diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/core.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/core.c
index a07d626440264bbc87babe38f4876fc64d29e337..71e6a77ec687a67b22b64752e97f506a89e3e873 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/core.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/core.c
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 static struct {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 
-	struct regulator *vdds_dsi_reg;
-
 	const char *default_display_name;
 } core;
 
@@ -78,22 +76,6 @@ struct platform_device *dss_get_core_pdev(void)
 	return core.pdev;
 }
 
-/* REGULATORS */
-
-struct regulator *dss_get_vdds_dsi(void)
-{
-	struct regulator *reg;
-
-	if (core.vdds_dsi_reg != NULL)
-		return core.vdds_dsi_reg;
-
-	reg = devm_regulator_get(&core.pdev->dev, "vdds_dsi");
-	if (!IS_ERR(reg))
-		core.vdds_dsi_reg = reg;
-
-	return reg;
-}
-
 int dss_dsi_enable_pads(int dsi_id, unsigned lane_mask)
 {
 	struct omap_dss_board_info *board_data = core.pdev->dev.platform_data;
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c
index a6b331ef7763c9bd901ac8257b6d53e2b7585cdc..89c7a6e7b185e638ebb366060e0a6c4b530a21a5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c
@@ -554,14 +554,10 @@ static int dpi_init_regulator(void)
 	if (dpi.vdds_dsi_reg)
 		return 0;
 
-	vdds_dsi = dss_get_vdds_dsi();
-
+	vdds_dsi = devm_regulator_get(&dpi.pdev->dev, "vdds_dsi");
 	if (IS_ERR(vdds_dsi)) {
-		vdds_dsi = devm_regulator_get(&dpi.pdev->dev, "vdds_dsi");
-		if (IS_ERR(vdds_dsi)) {
-			DSSERR("can't get VDDS_DSI regulator\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(vdds_dsi);
-		}
+		DSSERR("can't get VDDS_DSI regulator\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(vdds_dsi);
 	}
 
 	dpi.vdds_dsi_reg = vdds_dsi;
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
index 7d97de46b17f01cf671ba3c9667785fd563199a7..146349f6ae9139a816f1dc958f8c8916b4f1b3a2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ struct platform_device;
 /* core */
 struct platform_device *dss_get_core_pdev(void);
 struct bus_type *dss_get_bus(void);
-struct regulator *dss_get_vdds_dsi(void);
 int dss_dsi_enable_pads(int dsi_id, unsigned lane_mask);
 void dss_dsi_disable_pads(int dsi_id, unsigned lane_mask);
 int dss_set_min_bus_tput(struct device *dev, unsigned long tput);