diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
index 862c84efb718f..ce3f9ea415117 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
 #include "../core.h"
 #include "pinctrl-sunxi.h"
 
+/*
+ * These lock classes tell lockdep that GPIO IRQs are in a different
+ * category than their parents, so it won't report false recursion.
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key sunxi_pinctrl_irq_lock_class;
+static struct lock_class_key sunxi_pinctrl_irq_request_class;
+
 static struct irq_chip sunxi_pinctrl_edge_irq_chip;
 static struct irq_chip sunxi_pinctrl_level_irq_chip;
 
@@ -1551,6 +1558,8 @@ int sunxi_pinctrl_init_with_variant(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	for (i = 0; i < (pctl->desc->irq_banks * IRQ_PER_BANK); i++) {
 		int irqno = irq_create_mapping(pctl->domain, i);
 
+		irq_set_lockdep_class(irqno, &sunxi_pinctrl_irq_lock_class,
+				      &sunxi_pinctrl_irq_request_class);
 		irq_set_chip_and_handler(irqno, &sunxi_pinctrl_edge_irq_chip,
 					 handle_edge_irq);
 		irq_set_chip_data(irqno, pctl);