diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index 47613201269a..79c4e14a5a75 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!info->functions)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	info->group_index = 0;
 	if (flat_funcs) {
 		info->ngroups = of_get_child_count(np);
 	} else {