diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index 448f10986c28..2ee0d9228e63 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ int imx_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 {
 	struct imx_pinctrl *ipctl;
 	struct resource *res;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, i;
 
 	if (!info || !info->pins || !info->npins) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "wrong pinctrl info\n");
@@ -662,7 +662,11 @@ int imx_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				      info->npins, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!info->pin_regs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(info->pin_regs, 0xff, sizeof(*info->pin_regs) * info->npins);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < info->npins; i++) {
+		info->pin_regs[i].mux_reg = -1;
+		info->pin_regs[i].conf_reg = -1;
+	}
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	ipctl->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);