diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs
index 1916cf7ba450e..17606940bb523 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ config ARCH_SOPHGO
 
 config ARCH_SPACEMIT
 	bool "SpacemiT SoCs"
+	select PINCTRL
 	help
 	  This enables support for SpacemiT SoC platform hardware.
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/Kconfig
index 168f8a5ffbb95..a2f98b3f8a755 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/Kconfig
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 #
 
 config PINCTRL_SPACEMIT_K1
-	tristate "SpacemiT K1 SoC Pinctrl driver"
+	bool "SpacemiT K1 SoC Pinctrl driver"
 	depends on ARCH_SPACEMIT || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on OF
+	default y
 	select GENERIC_PINCTRL_GROUPS
 	select GENERIC_PINMUX_FUNCTIONS
 	select GENERIC_PINCONF
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/pinctrl-k1.c b/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/pinctrl-k1.c
index a32579d736130..59fd555ff38d4 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/pinctrl-k1.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/pinctrl-k1.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ static struct platform_driver k1_pinctrl_driver = {
 		.of_match_table		= k1_pinctrl_ids,
 	},
 };
-module_platform_driver(k1_pinctrl_driver);
+builtin_platform_driver(k1_pinctrl_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Yixun Lan <dlan@gentoo.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Pinctrl driver for the SpacemiT K1 SoC");