dev_info(port->dev, "Unable to attach BlackFin UART over SPORT CTS interrupt. So, disable it.\n");
                }
        }
-       if (up->rts_pin >= 0)
-               gpio_direction_output(up->rts_pin, 0);
+       if (up->rts_pin >= 0) {
+               if (gpio_request(up->rts_pin, DRV_NAME)) {
+                       dev_info(port->dev, "fail to request RTS PIN at GPIO_%d\n", up->rts_pin);
+                       up->rts_pin = -1;
+               } else
+                       gpio_direction_output(up->rts_pin, 0);
+       }
 #endif
 
        return 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_SPORT_CTSRTS
        if (up->cts_pin >= 0)
                free_irq(gpio_to_irq(up->cts_pin), up);
+       if (up->rts_pin >= 0)
+               gpio_free(up->rts_pin);
 #endif
 }
 
                        sport->rts_pin = -1;
                else
                        sport->rts_pin = res->start;
-
-               if (sport->rts_pin >= 0)
-                       gpio_request(sport->rts_pin, DRV_NAME);
 #endif
        }
 
 
        if (sport) {
                uart_remove_one_port(&sport_uart_reg, &sport->port);
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_CTSRTS
-               if (sport->rts_pin >= 0)
-                       gpio_free(sport->rts_pin);
-#endif
                iounmap(sport->port.membase);
                peripheral_free_list(
                        (unsigned short *)pdev->dev.platform_data);