diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
index 954a41226740..8542053d4d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static const char *intel_get_function_name(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 {
 	struct intel_pinctrl *pctrl = pinctrl_dev_get_drvdata(pctldev);
 
-	return pctrl->soc->functions[function].name;
+	return pctrl->soc->functions[function].func.name;
 }
 
 static int intel_get_function_groups(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ static int intel_get_function_groups(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 {
 	struct intel_pinctrl *pctrl = pinctrl_dev_get_drvdata(pctldev);
 
-	*groups = pctrl->soc->functions[function].groups;
-	*ngroups = pctrl->soc->functions[function].ngroups;
+	*groups = pctrl->soc->functions[function].func.groups;
+	*ngroups = pctrl->soc->functions[function].func.ngroups;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.h b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.h
index 65628423bf63..46f5f7d1565f 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.h
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ struct intel_pingroup {
 
 /**
  * struct intel_function - Description about a function
+ * @func: Generic data of the pin function (name and groups of pins)
  * @name: Name of the function
  * @groups: An array of groups for this function
  * @ngroups: Number of groups in @groups
  */
 struct intel_function {
+	struct pinfunction func;
 	const char *name;
 	const char * const *groups;
 	size_t ngroups;
@@ -158,11 +160,12 @@ struct intel_community {
 		.modes = __builtin_choose_expr(__builtin_constant_p((m)), NULL, (m)),	\
 	}
 
-#define FUNCTION(n, g)				\
-	{					\
-		.name = (n),			\
-		.groups = (g),			\
-		.ngroups = ARRAY_SIZE((g)),	\
+#define FUNCTION(n, g)							\
+	{								\
+		.func = PINCTRL_PINFUNCTION((n), (g), ARRAY_SIZE(g)),	\
+		.name = (n),						\
+		.groups = (g),						\
+		.ngroups = ARRAY_SIZE((g)),				\
 	}
 
 /**