diff --git a/drivers/regulator/Kconfig b/drivers/regulator/Kconfig
index 77c43134bc9e7e1549ed9f4659381cb956f3ccb7..ea1d284741cbc0c37dc2d4d328dc6d382048ae52 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/regulator/Kconfig
@@ -422,6 +422,15 @@ config REGULATOR_HI655X
 	  This driver provides support for the voltage regulators of the
 	  Hisilicon Hi655x PMIC device.
 
+config REGULATOR_HI6421V600
+	tristate "HiSilicon Hi6421v600 PMIC voltage regulator support"
+	depends on MFD_HI6421_SPMI && OF
+	select REGMAP
+	help
+	  This driver provides support for the voltage regulators on
+	  HiSilicon Hi6421v600 PMU / Codec IC.
+	  This is used on Kirin 3670 boards, like HiKey 970.
+
 config REGULATOR_ISL9305
 	tristate "Intersil ISL9305 regulator"
 	depends on I2C
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/Makefile b/drivers/regulator/Makefile
index 44d2f8bf4b740fd338b2d5396cbcb5d4a9800ccc..11c145886c981b069fe25d26fe9aeb1c9626cdf4 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/regulator/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_FAN53880) += fan53880.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_GPIO) += gpio-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_HI6421) += hi6421-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_HI6421V530) += hi6421v530-regulator.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_HI6421V600) += hi6421v600-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_HI655X) += hi655x-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_ISL6271A) += isl6271a-regulator.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_ISL9305) += isl9305.o
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421v600-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/hi6421v600-regulator.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421v600-regulator.c
rename to drivers/regulator/hi6421v600-regulator.c
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Kconfig
index 82bb4a22b286ff4e6abb7fc987d0e4d7cfd74637..c4dc1016edf22eba53ceb101e42897292a61c971 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Kconfig
@@ -39,14 +39,3 @@ config MFD_HI6421_SPMI
 	  individual components like voltage regulators under corresponding
 	  menus in order to enable them.
 	  We communicate with the Hi6421v600 via a SPMI bus.
-
-# to be placed at drivers/regulator
-config REGULATOR_HI6421V600
-	tristate "HiSilicon Hi6421v600 PMIC voltage regulator support"
-	depends on MFD_HI6421_SPMI && OF
-	depends on REGULATOR
-	select REGMAP
-	help
-	  This driver provides support for the voltage regulators on
-	  HiSilicon Hi6421v600 PMU / Codec IC.
-	  This is used on Kirin 3670 boards, like HiKey 970.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Makefile b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Makefile
index 1924fadac9520932f3c66aaafc6ce1bedb3676d7..9103735d837750c77b3b697f48d74d089397ec81 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/Makefile
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PHY_HI3670_USB)		+= phy-hi3670-usb3.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPMI_HISI3670)		+= hisi-spmi-controller.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_HI6421_SPMI)		+= hi6421-spmi-pmic.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_REGULATOR_HI6421V600)	+= hi6421v600-regulator.o