diff --git a/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/files/gpio_usb2514 b/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/files/gpio_usb2514
index baa245b..befde70 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/files/gpio_usb2514
+++ b/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/files/gpio_usb2514
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# in more recent kernels the kernel is itself taking care of exporting
+# the right GPIOs and setting their direction and level.  We can detect
+# this by checking for the below sysfs path
+if [ -d /sys/devices/platform/sob-odu.0 ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 cd /sys/class/gpio
 
 # !mdm1_pwr_ind
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/usb2514_1.bb b/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/usb2514_1.bb
index b06858b..e73366e 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/usb2514_1.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/sob-odu/usb2514_1.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${WORKDIR}/usb2514.c;beginline=1;endline=18;md5=3b8421a1c05d21add65cc20fccfa29cd"
 DEPENDS += "lmsensors-apps"
 
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://usb2514.c \
            file://gpio_usb2514 \