diff --git a/arch/mips/au1000/common/gpio.c b/arch/mips/au1000/common/gpio.c
index b485d94ce8a5055d4e28b35f8dec1c7fc3b2af9e..1f058434b7266057f678485c697780c9933f7592 100644
--- a/arch/mips/au1000/common/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/mips/au1000/common/gpio.c
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ static int au1xxx_gpio2_direction_input(unsigned gpio)
 static int au1xxx_gpio2_direction_output(unsigned gpio, int value)
 {
 	gpio -= AU1XXX_GPIO_BASE;
-	gpio2->dir = (0x01 << gpio) | (value << gpio);
+	gpio2->dir |= 0x01 << gpio;
+	gpio2->output = (GPIO2_OUTPUT_ENABLE_MASK << gpio) | (value << gpio);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ static int au1xxx_gpio1_direction_input(unsigned gpio)
 static int au1xxx_gpio1_direction_output(unsigned gpio, int value)
 {
 	gpio1->trioutclr = (0x01 & gpio);
+	au1xxx_gpio1_write(gpio, value);
 	return 0;
 }