diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c
index f71c6457e350..2425d4813c3c 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,13 @@ static const struct of_device_id atmel_pctrl_of_match[] = {
 	}
 };
 
+/*
+ * This lock class allows to tell lockdep that parent IRQ and children IRQ do
+ * not share the same class so it does not raise false positive
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key atmel_lock_key;
+static struct lock_class_key atmel_request_key;
+
 static int atmel_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -1185,6 +1192,7 @@ static int atmel_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		irq_set_chip_and_handler(irq, &atmel_gpio_irq_chip,
 					 handle_simple_irq);
 		irq_set_chip_data(irq, atmel_pioctrl);
+		irq_set_lockdep_class(irq, &atmel_lock_key, &atmel_request_key);
 		dev_dbg(dev,
 			"atmel gpio irq domain: hwirq: %d, linux irq: %d\n",
 			i, irq);