diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
index 7c3c90c9edbe..641692f716f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
@@ -1935,12 +1935,11 @@ qca8k_sw_probe(struct mdio_device *mdiodev)
 	priv->info = of_device_get_match_data(priv->dev);
 
 	priv->reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(priv->dev, "reset",
-						   GPIOD_ASIS);
+						   GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->reset_gpio))
 		return PTR_ERR(priv->reset_gpio);
 
 	if (priv->reset_gpio) {
-		gpiod_set_value_cansleep(priv->reset_gpio, 1);
 		/* The active low duration must be greater than 10 ms
 		 * and checkpatch.pl wants 20 ms.
 		 */