diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/mach-db120.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/mach-db120.c
index 3e7b60015ed3f062c06515d565e3fb0ac0fc575f..b997f3cb5ad1deb88b8a9be2edcc80cf9c3a8bc7 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/mach-db120.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/mach-db120.c
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ static void __init db120_setup(void)
 {
 	u8 *art = (u8 *) KSEG1ADDR(0x1fff0000);
 
+	ar71xx_gpio_output_select(DB120_GPIO_LED_USB, AR934X_GPIO_OUT_GPIO);
+
 	ar71xx_add_device_usb();
 
 	ar71xx_add_device_m25p80(&db120_flash_data);
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h
index 1f7f9eaf6c3a167808476516f0e47776d600dc1f..d9c5e87f3f8364f73f9e62df3bb871264fbc63b5 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ static inline u32 ar71xx_usb_ctrl_rr(unsigned reg)
 #define AR934X_GPIO_COUNT		23
 #define AR934X_GPIO_FUNC_DDR_DQOE_EN	BIT(17)
 
+#define AR934X_GPIO_OUT_GPIO		0x00
+
 extern void __iomem *ar71xx_gpio_base;
 
 static inline void ar71xx_gpio_wr(unsigned reg, u32 value)