diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
index 34e35b64dcdc..e9671d1660ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ struct gpiochip_fwd {
 	unsigned long tmp[];		/* values and descs for multiple ops */
 };
 
+#define fwd_tmp_values(fwd)	&(fwd)->tmp[0]
+#define fwd_tmp_descs(fwd)	(void *)&(fwd)->tmp[BITS_TO_LONGS((fwd)->chip.ngpio)]
+
+#define fwd_tmp_size(ngpios)	(BITS_TO_LONGS((ngpios)) + (ngpios))
+
 static int gpio_fwd_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 {
 	struct gpiochip_fwd *fwd = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
@@ -279,15 +284,11 @@ static int gpio_fwd_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
 static int gpio_fwd_get_multiple(struct gpiochip_fwd *fwd, unsigned long *mask,
 				 unsigned long *bits)
 {
-	struct gpio_desc **descs;
-	unsigned long *values;
+	struct gpio_desc **descs = fwd_tmp_descs(fwd);
+	unsigned long *values = fwd_tmp_values(fwd);
 	unsigned int i, j = 0;
 	int error;
 
-	/* Both values bitmap and desc pointers are stored in tmp[] */
-	values = &fwd->tmp[0];
-	descs = (void *)&fwd->tmp[BITS_TO_LONGS(fwd->chip.ngpio)];
-
 	bitmap_clear(values, 0, fwd->chip.ngpio);
 	for_each_set_bit(i, mask, fwd->chip.ngpio)
 		descs[j++] = fwd->descs[i];
@@ -333,14 +334,10 @@ static void gpio_fwd_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset, int value)
 static void gpio_fwd_set_multiple(struct gpiochip_fwd *fwd, unsigned long *mask,
 				  unsigned long *bits)
 {
-	struct gpio_desc **descs;
-	unsigned long *values;
+	struct gpio_desc **descs = fwd_tmp_descs(fwd);
+	unsigned long *values = fwd_tmp_values(fwd);
 	unsigned int i, j = 0;
 
-	/* Both values bitmap and desc pointers are stored in tmp[] */
-	values = &fwd->tmp[0];
-	descs = (void *)&fwd->tmp[BITS_TO_LONGS(fwd->chip.ngpio)];
-
 	for_each_set_bit(i, mask, fwd->chip.ngpio) {
 		__assign_bit(j, values, test_bit(i, bits));
 		descs[j++] = fwd->descs[i];
@@ -398,8 +395,8 @@ static struct gpiochip_fwd *gpiochip_fwd_create(struct device *dev,
 	unsigned int i;
 	int error;
 
-	fwd = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(fwd, tmp,
-			   BITS_TO_LONGS(ngpios) + ngpios), GFP_KERNEL);
+	fwd = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(fwd, tmp, fwd_tmp_size(ngpios)),
+			   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fwd)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);