diff --git a/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c b/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
index fb138957dbeba1819ea99100666f3ed66cb63c76..dec966ddd6aa3caeaa377645101d13b9e35a3e64 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
@@ -97,10 +97,9 @@ static void setup_iomux_uart(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_EHCI_MX5
 int board_ehci_hcd_init(int port)
 {
-	/* request VBUS power enable pin, GPIO[8}, gpio7 */
+	/* request VBUS power enable pin, GPIO7_8 */
 	mxc_request_iomux(MX53_PIN_ATA_DA_2, IOMUX_CONFIG_ALT1);
-	gpio_direction_output(IOMUX_TO_GPIO(MX53_PIN_ATA_DA_2), 0);
-	gpio_set_value(IOMUX_TO_GPIO(MX53_PIN_ATA_DA_2), 1);
+	gpio_direction_output(IOMUX_TO_GPIO(MX53_PIN_ATA_DA_2), 1);
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif