diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx53-ppd.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx53-ppd.dts
index f7dcdf96e5c00918fea0ec54149f28977d83c9c1..8f4a63ea912e8865c2641494a438b51688993d5e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx53-ppd.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx53-ppd.dts
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ &i2c2 {
 
 	touchscreen@4b {
 		compatible = "atmel,maxtouch";
-		reset-gpio = <&gpio5 19 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		reset-gpio = <&gpio5 19 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
 		reg = <0x4b>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio5>;
 		interrupts = <4 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl-colibri-eval-v3.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl-colibri-eval-v3.dts
index 65359aece950dbe3f25ee82f2b0ac596780b344a..7da74e6f46d9b57eca6a20c8445a88efdf80976f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl-colibri-eval-v3.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl-colibri-eval-v3.dts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		reg = <0x4a>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>;
 		interrupts = <9 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;		/* SODIMM 28 */
-		reset-gpios = <&gpio2 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;	/* SODIMM 30 */
+		reset-gpios = <&gpio2 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;	/* SODIMM 30 */
 		status = "disabled";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-eval.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-eval.dts
index fab83abb64660eef35b0a56dfaf1f9111c56f3a6..a0683b4aeca159d8d6b790b667ab21a914fe20bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-eval.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-eval.dts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		reg = <0x4a>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio6>;
 		interrupts = <10 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
-		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* SODIMM 13 */
+		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; /* SODIMM 13 */
 		status = "disabled";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora-v1.1.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora-v1.1.dts
index 1614b1ae501d90a979fc9420c694aa7fc28d1229..86e84781cf5d85f5853565b6ac20e619ca0b755a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora-v1.1.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora-v1.1.dts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		reg = <0x4a>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio6>;
 		interrupts = <10 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
-		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* SODIMM 13 */
+		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; /* SODIMM 13 */
 		status = "disabled";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora.dts
index fa9f98dd15ac65a483af32363501c8d8880b3120..62e72773e53b39721bbcc37c67b78813c5a2b933 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora.dts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		reg = <0x4a>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio6>;
 		interrupts = <10 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
-		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* SODIMM 13 */
+		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; /* SODIMM 13 */
 		status = "disabled";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-aster.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-aster.dtsi
index 9fa701bec2eca11a27545af3f427346cbc16a1af..139188eb9f409c76306c7b8e690b21668ea1de05 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-aster.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-aster.dtsi
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		reg = <0x4a>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio2>;
 		interrupts = <15 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;	/* SODIMM 107 */
-		reset-gpios = <&gpio2 28 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;	/* SODIMM 106 */
+		reset-gpios = <&gpio2 28 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;	/* SODIMM 106 */
 	};
 
 	/* M41T0M6 real time clock on carrier board */
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-eval-v3.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-eval-v3.dtsi
index 97601375f26407293c6f496943ce9ee8fba0647b..3caf450735d7ecd02b081bdebf28990ae502eb03 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-eval-v3.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri-eval-v3.dtsi
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		reg = <0x4a>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>;
 		interrupts = <9 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;		/* SODIMM 28 */
-		reset-gpios = <&gpio1 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;	/* SODIMM 30 */
+		reset-gpios = <&gpio1 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;	/* SODIMM 30 */
 		status = "disabled";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/motorola-mapphone-common.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/motorola-mapphone-common.dtsi
index 1990239cc6af6cf281ef7e64c174a1094783eab7..70fc71cbb9457aa525ce898586a8fc6655776af4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/motorola-mapphone-common.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/motorola-mapphone-common.dtsi
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		pinctrl-names = "default";
 		pinctrl-0 = <&touchscreen_pins>;
 
-		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* gpio173 */
+		reset-gpios = <&gpio6 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; /* gpio173 */
 
 		/* gpio_183 with sys_nirq2 pad as wakeup */
 		interrupts-extended = <&gpio6 23 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>,
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/s5pv210-aries.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/s5pv210-aries.dtsi
index 822207f63ee0a994f1cf168baa9820381f0e2291..96e8c2287d6197089d8409a1b30c67e8416df815 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/s5pv210-aries.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/s5pv210-aries.dtsi
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ touchscreen@4a {
 		interrupts = <5 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
 		pinctrl-names = "default";
 		pinctrl-0 = <&ts_irq>;
-		reset-gpios = <&gpj1 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		reset-gpios = <&gpj1 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra20-acer-a500-picasso.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra20-acer-a500-picasso.dts
index 2d683c9a1a5d65a7d3a1ee2a1f89d0d6a2fc26b2..a150e3419c8f55dfa62275876d95817a4493a378 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra20-acer-a500-picasso.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra20-acer-a500-picasso.dts
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ touchscreen@4c {
 			interrupt-parent = <&gpio>;
 			interrupts = <TEGRA_GPIO(V, 6) IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
 
-			reset-gpios = <&gpio TEGRA_GPIO(Q, 7) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+			reset-gpios = <&gpio TEGRA_GPIO(Q, 7) GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
 
 			avdd-supply = <&vdd_3v3_sys>;
 			vdd-supply  = <&vdd_3v3_sys>;
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
index 98f17fa3a8926e2e02d7e9c0bba3090291905cec..ef7915400c9f57e735b7c369671e5ba20fe6fce1 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
@@ -3134,8 +3134,9 @@ static int mxt_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	/* Request the RESET line as asserted so we go into reset */
 	data->reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&client->dev,
-						   "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
+						   "reset", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
 	if (IS_ERR(data->reset_gpio)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(data->reset_gpio);
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to get reset gpio: %d\n", error);
@@ -3153,8 +3154,9 @@ static int mxt_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	disable_irq(client->irq);
 
 	if (data->reset_gpio) {
+		/* Wait a while and then de-assert the RESET GPIO line */
 		msleep(MXT_RESET_GPIO_TIME);
-		gpiod_set_value(data->reset_gpio, 1);
+		gpiod_set_value(data->reset_gpio, 0);
 		msleep(MXT_RESET_INVALID_CHG);
 	}