diff --git a/bsp/fri2/fri2-no-pch-gpio.cfg b/bsp/fri2/fri2-no-pch-gpio.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec275271e5c7a2e4d31b2e017110a10a9d42c543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bsp/fri2/fri2-no-pch-gpio.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# CONFIG_GPIO_PCH is not set
diff --git a/bsp/fri2/fri2-preempt-rt.scc b/bsp/fri2/fri2-preempt-rt.scc
index 041209cbd18bf1cb189b49b2b602cefb8f5e2e97..12ce31236d9d768456b22391a25ed6d21bdb2693 100644
--- a/bsp/fri2/fri2-preempt-rt.scc
+++ b/bsp/fri2/fri2-preempt-rt.scc
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ include ktypes/preempt-rt
 branch fri2
 
 include fri2.scc
+# Disable GPIO_PCH for PREEMPT_RT per:
+# https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49511
+kconf hardware fri2-no-pch-gpio.cfg
+
 
 # Extra fri2 configs above the minimal defined in fri2.scc
 include cfg/efi-ext.scc