diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index b8dfde86ae67..4dd37457948c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1793,14 +1793,6 @@ 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);