pr_info("Unable to attach BlackFin UART CTS interrupt. So, disable it.\n");
                }
        }
-       if (uart->rts_pin >= 0)
-               gpio_direction_output(uart->rts_pin, 0);
+       if (uart->rts_pin >= 0) {
+               if (gpio_request(uart->rts_pin, DRIVER_NAME)) {
+                       pr_info("fail to request RTS PIN at GPIO_%d\n", uart->rts_pin);
+                       uart->rts_pin = -1;
+               } else
+                       gpio_direction_output(uart->rts_pin, 0);
+       }
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_HARD_CTSRTS
        if (uart->cts_pin >= 0 && request_irq(uart->status_irq,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_CTSRTS
        if (uart->cts_pin >= 0)
                free_irq(gpio_to_irq(uart->cts_pin), uart);
+       if (uart->rts_pin >= 0)
+               gpio_free(uart->rts_pin);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_HARD_CTSRTS
        if (uart->cts_pin >= 0)
                        uart->rts_pin = -1;
                else
                        uart->rts_pin = res->start;
-# if defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_CTSRTS)
-               if (uart->rts_pin >= 0)
-                       gpio_request(uart->rts_pin, DRIVER_NAME);
-# endif
 #endif
        }
 
 
        if (uart) {
                uart_remove_one_port(&bfin_serial_reg, &uart->port);
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_CTSRTS
-               if (uart->rts_pin >= 0)
-                       gpio_free(uart->rts_pin);
-#endif
                iounmap(uart->port.membase);
                peripheral_free_list(
                        (unsigned short *)pdev->dev.platform_data);