diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c
index 462aa1c4a5fa6..e27e4945def26 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const u8 a523_r_irq_bank_muxes[SUNXI_PINCTRL_MAX_BANKS] =
 static struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc a523_r_pinctrl_data = {
 	.irq_banks = ARRAY_SIZE(a523_r_irq_bank_map),
 	.irq_bank_map = a523_r_irq_bank_map,
-	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_SEL,
+	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_CTL_INV,
 	.pin_base = PL_BASE,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c
index b6f78f1f30ac4..88d8acd5bc245 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const u8 a523_irq_bank_muxes[SUNXI_PINCTRL_MAX_BANKS] =
 static struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc a523_pinctrl_data = {
 	.irq_banks = ARRAY_SIZE(a523_irq_bank_map),
 	.irq_bank_map = a523_irq_bank_map,
-	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_SEL,
+	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_CTL_INV,
 };
 
 static int a523_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
index 25489beeb3125..7b33bcb7f840a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ static int sunxi_pinctrl_set_io_bias_cfg(struct sunxi_pinctrl *pctl,
 {
 	unsigned short bank;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool inverted = false;
 	u32 val, reg;
 	int uV;
 
@@ -766,6 +767,9 @@ static int sunxi_pinctrl_set_io_bias_cfg(struct sunxi_pinctrl *pctl,
 		reg &= ~IO_BIAS_MASK;
 		writel(reg | val, pctl->membase + sunxi_grp_config_reg(pin));
 		return 0;
+	case BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_CTL_INV:
+		inverted = true;
+		fallthrough;
 	case BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_CTL:
 		val = uV > 1800000 && uV <= 2500000 ? BIT(bank) : 0;
 
@@ -780,6 +784,8 @@ static int sunxi_pinctrl_set_io_bias_cfg(struct sunxi_pinctrl *pctl,
 		fallthrough;
 	case BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_SEL:
 		val = uV <= 1800000 ? 1 : 0;
+		if (inverted)
+			val = !val;
 
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&pctl->lock, flags);
 		reg = readl(pctl->membase + pctl->pow_mod_sel_offset);
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.h b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.h
index 0daf7600e2fb0..b09df32a3073a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.h
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ enum sunxi_desc_bias_voltage {
 	 * Bias voltage is set through PIO_POW_MOD_SEL_REG
 	 * and PIO_POW_MOD_CTL_REG register, as seen on
 	 * A100 and D1 SoC, for example.
+	 * Some SoCs invert the encoding for 1.8V vs. 3.3V.
 	 */
 	BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_CTL,
+	BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_CTL_INV,
 };
 
 struct sunxi_desc_function {