diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
index cce95367c156..bd7f28150ac0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
@@ -81,12 +81,16 @@ static void apple_gpio_set_reg(struct apple_gpio_pinctrl *pctl,
 	regmap_update_bits(pctl->map, REG_GPIO(pin), mask, value);
 }
 
-static uint32_t apple_gpio_get_reg(struct apple_gpio_pinctrl *pctl,
+static u32 apple_gpio_get_reg(struct apple_gpio_pinctrl *pctl,
                               unsigned int pin)
 {
-	unsigned int val = 0;
+	int ret;
+	u32 val;
+
+	ret = regmap_read(pctl->map, REG_GPIO(pin), &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
 
-	regmap_read(pctl->map, REG_GPIO(pin), &val);
 	return val;
 }