diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index a3c3785901f5..496002efd961 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -3516,12 +3516,17 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	init_data = config->init_data;
-
 	rdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct regulator_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rdev == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	init_data = regulator_of_get_init_data(dev, regulator_desc,
+					       &rdev->dev.of_node);
+	if (!init_data) {
+		init_data = config->init_data;
+		rdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(config->of_node);
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&regulator_list_mutex);
 
 	mutex_init(&rdev->mutex);
@@ -3548,7 +3553,6 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 
 	/* register with sysfs */
 	rdev->dev.class = &regulator_class;
-	rdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(config->of_node);
 	rdev->dev.parent = dev;
 	dev_set_name(&rdev->dev, "regulator.%d",
 		     atomic_inc_return(&regulator_no) - 1);
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/internal.h b/drivers/regulator/internal.h
index 84bbda10c396..a6043ad32ead 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/regulator/internal.h
@@ -35,4 +35,8 @@ struct regulator {
 	struct dentry *debugfs;
 };
 
+struct regulator_init_data *regulator_of_get_init_data(struct device *dev,
+			         const struct regulator_desc *desc,
+				 struct device_node **node);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
index ee5e67bc8d5b..7a51814abdc5 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/regulator/machine.h>
+#include <linux/regulator/driver.h>
 #include <linux/regulator/of_regulator.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 static void of_get_regulation_constraints(struct device_node *np,
 					struct regulator_init_data **init_data)
 {
@@ -189,3 +192,51 @@ int of_regulator_match(struct device *dev, struct device_node *node,
 	return count;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_regulator_match);
+
+struct regulator_init_data *regulator_of_get_init_data(struct device *dev,
+					    const struct regulator_desc *desc,
+					    struct device_node **node)
+{
+	struct device_node *search, *child;
+	struct regulator_init_data *init_data = NULL;
+	const char *name;
+
+	if (!dev->of_node || !desc->of_match)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (desc->regulators_node)
+		search = of_get_child_by_name(dev->of_node,
+					      desc->regulators_node);
+	else
+		search = dev->of_node;
+
+	if (!search) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to find regulator container node\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for_each_child_of_node(search, child) {
+		name = of_get_property(child, "regulator-compatible", NULL);
+		if (!name)
+			name = child->name;
+
+		if (strcmp(desc->of_match, name))
+			continue;
+
+		init_data = of_get_regulator_init_data(dev, child);
+		if (!init_data) {
+			dev_err(dev,
+				"failed to parse DT for regulator %s\n",
+				child->name);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		of_node_get(child);
+		*node = child;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	of_node_put(search);
+
+	return init_data;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index bbe03a1924c0..c35f5f97a147 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ enum regulator_type {
  *
  * @name: Identifying name for the regulator.
  * @supply_name: Identifying the regulator supply
+ * @of_match: Name used to identify regulator in DT.
+ * @regulators_node: Name of node containing regulator definitions in DT.
  * @id: Numerical identifier for the regulator.
  * @ops: Regulator operations table.
  * @irq: Interrupt number for the regulator.
@@ -242,6 +244,8 @@ enum regulator_type {
 struct regulator_desc {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *supply_name;
+	const char *of_match;
+	const char *regulators_node;
 	int id;
 	bool continuous_voltage_range;
 	unsigned n_voltages;