1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
index ea4f36f2cbe2..c58c8d178948 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_regulator_init_data);
  * regulator. The data parsed from a child node will be matched to a regulator
  * based on either the deprecated property regulator-compatible if present,
  * or otherwise the child node's name. Note that the match table is modified
- * in place.
+ * in place and an additional of_node reference is taken for each matched
+ * regulator.
  *
  * Returns the number of matches found or a negative error code on failure.
  */
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ int of_regulator_match(struct device *dev, struct device_node *node,
                                         child->name);
                                 return -EINVAL;
                         }
-                        match->of_node = child;
+                        match->of_node = of_node_get(child);
                         count++;
                         break;
                 }