diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c b/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c
index 2310c96ccf4a..db1b55df0d13 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c
@@ -1153,8 +1153,6 @@ static unsigned int cp2112_gpio_irq_startup(struct irq_data *d)
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev->gpio_poll_worker, cp2112_gpio_poll_callback);
 
-	cp2112_gpio_direction_input(gc, d->hwirq);
-
 	if (!dev->gpio_poll) {
 		dev->gpio_poll = true;
 		schedule_delayed_work(&dev->gpio_poll_worker, 0);
@@ -1204,6 +1202,12 @@ static int __maybe_unused cp2112_allocate_irq(struct cp2112_device *dev,
 		return PTR_ERR(dev->desc[pin]);
 	}
 
+	ret = cp2112_gpio_direction_input(&dev->gc, pin);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err(dev->gc.parent, "Failed to set GPIO to input dir\n");
+		goto err_desc;
+	}
+
 	ret = gpiochip_lock_as_irq(&dev->gc, pin);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev->gc.parent, "Failed to lock GPIO as interrupt\n");