diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-g12-common.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-g12-common.dtsi
index 59e105d3e7cb98..ac5280df143e8b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-g12-common.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-g12-common.dtsi
@@ -2486,6 +2486,7 @@
 	};
 
 	npu: npu@ff100000 {
+		status = "disabled";
 		compatible = "vivante,gc";
 		reg = <0x0 0xff100000 0x0 0x20000>;
 		interrupts = <0 147 4>;