diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 25d26bb18970..e964d068874d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,11 @@ int _regmap_raw_write(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 
 		kfree(buf);
 	} else if (ret != 0 && !map->cache_bypass && map->format.parse_val) {
-		regcache_drop_region(map, reg, reg + 1);
+		/* regcache_drop_region() takes lock that we already have,
+		 * thus call map->cache_ops->drop() directly
+		 */
+		if (map->cache_ops && map->cache_ops->drop)
+			map->cache_ops->drop(map, reg, reg + 1);
 	}
 
 	trace_regmap_hw_write_done(map, reg, val_len / map->format.val_bytes);