diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c
index 23f2de07f598b215ab8cc51a0e29d9b215a90374..f6cdeee6e63bd6b6ee7a8e2be7059ddb0981650c 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c
@@ -1202,12 +1202,6 @@ static int mtk_pctrl_build_state(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct pinctrl_desc mtk_pctrl_desc = {
-	.confops	= &mtk_pconf_ops,
-	.pctlops	= &mtk_pctrl_ops,
-	.pmxops		= &mtk_pmx_ops,
-};
-
 int mtk_pctrl_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		const struct mtk_pinctrl_devdata *data,
 		struct regmap *regmap)
@@ -1265,12 +1259,17 @@ int mtk_pctrl_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pctl->devdata->npins; i++)
 		pins[i] = pctl->devdata->pins[i].pin;
-	mtk_pctrl_desc.name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
-	mtk_pctrl_desc.owner = THIS_MODULE;
-	mtk_pctrl_desc.pins = pins;
-	mtk_pctrl_desc.npins = pctl->devdata->npins;
+
+	pctl->pctl_desc.name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
+	pctl->pctl_desc.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	pctl->pctl_desc.pins = pins;
+	pctl->pctl_desc.npins = pctl->devdata->npins;
+	pctl->pctl_desc.confops = &mtk_pconf_ops;
+	pctl->pctl_desc.pctlops = &mtk_pctrl_ops;
+	pctl->pctl_desc.pmxops = &mtk_pmx_ops;
 	pctl->dev = &pdev->dev;
-	pctl->pctl_dev = pinctrl_register(&mtk_pctrl_desc, &pdev->dev, pctl);
+
+	pctl->pctl_dev = pinctrl_register(&pctl->pctl_desc, &pdev->dev, pctl);
 	if (IS_ERR(pctl->pctl_dev)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "couldn't register pinctrl driver\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(pctl->pctl_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.h b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.h
index 30213e514c2f1e6f711dfce473b08a6f1abc7675..c532c23c70b471ac68e030b7c61be8929152c89d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.h
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ struct mtk_pinctrl_devdata {
 struct mtk_pinctrl {
 	struct regmap	*regmap1;
 	struct regmap	*regmap2;
+	struct pinctrl_desc pctl_desc;
 	struct device           *dev;
 	struct gpio_chip	*chip;
 	struct mtk_pinctrl_group	*groups;