diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c
index 14f14efdf0d5..06d212a3d49d 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int altera_ps_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	conf->data = of_id->data;
 	conf->spi = spi;
-	conf->config = devm_gpiod_get(&spi->dev, "nconfig", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
+	conf->config = devm_gpiod_get(&spi->dev, "nconfig", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
 	if (IS_ERR(conf->config)) {
 		dev_err(&spi->dev, "Failed to get config gpio: %ld\n",
 			PTR_ERR(conf->config));