diff --git a/common/cmd_gpio.c b/common/cmd_gpio.c
index 11f4e4031d..8d946f42ac 100644
--- a/common/cmd_gpio.c
+++ b/common/cmd_gpio.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <dm.h>
 #include <asm/gpio.h>
 
-int __weak name_to_gpio(const char *name)
+__weak int name_to_gpio(const char *name)
 {
 	return simple_strtoul(name, NULL, 10);
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
index 1ebb9c724d..347805ed51 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
@@ -193,4 +193,6 @@ const char *gpio_get_bank_info(struct udevice *dev, int *offset_count);
 int gpio_lookup_name(const char *name, struct udevice **devp,
 		     unsigned int *offsetp, unsigned int *gpiop);
 
+int name_to_gpio(const char *name);
+
 #endif	/* _ASM_GENERIC_GPIO_H_ */