1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h b/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h
index 28c9fd020d39..ebd747265294 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h
@@ -183,9 +183,13 @@ static inline struct regulator *__must_check regulator_get(struct device *dev,
 {
         /* Nothing except the stubbed out regulator API should be
          * looking at the value except to check if it is an error
-         * value so the actual return value doesn't matter.
+         * value. Drivers are free to handle NULL specifically by
+         * skipping all regulator API calls, but they don't have to.
+         * Drivers which don't, should make sure they properly handle
+         * corner cases of the API, such as regulator_get_voltage()
+         * returning 0.
          */
-        return (struct regulator *)id;
+        return NULL;
 }
 static inline void regulator_put(struct regulator *regulator)
 {