diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun8i-h3.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun8i-h3.c
index 77d4cf047cee..11760bbe9d51 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun8i-h3.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun8i-h3.c
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ static const struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc sun8i_h3_pinctrl_data = {
 	.pins = sun8i_h3_pins,
 	.npins = ARRAY_SIZE(sun8i_h3_pins),
 	.irq_banks = 2,
+	.irq_read_needs_mux = true
 };
 
 static int sun8i_h3_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)