diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-dlink-dir-685.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-dlink-dir-685.dts
index 502a361d1fe9..318e9b2ba7dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-dlink-dir-685.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-dlink-dir-685.dts
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 		gpio-sck = <&gpio1 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		gpio-miso = <&gpio1 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		gpio-mosi = <&gpio1 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
-		/* Collides with pflash CE1, not so cool */
 		cs-gpios = <&gpio0 20 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		num-chipselects = <1>;
 
@@ -253,15 +252,18 @@
 	soc {
 		flash@30000000 {
 			/*
-			 * Flash access is by default disabled, because it
-			 * collides with the Chip Enable signal for the display
-			 * panel, that reuse the parallel flash Chip Select 1
-			 * (CS1). Enabling flash makes graphics stop working.
-			 *
-			 * We might be able to hack around this by letting
-			 * GPIO poke around in the flash controller registers.
+			 * Flash access collides with the Chip Enable signal for
+			 * the display panel, that reuse the parallel flash Chip
+			 * Select 1 (CS1). We switch the pin control state so we
+			 * enable these pins for flash access only when we need
+			 * then, and when disabled they can be used for GPIO which
+			 * is what the display panel needs.
 			 */
-			/* status = "okay"; */
+			status = "okay";
+			pinctrl-names = "enabled", "disabled";
+			pinctrl-0 = <&pflash_default_pins>;
+			pinctrl-1 = <&pflash_disabled_pins>;
+
 			/* 32MB of flash */
 			reg = <0x30000000 0x02000000>;
 
@@ -327,7 +329,6 @@
 						"gpio0cgrp",
 						"gpio0egrp",
 						"gpio0fgrp",
-						"gpio0ggrp",
 						"gpio0hgrp";
 					};
 				};
@@ -342,6 +343,18 @@
 						groups = "gpio1bgrp";
 					};
 				};
+				/*
+				 * These GPIO groups will be mapped in over some
+				 * of the flash pins when the flash is not in
+				 * active use.
+				 */
+				pflash_disabled_pins: pinctrl-pflash-disabled {
+					mux {
+						function = "gpio0";
+						groups = "gpio0ggrp", "gpio0igrp", "gpio0jgrp",
+							 "gpio0kgrp";
+					};
+				};
 				pinctrl-gmii {
 					mux {
 						function = "gmii";
@@ -430,7 +443,7 @@
 		};
 
 		display-controller@6a000000 {
-			status = "okay";
+			status = "disabled";
 
 			port@0 {
 				reg = <0>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-sq201.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-sq201.dts
index 3787cf3763c4..af4be6ecb02c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-sq201.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/gemini-sq201.dts
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@
 		compatible = "gpio-leds";
 		led-green-info {
 			label = "sq201:green:info";
-			/* Conflict with parallel flash */
 			gpios = <&gpio0 20 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 			default-state = "on";
 			linux,default-trigger = "heartbeat";
 		};
 		led-green-usb {
 			label = "sq201:green:usb";
-			/* Conflict with parallel and NAND flash */
 			gpios = <&gpio0 31 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 			default-state = "off";
 			linux,default-trigger = "usb-host";
@@ -126,15 +124,10 @@
 
 	soc {
 		flash@30000000 {
-			/*
-			 * Flash access can be enabled, with the side effect
-			 * of disabling access to GPIO LED on GPIO0[20] which
-			 * reuse one of the parallel flash chip select lines.
-			 * Also the default firmware on the machine has the
-			 * problem that since it uses the flash, the two LEDS
-			 * on the right become numb.
-			 */
-			/* status = "okay"; */
+			status = "okay";
+			pinctrl-names = "enabled", "disabled";
+			pinctrl-0 = <&pflash_default_pins>;
+			pinctrl-1 = <&pflash_disabled_pins>;
 			/* 16MB of flash */
 			reg = <0x30000000 0x01000000>;
 
@@ -184,9 +177,7 @@
 					mux {
 						function = "gpio0";
 						groups = "gpio0fgrp",
-						"gpio0ggrp",
-						"gpio0hgrp",
-						"gpio0kgrp";
+						"gpio0hgrp";
 					};
 				};
 				/*
@@ -199,6 +190,18 @@
 						groups = "gpio1dgrp";
 					};
 				};
+				/*
+				 * These GPIO groups will be mapped in over some
+				 * of the flash pins when the flash is not in
+				 * active use.
+				 */
+				pflash_disabled_pins: pinctrl-pflash-disabled {
+					mux {
+						function = "gpio0";
+						groups = "gpio0ggrp", "gpio0igrp", "gpio0jgrp",
+							 "gpio0kgrp";
+					};
+				};
 				pinctrl-gmii {
 					mux {
 						function = "gmii";