diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
index 4b6cb25bc796f86d00b9ab56b7144f20bfb2d610..131adf7953cd84e3b5e82ee394ad6d3f5bf29ca9 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ sunxi_pinctrl_desc_find_function_by_name(struct sunxi_pinctrl *pctl,
 			struct sunxi_desc_function *func = pin->functions;
 
 			while (func->name) {
-				if (!strcmp(func->name, func_name))
+				if (!strcmp(func->name, func_name) &&
+					(!func->variant ||
+					func->variant & pctl->variant))
 					return func;
 
 				func++;