diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/common/Kconfig b/src/soc/mediatek/common/Kconfig
index ce9f883356..62934dab05 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/common/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/common/Kconfig
@@ -70,4 +70,11 @@ config PWRAP_WITH_PMIF_SPMI
 	  When this option is enabled, the PMIC interface only supports PWRAP
 	  and PMIF_SPMI.
 
+config PMIF_SPMI_IOCFG_DEFAULT_SETTING
+	bool
+	default n
+	help
+	  For SoCs where IO pins default to PMIF_SPMI mode, enable this option
+	  to skip software PMIF_SPMI IO pins configuration.
+
 endif
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/common/pmif_spmi.c b/src/soc/mediatek/common/pmif_spmi.c
index 8ff7c1e82d..afeeddf515 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/common/pmif_spmi.c
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/common/pmif_spmi.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ static int spmi_mst_init(struct pmif *pmif_arb)
 		return -E_INVAL;
 	}
 
-	pmif_spmi_iocfg();
+	if (!CONFIG(PMIF_SPMI_IOCFG_DEFAULT_SETTING))
+		pmif_spmi_iocfg();
 	spmi_config_master();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < spmi_dev_cnt; i++)
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Kconfig b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Kconfig
index bac220e89e..e6cdb00bfe 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config SOC_MEDIATEK_MT8186
 	select USE_CBMEM_DRAM_INFO
 	select FLASH_DUAL_IO_READ
 	select PWRAP_WITH_PMIF_SPMI
+	select PMIF_SPMI_IOCFG_DEFAULT_SETTING
 
 if SOC_MEDIATEK_MT8186