diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 08606f32372c..ac10c9494bf0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ static long linehandle_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	unsigned int i;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!lh->gdev->chip)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case GPIOHANDLE_GET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL:
 		/* NOTE: It's okay to read values of output lines */
@@ -1384,6 +1387,9 @@ static long linereq_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct linereq *lr = file->private_data;
 	void __user *ip = (void __user *)arg;
 
+	if (!lr->gdev->chip)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case GPIO_V2_LINE_GET_VALUES_IOCTL:
 		return linereq_get_values(lr, ip);
@@ -1410,6 +1416,9 @@ static __poll_t linereq_poll(struct file *file,
 	struct linereq *lr = file->private_data;
 	__poll_t events = 0;
 
+	if (!lr->gdev->chip)
+		return EPOLLHUP | EPOLLERR;
+
 	poll_wait(file, &lr->wait, wait);
 
 	if (!kfifo_is_empty_spinlocked_noirqsave(&lr->events,
@@ -1429,6 +1438,9 @@ static ssize_t linereq_read(struct file *file,
 	ssize_t bytes_read = 0;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!lr->gdev->chip)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	if (count < sizeof(le))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1716,6 +1728,9 @@ static __poll_t lineevent_poll(struct file *file,
 	struct lineevent_state *le = file->private_data;
 	__poll_t events = 0;
 
+	if (!le->gdev->chip)
+		return EPOLLHUP | EPOLLERR;
+
 	poll_wait(file, &le->wait, wait);
 
 	if (!kfifo_is_empty_spinlocked_noirqsave(&le->events, &le->wait.lock))
@@ -1740,6 +1755,9 @@ static ssize_t lineevent_read(struct file *file,
 	ssize_t ge_size;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!le->gdev->chip)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/*
 	 * When compatible system call is being used the struct gpioevent_data,
 	 * in case of at least ia32, has different size due to the alignment
@@ -1821,6 +1839,9 @@ static long lineevent_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	void __user *ip = (void __user *)arg;
 	struct gpiohandle_data ghd;
 
+	if (!le->gdev->chip)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/*
 	 * We can get the value for an event line but not set it,
 	 * because it is input by definition.
@@ -2407,6 +2428,9 @@ static __poll_t lineinfo_watch_poll(struct file *file,
 	struct gpio_chardev_data *cdev = file->private_data;
 	__poll_t events = 0;
 
+	if (!cdev->gdev->chip)
+		return EPOLLHUP | EPOLLERR;
+
 	poll_wait(file, &cdev->wait, pollt);
 
 	if (!kfifo_is_empty_spinlocked_noirqsave(&cdev->events,
@@ -2425,6 +2449,9 @@ static ssize_t lineinfo_watch_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	int ret;
 	size_t event_size;
 
+	if (!cdev->gdev->chip)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV_V1
 	event_size = sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_info_changed);
 	if (count < event_size)