diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
index c0f6a25c3279..a5495ad31c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ static struct gpio_desc *acpi_request_own_gpiod(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 	if (IS_ERR(desc))
 		return desc;
 
-	ret = gpio_set_debounce_timeout(desc, agpio->debounce_timeout);
+	/* ACPI uses hundredths of milliseconds units */
+	ret = gpio_set_debounce_timeout(desc, agpio->debounce_timeout * 10);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_warn(chip->parent,
 			 "Failed to set debounce-timeout for pin 0x%04X, err %d\n",
@@ -1035,7 +1036,8 @@ int acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get_by(struct acpi_device *adev, const char *name, int ind
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 
-			ret = gpio_set_debounce_timeout(desc, info.debounce);
+			/* ACPI uses hundredths of milliseconds units */
+			ret = gpio_set_debounce_timeout(desc, info.debounce * 10);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 005642068c0b..defb7c464b87 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -2217,6 +2217,16 @@ static int gpio_set_bias(struct gpio_desc *desc)
 	return gpio_set_config_with_argument_optional(desc, bias, arg);
 }
 
+/**
+ * gpio_set_debounce_timeout() - Set debounce timeout
+ * @desc:	GPIO descriptor to set the debounce timeout
+ * @debounce:	Debounce timeout in microseconds
+ *
+ * The function calls the certain GPIO driver to set debounce timeout
+ * in the hardware.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or negative error code otherwise.
+ */
 int gpio_set_debounce_timeout(struct gpio_desc *desc, unsigned int debounce)
 {
 	return gpio_set_config_with_argument_optional(desc,