diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
index 3d8f4fe2e47e52eefff7da7967fe41bf0fafe801..bea0d2de29938404cb96b69bb684c47d0a43bf7e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ static int pca954x_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, data);
 
 	/* Get the mux out of reset if a reset GPIO is specified. */
-	gpio = devm_gpiod_get(&client->dev, "reset");
-	if (!IS_ERR(gpio))
-		gpiod_direction_output(gpio, 0);
+	gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&client->dev, "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
+	if (IS_ERR(gpio))
+		return PTR_ERR(gpio);
 
 	/* Write the mux register at addr to verify
 	 * that the mux is in fact present. This also