diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sifive.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sifive.c
index 98939cd..745e5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sifive.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sifive.c
@@ -221,8 +221,12 @@ static int sifive_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ngpio; i++)
-		chip->irq_number[i] = platform_get_irq(pdev, i);
+	for (i = 0; i < ngpio; i++) {
+		ret = platform_get_irq(pdev, i);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		chip->irq_number[i] = ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = bgpio_init(&chip->gc, dev, 4,
 			 chip->base + SIFIVE_GPIO_INPUT_VAL,
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index a7220e0..5be8ad6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ static void gpiochip_irqchip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc)
 	}
 
 	/* Remove all IRQ mappings and delete the domain */
-	if (gc->irq.domain) {
+	if (!gc->irq.domain_is_allocated_externally && gc->irq.domain) {
 		unsigned int irq;
 
 		for (offset = 0; offset < gc->ngpio; offset++) {
@@ -1791,6 +1791,15 @@ int gpiochip_irqchip_add_domain(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 
 	gc->to_irq = gpiochip_to_irq;
 	gc->irq.domain = domain;
+	gc->irq.domain_is_allocated_externally = true;
+
+	/*
+	 * Using barrier() here to prevent compiler from reordering
+	 * gc->irq.initialized before adding irqdomain.
+	 */
+	barrier();
+
+	gc->irq.initialized = true;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index 5c6db55..67b8774 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -252,6 +252,14 @@ struct gpio_irq_chip {
 	bool initialized;
 
 	/**
+	 * @domain_is_allocated_externally:
+	 *
+	 * True it the irq_domain was allocated outside of gpiolib, in which
+	 * case gpiolib won't free the irq_domain itself.
+	 */
+	bool domain_is_allocated_externally;
+
+	/**
 	 * @init_hw: optional routine to initialize hardware before
 	 * an IRQ chip will be added. This is quite useful when
 	 * a particular driver wants to clear IRQ related registers