- label: see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
        - type: Output configuration, see dt-bindings/leds/leds-pca9532.h (default NONE)
        - linux,default-trigger: see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
+       - default-state: see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
+         This property is only valid for sub-nodes of type <PCA9532_TYPE_LED>.
 
 Example:
   #include <dt-bindings/leds/leds-pca9532.h>
       label = "pca:green:power";
       type = <PCA9532_TYPE_LED>;
     };
+    kernel-booting {
+      type = <PCA9532_TYPE_LED>;
+      default-state = "on";
+    };
+    sys-stat {
+      type = <PCA9532_TYPE_LED>;
+      default-state = "keep"; // don't touch, was set by U-Boot
+    };
   };
 
 For more product information please see the link below:
 
        mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
 }
 
+static enum pca9532_state pca9532_getled(struct pca9532_led *led)
+{
+       struct i2c_client *client = led->client;
+       struct pca9532_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+       u8 maxleds = data->chip_info->num_leds;
+       char reg;
+       enum pca9532_state ret;
+
+       mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
+       reg = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, LED_REG(maxleds, led->id));
+       ret = reg >> LED_NUM(led->id)/2;
+       mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_LEDS_PCA9532_GPIO
 static int pca9532_gpio_request_pin(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offset)
 {
                        gpios++;
                        break;
                case PCA9532_TYPE_LED:
-                       led->state = pled->state;
+                       if (pled->state == PCA9532_KEEP)
+                               led->state = pca9532_getled(led);
+                       else
+                               led->state = pled->state;
                        led->name = pled->name;
                        led->ldev.name = led->name;
                        led->ldev.default_trigger = pled->default_trigger;
        const struct of_device_id *match;
        int devid, maxleds;
        int i = 0;
+       const char *state;
 
        match = of_match_device(of_pca9532_leds_match, dev);
        if (!match)
                of_property_read_u32(child, "type", &pdata->leds[i].type);
                of_property_read_string(child, "linux,default-trigger",
                                        &pdata->leds[i].default_trigger);
+               if (!of_property_read_string(child, "default-state", &state)) {
+                       if (!strcmp(state, "on"))
+                               pdata->leds[i].state = PCA9532_ON;
+                       else if (!strcmp(state, "keep"))
+                               pdata->leds[i].state = PCA9532_KEEP;
+               }
                if (++i >= maxleds) {
                        of_node_put(child);
                        break;