diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/airoha/pinctrl-airoha.c b/drivers/pinctrl/airoha/pinctrl-airoha.c
index 5012c21c9c32..1e913c6a31ff 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/airoha/pinctrl-airoha.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/airoha/pinctrl-airoha.c
@@ -1158,8 +1158,8 @@ static const struct airoha_pinctrl_func_group i2c_func_group[] = {
 		.regmap[0] = {
 			AIROHA_FUNC_MUX,
 			REG_GPIO_2ND_I2C_MODE,
-			GPIO_2ND_I2C_MODE_MASK,
-			GPIO_2ND_I2C_MODE_MASK
+			GPIO_2ND_I2C_MODE_MASK | GPIO_I2C_MASTER_MODE_MODE,
+			GPIO_2ND_I2C_MODE_MASK | GPIO_I2C_MASTER_MODE_MODE,
 		},
 		.regmap_size = 1,
 	},