diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index a7220e04a93e..9ecf93cbd801 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1792,6 +1792,14 @@ int gpiochip_irqchip_add_domain(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 	gc->to_irq = gpiochip_to_irq;
 	gc->irq.domain = domain;
 
+	/*
+	 * Using barrier() here to prevent compiler from reordering
+	 * gc->irq.initialized before adding irqdomain.
+	 */
+	barrier();
+
+	gc->irq.initialized = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_irqchip_add_domain);