- backlight: node for specifying WLED1 and WLED2 lines in TPS65217
 - isel: selection bit, valid values: 1 for ISEL1 (low-level) and 2 for ISEL2 (high-level)
 - fdim: PWM dimming frequency, valid values: 100, 200, 500, 1000
+- default-brightness: valid values: 0-100
 
 Each regulator is defined using the standard binding for regulators.
 
                backlight {
                        isel = <1>;  /* 1 - ISET1, 2 ISET2 */
                        fdim = <100>; /* TPS65217_BL_FDIM_100HZ */
+                       default-brightness = <50>;
                };
        };
+
 
                }
        }
 
+       if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "default-brightness", &val)) {
+               if (val < 0 ||
+                       val > 100) {
+                       dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+                               "invalid 'default-brightness' value in the device tree\n");
+                       err = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+                       goto err;
+               }
+
+               pdata->dft_brightness = val;
+       }
+
        of_node_put(node);
 
        return pdata;
                return PTR_ERR(tps65217_bl->bl);
        }
 
-       tps65217_bl->bl->props.brightness = 0;
+       tps65217_bl->bl->props.brightness = pdata->dft_brightness;
+       backlight_update_status(tps65217_bl->bl);
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tps65217_bl);
 
        return 0;
 
 struct tps65217_bl_pdata {
        enum tps65217_bl_isel isel;
        enum tps65217_bl_fdim fdim;
+       int dft_brightness;
 };
 
 /**