diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.c
index e5827a56ff3b5eda451202849c41b2d8b0e54f31..5eaea8b812cf39515c3e7132d90d4f3d7e0fba17 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int ar934x_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
 		__raw_writel(BIT(offset), ctrl->base + AR71XX_GPIO_REG_CLEAR);
 
 	__raw_writel(
-		__raw_readl(ctrl->base + AR71XX_GPIO_REG_OE) & BIT(offset),
+		__raw_readl(ctrl->base + AR71XX_GPIO_REG_OE) & ~BIT(offset),
 		ctrl->base + AR71XX_GPIO_REG_OE);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl->lock, flags);