diff --git a/drivers/regulator/max8997.c b/drivers/regulator/max8997.c
index 5abd0d3288f0..93269215d981 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/max8997.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/max8997.c
@@ -973,9 +973,7 @@ static int max8997_pmic_dt_parse_pdata(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	}
 
 	/* count the number of regulators to be supported in pmic */
-	pdata->num_regulators = 0;
-	for_each_child_of_node(regulators_np, reg_np)
-		pdata->num_regulators++;
+	pdata->num_regulators = of_get_child_count(regulators_np);
 
 	rdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rdata) *
 				pdata->num_regulators, GFP_KERNEL);