diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905d-p23x.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905d-p23x.dtsi
index bf08e874eadfbe09c2ed4c43c979828bab44b6b0..666fe2b5ee867a79fc317173587631f7eacf9f29 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905d-p23x.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905d-p23x.dtsi
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 	};
 };
 
+/* This UART is brought out to the DB9 connector */
 &uart_AO {
 	status = "okay";
+	pinctrl-0 = <&uart_ao_a_pins>;
+	pinctrl-names = "default";
 };