diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
index 241684cd383b..98cf9c6f4b59 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
@@ -600,30 +600,6 @@ static int stm32_gpio_domain_translate(struct irq_domain *d,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int stm32_gpio_domain_activate(struct irq_domain *d,
-				      struct irq_data *irq_data, bool reserve)
-{
-	struct stm32_gpio_bank *bank = d->host_data;
-	struct stm32_pinctrl *pctl = dev_get_drvdata(bank->gpio_chip.parent);
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (pctl->hwlock) {
-		ret = hwspin_lock_timeout_in_atomic(pctl->hwlock,
-						    HWSPNLCK_TIMEOUT_MS);
-		if (ret) {
-			dev_err(pctl->dev, "Can't get hwspinlock\n");
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
-
-	regmap_field_write(pctl->irqmux[irq_data->hwirq], bank->bank_ioport_nr);
-
-	if (pctl->hwlock)
-		hwspin_unlock_in_atomic(pctl->hwlock);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int stm32_gpio_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *d,
 				   unsigned int virq,
 				   unsigned int nr_irqs, void *data)
@@ -645,10 +621,27 @@ static int stm32_gpio_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *d,
 	if (pctl->irqmux_map & BIT(hwirq)) {
 		dev_err(pctl->dev, "irq line %ld already requested.\n", hwirq);
 		ret = -EBUSY;
-	} else {
-		pctl->irqmux_map |= BIT(hwirq);
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	pctl->irqmux_map |= BIT(hwirq);
+
+	if (pctl->hwlock) {
+		ret = hwspin_lock_timeout_in_atomic(pctl->hwlock,
+						    HWSPNLCK_TIMEOUT_MS);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(pctl->dev, "Can't get hwspinlock\n");
+			pctl->irqmux_map &= ~BIT(hwirq);
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
+	regmap_field_write(pctl->irqmux[hwirq], bank->bank_ioport_nr);
+
+	if (pctl->hwlock)
+		hwspin_unlock_in_atomic(pctl->hwlock);
+
+unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pctl->irqmux_lock, flags);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -683,7 +676,6 @@ static const struct irq_domain_ops stm32_gpio_domain_ops = {
 	.translate	= stm32_gpio_domain_translate,
 	.alloc		= stm32_gpio_domain_alloc,
 	.free		= stm32_gpio_domain_free,
-	.activate	= stm32_gpio_domain_activate,
 };
 
 /* Pinctrl functions */