diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c
index 927a7deafd217..cf93f10b59af1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ static void i2c_mux_gpio_set(const struct gpiomux *mux, unsigned val)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < mux->data.n_gpios; i++)
-		gpio_set_value(mux->gpio_base + mux->data.gpios[i],
-			       val & (1 << i));
+		gpio_set_value_cansleep(mux->gpio_base + mux->data.gpios[i],
+					val & (1 << i));
 }
 
 static int i2c_mux_gpio_select(struct i2c_adapter *adap, void *data, u32 chan)