diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index d7b98ba36825..b9c6deb96924 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_parse_functions(struct device_node *np,
 	struct device_node *child;
 	struct imx_pmx_func *func;
 	struct imx_pin_group *grp;
-	static u32 grp_index;
 	u32 i = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(info->dev, "parse function(%d): %s\n", index, np->name);
@@ -599,7 +598,7 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_parse_functions(struct device_node *np,
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
 		func->groups[i] = child->name;
-		grp = &info->groups[grp_index++];
+		grp = &info->groups[info->group_index++];
 		imx_pinctrl_parse_groups(child, grp, info, i++);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.h b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.h
index 49e55d39f7c8..2a5fe729fe06 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info {
 	struct imx_pin_reg *pin_regs;
 	struct imx_pin_group *groups;
 	unsigned int ngroups;
+	unsigned int group_index;
 	struct imx_pmx_func *functions;
 	unsigned int nfunctions;
 	unsigned int flags;