diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index 56adec83f8fc..5870afe3845b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
-#include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
-#include <linux/of_gpio.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi_bitbang.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -222,12 +221,17 @@ static void davinci_spi_chipselect(struct spi_device *spi, int value)
 	 * Board specific chip select logic decides the polarity and cs
 	 * line for the controller
 	 */
-	if (spi->cs_gpio >= 0) {
+	if (spi->cs_gpiod) {
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: is this code ever executed? This host does not
+		 * set SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS so this chipselect callback should
+		 * not get called from the SPI core when we are using
+		 * GPIOs for chip select.
+		 */
 		if (value == BITBANG_CS_ACTIVE)
-			gpio_set_value(spi->cs_gpio, spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH);
+			gpiod_set_value(spi->cs_gpiod, 1);
 		else
-			gpio_set_value(spi->cs_gpio,
-				!(spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH));
+			gpiod_set_value(spi->cs_gpiod, 0);
 	} else {
 		if (value == BITBANG_CS_ACTIVE) {
 			if (!(spi->mode & SPI_CS_WORD))
@@ -418,7 +422,6 @@ static int davinci_spi_of_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
  */
 static int davinci_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
-	int retval = 0;
 	struct davinci_spi *dspi;
 	struct spi_master *master = spi->master;
 	struct device_node *np = spi->dev.of_node;
@@ -427,21 +430,11 @@ static int davinci_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	dspi = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
 
 	if (!(spi->mode & SPI_NO_CS)) {
-		if (np && (master->cs_gpios != NULL) && (spi->cs_gpio >= 0)) {
-			retval = gpio_direction_output(
-				      spi->cs_gpio, !(spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH));
+		if (np && spi->cs_gpiod)
 			internal_cs = false;
-		}
 
-		if (retval) {
-			dev_err(&spi->dev, "GPIO %d setup failed (%d)\n",
-				spi->cs_gpio, retval);
-			return retval;
-		}
-
-		if (internal_cs) {
+		if (internal_cs)
 			set_io_bits(dspi->base + SPIPC0, 1 << spi->chip_select);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (spi->mode & SPI_READY)
@@ -962,6 +955,7 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto free_master;
 
+	master->use_gpio_descriptors = true;
 	master->dev.of_node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	master->bus_num = pdev->id;
 	master->num_chipselect = pdata->num_chipselect;
@@ -980,27 +974,6 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (dspi->version == SPI_VERSION_2)
 		dspi->bitbang.flags |= SPI_READY;
 
-	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
-		int i;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < pdata->num_chipselect; i++) {
-			int cs_gpio = of_get_named_gpio(pdev->dev.of_node,
-							"cs-gpios", i);
-
-			if (cs_gpio == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
-				ret = cs_gpio;
-				goto free_clk;
-			}
-
-			if (gpio_is_valid(cs_gpio)) {
-				ret = devm_gpio_request(&pdev->dev, cs_gpio,
-							dev_name(&pdev->dev));
-				if (ret)
-					goto free_clk;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	dspi->bitbang.txrx_bufs = davinci_spi_bufs;
 
 	ret = davinci_spi_request_dma(dspi);