diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt
index 4fe14deedc0a3e5aa3988288873c5e4f9a2ee01c..064db928c3c12cc3d6141664e57d25e7050520ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@ LED sub-node properties:
   string defining the trigger assigned to the LED.  Current triggers are:
     "backlight" - LED will act as a back-light, controlled by the framebuffer
 		  system
-    "default-on" - LED will turn on
+    "default-on" - LED will turn on, but see "default-state" below
     "heartbeat" - LED "double" flashes at a load average based rate
     "ide-disk" - LED indicates disk activity
     "timer" - LED flashes at a fixed, configurable rate
+- default-state:  (optional) The initial state of the LED.  Valid
+  values are "on", "off", and "keep".  If the LED is already on or off
+  and the default-state property is set the to same value, then no
+  glitch should be produced where the LED momentarily turns off (or
+  on).  The "keep" setting will keep the LED at whatever its current
+  state is, without producing a glitch.  The default is off if this
+  property is not present.
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -30,14 +37,22 @@ leds {
 		gpios = <&mcu_pio 0 1>; /* Active low */
 		linux,default-trigger = "ide-disk";
 	};
+
+	fault {
+		gpios = <&mcu_pio 1 0>;
+		/* Keep LED on if BIOS detected hardware fault */
+		default-state = "keep";
+	};
 };
 
 run-control {
 	compatible = "gpio-leds";
 	red {
 		gpios = <&mpc8572 6 0>;
+		default-state = "off";
 	};
 	green {
 		gpios = <&mpc8572 7 0>;
+		default-state = "on";
 	};
 }
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
index 76895e691042d212770fb77755c81b9bb87a7303..6b06638eb5b42f40ca9c858a4e5d1626c07a0688 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int __devinit create_gpio_led(const struct gpio_led *template,
 	struct gpio_led_data *led_dat, struct device *parent,
 	int (*blink_set)(unsigned, unsigned long *, unsigned long *))
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, state;
 
 	/* skip leds that aren't available */
 	if (!gpio_is_valid(template->gpio)) {
@@ -99,11 +99,15 @@ static int __devinit create_gpio_led(const struct gpio_led *template,
 		led_dat->cdev.blink_set = gpio_blink_set;
 	}
 	led_dat->cdev.brightness_set = gpio_led_set;
-	led_dat->cdev.brightness = LED_OFF;
+	if (template->default_state == LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_KEEP)
+		state = !!gpio_get_value(led_dat->gpio) ^ led_dat->active_low;
+	else
+		state = (template->default_state == LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_ON);
+	led_dat->cdev.brightness = state ? LED_FULL : LED_OFF;
 	if (!template->retain_state_suspended)
 		led_dat->cdev.flags |= LED_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME;
 
-	ret = gpio_direction_output(led_dat->gpio, led_dat->active_low);
+	ret = gpio_direction_output(led_dat->gpio, led_dat->active_low ^ state);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -223,12 +227,22 @@ static int __devinit of_gpio_leds_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
 	memset(&led, 0, sizeof(led));
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
 		enum of_gpio_flags flags;
+		const char *state;
 
 		led.gpio = of_get_gpio_flags(child, 0, &flags);
 		led.active_low = flags & OF_GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW;
 		led.name = of_get_property(child, "label", NULL) ? : child->name;
 		led.default_trigger =
 			of_get_property(child, "linux,default-trigger", NULL);
+		state = of_get_property(child, "default-state", NULL);
+		if (state) {
+			if (!strcmp(state, "keep"))
+				led.default_state = LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_KEEP;
+			else if(!strcmp(state, "on"))
+				led.default_state = LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_ON;
+			else
+				led.default_state = LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_OFF;
+		}
 
 		ret = create_gpio_led(&led, &pdata->led_data[pdata->num_leds++],
 				      &ofdev->dev, NULL);
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index c7f0b148df06053b8f089ddd3c5c0bcb71f9f6bb..62af62915cf750a561e5231b0cb04b9a25f72e5d 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -143,9 +143,14 @@ struct gpio_led {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *default_trigger;
 	unsigned 	gpio;
-	u8 		active_low : 1;
-	u8		retain_state_suspended : 1;
+	unsigned	active_low : 1;
+	unsigned	retain_state_suspended : 1;
+	unsigned	default_state : 2;
+	/* default_state should be one of LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_(ON|OFF|KEEP) */
 };
+#define LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_OFF	0
+#define LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_ON	1
+#define LEDS_GPIO_DEFSTATE_KEEP	2
 
 struct gpio_led_platform_data {
 	int 		num_leds;