, int data_idx, int *val);
 	void			*filter_data;
 	int			(*get_pendown_state)(void);
-	int			gpio_pendown;
+	struct gpio_desc	*gpio_pendown;
 
 	void			(*wait_for_sync)(void);
 };
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ static int get_pendown_state(struct ads7846 *ts)
 	if (ts->get_pendown_state)
 		return ts->get_pendown_state();
 
-	return !gpio_get_value(ts->gpio_pendown);
+	return !gpiod_get_value(ts->gpio_pendown);
 }
 
 static void ads7846_report_pen_up(struct ads7846 *ts)
@@ -989,8 +987,6 @@ static int ads7846_setup_pendown(struct spi_device *spi,
 				 struct ads7846 *ts,
 				 const struct ads7846_platform_data *pdata)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	/*
 	 * REVISIT when the irq can be triggered active-low, or if for some
 	 * reason the touchscreen isn't hooked up, we don't need to access
@@ -999,25 +995,15 @@ static int ads7846_setup_pendown(struct spi_device *spi,
 
 	if (pdata->get_pendown_state) {
 		ts->get_pendown_state = pdata->get_pendown_state;
-	} else if (gpio_is_valid(pdata->gpio_pendown)) {
-
-		err = devm_gpio_request_one(&spi->dev, pdata->gpio_pendown,
-					    GPIOF_IN, "ads7846_pendown");
-		if (err) {
-			dev_err(&spi->dev,
-				"failed to request/setup pendown GPIO%d: %d\n",
-				pdata->gpio_pendown, err);
-			return err;
+	} else {
+		ts->gpio_pendown = gpiod_get(&spi->dev, "pendown", GPIOD_IN);
+		if (IS_ERR(ts->gpio_pendown)) {
+			dev_err(&spi->dev, "failed to request pendown GPIO\n");
+			return PTR_ERR(ts->gpio_pendown);
 		}
-
-		ts->gpio_pendown = pdata->gpio_pendown;
-
 		if (pdata->gpio_pendown_debounce)
-			gpiod_set_debounce(gpio_to_desc(ts->gpio_pendown),
+			gpiod_set_debounce(ts->gpio_pendown,
 					   pdata->gpio_pendown_debounce);
-	} else {
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "no get_pendown_state nor gpio_pendown?\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1195,8 +1181,6 @@ static const struct ads7846_platform_data *ads7846_probe_dt(struct device *dev)
 	pdata->wakeup = of_property_read_bool(node, "wakeup-source") ||
 			of_property_read_bool(node, "linux,wakeup");
 
-	pdata->gpio_pendown = of_get_named_gpio(dev->of_node, "pendown-gpio", 0);
-
 	return pdata;
 }
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h b/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h
index d424c1aadf38..a04c1c34c344 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ struct ads7846_platform_data {
 	u16	debounce_tol;		/* tolerance used for filtering */
 	u16	debounce_rep;		/* additional consecutive good readings
 					 * required after the first two */
-	int	gpio_pendown;		/* the GPIO used to decide the pendown
-					 * state if get_pendown_state == NULL */
 	int	gpio_pendown_debounce;	/* platform specific debounce time for
 					 * the gpio_pendown */
 	int	(*get_pendown_state)(void);
