diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
index f8e9e1c2b2f6..c978be5eb9eb 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
@@ -422,6 +422,20 @@ static int msm_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, in
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int msm_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
+{
+	struct msm_pinctrl *pctrl = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
+	const struct msm_pingroup *g;
+	u32 val;
+
+	g = &pctrl->soc->groups[offset];
+
+	val = readl(pctrl->regs + g->ctl_reg);
+
+	/* 0 = output, 1 = input */
+	return val & BIT(g->oe_bit) ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
 static int msm_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 {
 	const struct msm_pingroup *g;
@@ -510,6 +524,7 @@ static void msm_gpio_dbg_show(struct seq_file *s, struct gpio_chip *chip)
 static struct gpio_chip msm_gpio_template = {
 	.direction_input  = msm_gpio_direction_input,
 	.direction_output = msm_gpio_direction_output,
+	.get_direction    = msm_gpio_get_direction,
 	.get              = msm_gpio_get,
 	.set              = msm_gpio_set,
 	.request          = gpiochip_generic_request,