diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c
index db850b7b11e5..4b40770a38b7 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c
@@ -974,10 +974,10 @@ int s32_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
 				     "Fail to probe dt properties\n");
 
-	ipctl->pctl = devm_pinctrl_register(&pdev->dev, s32_pinctrl_desc,
-					    ipctl);
-	if (IS_ERR(ipctl->pctl))
-		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, PTR_ERR(ipctl->pctl),
+	ret = devm_pinctrl_register_and_init(&pdev->dev, s32_pinctrl_desc,
+					     ipctl, &ipctl->pctl);
+	if (ret)
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
 				     "Could not register s32 pinctrl driver\n");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
@@ -990,7 +990,12 @@ int s32_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 #endif
 
-	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "initialized s32 pinctrl driver\n");
+	ret = pinctrl_enable(ipctl->pctl);
+	if (ret)
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
+				     "Failed to enable pinctrl\n");
+
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Initialized S32 pinctrl driver\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }