diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/stmpe-keypad.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/stmpe-keypad.c
index 8d1e7af3c5b1..64514e64d557 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/stmpe-keypad.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/stmpe-keypad.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  * struct stmpe_keypad_variant - model-specific attributes
  * @auto_increment: whether the KPC_DATA_BYTE register address
  *		    auto-increments on multiple read
+ * @set_pullup: whether the pins need to have their pull-ups set
  * @num_data: number of data bytes
  * @num_normal_data: number of normal keys' data bytes
  * @max_cols: maximum number of columns supported
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
  */
 struct stmpe_keypad_variant {
 	bool		auto_increment;
+	bool		set_pullup;
 	int		num_data;
 	int		num_normal_data;
 	int		max_cols;
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ static const struct stmpe_keypad_variant stmpe_keypad_variants[] = {
 	},
 	[STMPE2401] = {
 		.auto_increment		= false,
+		.set_pullup		= true,
 		.num_data		= 3,
 		.num_normal_data	= 2,
 		.max_cols		= 8,
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ static const struct stmpe_keypad_variant stmpe_keypad_variants[] = {
 	},
 	[STMPE2403] = {
 		.auto_increment		= true,
+		.set_pullup		= true,
 		.num_data		= 5,
 		.num_normal_data	= 3,
 		.max_cols		= 8,
@@ -185,7 +189,10 @@ static int stmpe_keypad_altfunc_init(struct stmpe_keypad *keypad)
 	unsigned int col_gpios = variant->col_gpios;
 	unsigned int row_gpios = variant->row_gpios;
 	struct stmpe *stmpe = keypad->stmpe;
+	u8 pureg = stmpe->regs[STMPE_IDX_GPPUR_LSB];
 	unsigned int pins = 0;
+	unsigned int pu_pins = 0;
+	int ret;
 	int i;
 
 	/*
@@ -202,8 +209,10 @@ static int stmpe_keypad_altfunc_init(struct stmpe_keypad *keypad)
 	for (i = 0; i < variant->max_cols; i++) {
 		int num = __ffs(col_gpios);
 
-		if (keypad->cols & (1 << i))
+		if (keypad->cols & (1 << i)) {
 			pins |= 1 << num;
+			pu_pins |= 1 << num;
+		}
 
 		col_gpios &= ~(1 << num);
 	}
@@ -217,7 +226,31 @@ static int stmpe_keypad_altfunc_init(struct stmpe_keypad *keypad)
 		row_gpios &= ~(1 << num);
 	}
 
-	return stmpe_set_altfunc(stmpe, pins, STMPE_BLOCK_KEYPAD);
+	ret = stmpe_set_altfunc(stmpe, pins, STMPE_BLOCK_KEYPAD);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * On STMPE24xx, set pin bias to pull-up on all keypad input
+	 * pins (columns), this incidentally happen to be maximum 8 pins
+	 * and placed at GPIO0-7 so only the LSB of the pull up register
+	 * ever needs to be written.
+	 */
+	if (variant->set_pullup) {
+		u8 val;
+
+		ret = stmpe_reg_read(stmpe, pureg);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Do not touch unused pins, may be used for GPIO */
+		val = ret & ~pu_pins;
+		val |= pu_pins;
+
+		ret = stmpe_reg_write(stmpe, pureg, val);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int stmpe_keypad_chip_init(struct stmpe_keypad *keypad)