diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index f17362ac9c61..0ed13c2a8c3c 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -29,33 +29,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(regulator_list_mutex);
 static LIST_HEAD(regulator_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(regulator_map_list);
 
-/*
- * struct regulator_dev
- *
- * Voltage / Current regulator class device. One for each regulator.
- */
-struct regulator_dev {
-	struct regulator_desc *desc;
-	int use_count;
-
-	/* lists we belong to */
-	struct list_head list; /* list of all regulators */
-	struct list_head slist; /* list of supplied regulators */
-
-	/* lists we own */
-	struct list_head consumer_list; /* consumers we supply */
-	struct list_head supply_list; /* regulators we supply */
-
-	struct blocking_notifier_head notifier;
-	struct mutex mutex; /* consumer lock */
-	struct module *owner;
-	struct device dev;
-	struct regulation_constraints *constraints;
-	struct regulator_dev *supply;	/* for tree */
-
-	void *reg_data;		/* regulator_dev data */
-};
-
 /*
  * struct regulator_map
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index 2254ad93b784..c263e36e564e 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -137,6 +137,38 @@ struct regulator_desc {
 	struct module *owner;
 };
 
+/*
+ * struct regulator_dev
+ *
+ * Voltage / Current regulator class device. One for each
+ * regulator.
+ *
+ * This should *not* be used directly by anything except the regulator
+ * core and notification injection (which should take the mutex and do
+ * no other direct access).
+ */
+struct regulator_dev {
+	struct regulator_desc *desc;
+	int use_count;
+
+	/* lists we belong to */
+	struct list_head list; /* list of all regulators */
+	struct list_head slist; /* list of supplied regulators */
+
+	/* lists we own */
+	struct list_head consumer_list; /* consumers we supply */
+	struct list_head supply_list; /* regulators we supply */
+
+	struct blocking_notifier_head notifier;
+	struct mutex mutex; /* consumer lock */
+	struct module *owner;
+	struct device dev;
+	struct regulation_constraints *constraints;
+	struct regulator_dev *supply;	/* for tree */
+
+	void *reg_data;		/* regulator_dev data */
+};
+
 struct regulator_dev *regulator_register(struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 	struct device *dev, struct regulator_init_data *init_data,
 	void *driver_data);