diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c
index b5596ec4409c..4e49be837b0e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ static int arche_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				arche_pdata->wake_detect_gpio);
 		goto exit;
 	}
+	/* deassert wake detect */
+	gpio_direction_output(arche_pdata->wake_detect_gpio, 0);
 
 	arche_pdata->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&arche_pdata->delayed_work, svc_delayed_work);