diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-idio-16.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-idio-16.c
index 53b1eb876a12..e978fd0898aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-idio-16.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-idio-16.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * GPIO library for the ACCES IDIO-16 family
  * Copyright (C) 2022 William Breathitt Gray
  */
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/bits.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ int devm_idio_16_regmap_register(struct device *const dev,
 	struct idio_16_data *data;
 	struct regmap_irq_chip *chip;
 	struct regmap_irq_chip_data *chip_data;
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(fixed_direction_output, IDIO_16_NGPIO);
 
 	if (!config->parent)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -163,6 +165,9 @@ int devm_idio_16_regmap_register(struct device *const dev,
 	gpio_config.irq_domain = regmap_irq_get_domain(chip_data);
 	gpio_config.reg_mask_xlate = idio_16_reg_mask_xlate;
 
+	bitmap_from_u64(fixed_direction_output, GENMASK_U64(15, 0));
+	gpio_config.fixed_direction_output = fixed_direction_output;
+
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(devm_gpio_regmap_register(dev, &gpio_config));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_idio_16_regmap_register);