diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c
index af851c89cacc..4c417c8486dd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static int aspeed_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 
 static void aspeed_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 {
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 }
 
 static int usecs_to_cycles(struct aspeed_gpio *gpio, unsigned long usecs,
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-em.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-em.c
index 08c5427deb71..aa31c189d0ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-em.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-em.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int em_gio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 
 static void em_gio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 {
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 
 	/* Set the GPIO as an input to ensure that the next GPIO request won't
 	* drive the GPIO pin as an output.
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-rcar.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-rcar.c
index 8c98730a7ad2..6159fda38d5d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-rcar.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-rcar.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static void gpio_rcar_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 {
 	struct gpio_rcar_priv *p = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
 
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the GPIO as an input to ensure that the next GPIO request won't
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-tegra.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-tegra.c
index c974ba368d18..fcb3b474d1df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-tegra.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void tegra_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 {
 	struct tegra_gpio_info *tgi = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
 
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 	tegra_gpio_disable(tgi, offset);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index c3daf819af76..0c499cff3fad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ void gpiochip_generic_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
 		return;
 #endif
 
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(gc, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(gc, offset);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_generic_free);
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-iproc-gpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-iproc-gpio.c
index 8162dd840933..fd5ce52d05b1 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-iproc-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-iproc-gpio.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static void iproc_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offset)
 	if (!chip->pinmux_is_supported)
 		return;
 
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(gc, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(gc, offset);
 }
 
 static int iproc_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned gpio)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 175240a354b7..fa7f8dc5e5d8 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ int pinctrl_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_gpio_request);
 
 /**
- * pinctrl_gpio_free_new() - free control on a single pin, currently used as GPIO
+ * pinctrl_gpio_free() - free control on a single pin, currently used as GPIO
  * @gc: GPIO chip structure from the GPIO subsystem
  * @offset: hardware offset of the GPIO relative to the controller
  *
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_gpio_request);
  * as part of their gpio_request() semantics, platforms and individual drivers
  * shall *NOT* request GPIO pins to be muxed in.
  */
-void pinctrl_gpio_free_new(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
+void pinctrl_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
 {
 	struct pinctrl_gpio_range *range;
 	struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev;
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ void pinctrl_gpio_free_new(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&pctldev->mutex);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_gpio_free_new);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_gpio_free);
 
 static int pinctrl_gpio_direction(unsigned gpio, bool input)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm7xx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm7xx.c
index ad39b8c060b7..ab7cfc1e66f0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm7xx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm7xx.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int npcmgpio_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 static void npcmgpio_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 {
 	dev_dbg(chip->parent, "gpio_free: offset%d\n", offset);
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 }
 
 static void npcmgpio_irq_handler(struct irq_desc *desc)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm8xx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm8xx.c
index dd4532ae62bf..78dbeef6af86 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm8xx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/pinctrl-npcm8xx.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int npcmgpio_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 
 static void npcmgpio_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 {
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 }
 
 static void npcmgpio_irq_handler(struct irq_desc *desc)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/gpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/gpio.c
index 0c4f4d8d0891..b39125a632b0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/gpio.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int gpio_pin_request(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offset)
 
 static void gpio_pin_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offset)
 {
-	return pinctrl_gpio_free_new(gc, offset);
+	return pinctrl_gpio_free(gc, offset);
 }
 
 static void gpio_pin_set_value(struct sh_pfc_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzg2l.c b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzg2l.c
index c5d247d24374..9de350ad7e7d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzg2l.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzg2l.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ static void rzg2l_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 {
 	unsigned int virq;
 
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 
 	virq = irq_find_mapping(chip->irq.domain, offset);
 	if (virq)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzv2m.c b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzv2m.c
index 1ec0922f735c..21d7d5ac8c4a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzv2m.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl-rzv2m.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static int rzv2m_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 
 static void rzv2m_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 {
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the GPIO as an input to ensure that the next GPIO request won't
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-plgpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-plgpio.c
index 6d3b7ce1c35a..a05570c7d833 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-plgpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-plgpio.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static int plgpio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 	if (!IS_ERR(plgpio->clk))
 		clk_disable(plgpio->clk);
 err0:
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void plgpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 	if (!IS_ERR(plgpio->clk))
 		clk_disable(plgpio->clk);
 
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 }
 
 /* PLGPIO IRQ */
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7100.c b/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7100.c
index 88e39f68ef25..7beed57d665a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7100.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7100.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ static int starfive_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio)
 
 static void starfive_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio)
 {
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(gc, gpio);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(gc, gpio);
 }
 
 static int starfive_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7110.c b/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7110.c
index c458c6fb992f..695c8c0a6e8b 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7110.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/starfive/pinctrl-starfive-jh7110.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int jh7110_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio)
 
 static void jh7110_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio)
 {
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(gc, gpio);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(gc, gpio);
 }
 
 static int jh7110_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *gc,
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
index dddbdc1a64c5..e4453fa58f9e 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int stm32_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 
 static void stm32_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 {
-	pinctrl_gpio_free_new(chip, offset);
+	pinctrl_gpio_free(chip, offset);
 }
 
 static int stm32_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/consumer.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/consumer.h
index 4aa22af8e4e4..7dc7fcf23f9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/consumer.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct pinctrl_state;
 /* External interface to pin control */
 bool pinctrl_gpio_can_use_line(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset);
 int pinctrl_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset);
-void pinctrl_gpio_free_new(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset);
+void pinctrl_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset);
 int pinctrl_gpio_direction_input_new(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 				     unsigned int offset);
 int pinctrl_gpio_direction_output_new(struct gpio_chip *gc,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static inline void pinctrl_gpio_free(unsigned gpio)
 }
 
 static inline void
-pinctrl_gpio_free_new(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
+pinctrl_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
 {
 }
 
