diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/aspeed/pinctrl-aspeed.c b/drivers/pinctrl/aspeed/pinctrl-aspeed.c
index 6a94eaecf63861f8f14cbac9e40148cc3d3afdfb..d6b849552a1e7a627376f3e0a40f41fd30bea99d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/aspeed/pinctrl-aspeed.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/aspeed/pinctrl-aspeed.c
@@ -286,13 +286,14 @@ int aspeed_pinmux_set_mux(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned int function,
 static bool aspeed_expr_is_gpio(const struct aspeed_sig_expr *expr)
 {
 	/*
-	 * The signal type is GPIO if the signal name has "GPIO" as a prefix.
+	 * The signal type is GPIO if the signal name has "GPI" as a prefix.
 	 * strncmp (rather than strcmp) is used to implement the prefix
 	 * requirement.
 	 *
-	 * expr->signal might look like "GPIOT3" in the GPIO case.
+	 * expr->signal might look like "GPIOB1" in the GPIO case.
+	 * expr->signal might look like "GPIT0" in the GPI case.
 	 */
-	return strncmp(expr->signal, "GPIO", 4) == 0;
+	return strncmp(expr->signal, "GPI", 3) == 0;
 }
 
 static bool aspeed_gpio_in_exprs(const struct aspeed_sig_expr **exprs)